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Staff Geotechnical Engineer

Delve Underground
Pittsburgh, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2026
Job Type

Full-time

Description

ABOUT DELVE UNDERGROUND

Delve Underground is a leader in heavy civil engineering, serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Specializing in tunnel design, we provide innovative solutions to the most challenging underground problems. Offering comprehensive design, construction management, and dispute-resolution capabilities, our expertise includes civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, and electrical engineering. Founded in 1954, Delve Underground is an employee-owned firm with 21 offices and over 330 team members throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and help our team members forge their own path within the company. We support their efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work-life balance. In addition to working hard, we also have fun. We socialize and celebrate achievements at summer picnics, holiday parties, and company outings.

Benefits: Full Benefits Program consisting of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA or HSA, EAP, 401(k), ESOP, and company stock ownership program, 9 Paid Holidays, generous paid-time-off program, Work from home flexibility, and Health & Wellness Reimbursement

Pay Rate: $57,443 - $94,683

Staff Geotechnical Engineer

Delve Underground has an immediate opening for a Staff Geotechnical Engineer to join our Pittsburgh, PA office. This position focuses on supporting the delivery of tunnels, shafts, support of excavations, buried structures and other related underground infrastructure in our Pittsburgh office. This position offers a great opportunity for a motivated, detail oriented, team-centric candidate to work on diverse jobs, from local pipeline crossings to water, wastewater, and transit mega-projects across the country. The ideal candidate will have either academic or prior work experience in one or more of the following areas: geotechnical engineering, excavation support, rock mechanics or trenchless technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Support geotechnical investigation programs including planning, permitting, implementation, field data collection and oversight, data reporting and writing interpretative reports.
  • Perform geotechnical engineering analyses and design calculations for tunnels, shafts, foundations, temporary excavation support systems, and soil/rock slopes.
  • Perform geologic and seismic hazard evaluations
  • Work under the direction of senior engineers, who provide technical oversight
  • Write technical reports and other documents explaining the basis for analyses, designs or recommendations
  • Assist with the preparation of construction drawings and specifications for underground infrastructure
  • Work as integral member of a team on complex, multi-discipline projects.
  • Demonstrate good writing and communications skills and ability to communicate with internal staffs and clients.

Qualifications

  • BS in Geotechnical/Civil or Geological Engineering
  • Engineer in Training (EIT) certification or ability and intent to earn within 6 months of hiring
  • Completion of relevant coursework or experience in several of the following: geotechnical engineering, soil and rock mechanics, tunneling, subsurface investigation methods
  • Familiarity with geotechnical analysis software for slope and excavation stability analysis, seepage analysis, seismic site response analysis (such as SLIDE, UNWEDGE, DEEPSOIL) is a plus
  • Ability to manage a number of concurrent assignments and priorities.
  • Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
  • Willingness to work in the field and travel for short-term assignments.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial application so that we can review your information. We look forward to meeting you!

Delve Underground is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Compensation reflects the cost of labor across our US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location, experience, knowledge, and skills.

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Salary Description

$57,443 - $94,683

Salary : $57,443 - $94,683

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