What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Engineer Geotechnical position at Nobis Group?
Description
Kickstart your career with Nobis Group as a Geotechnical Staff Engineer, where hands-on experience meets meaningful impact. As part of a 100% employee-owned firm, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals on diverse infrastructure projects—gaining real-world exposure in the field and office while building a strong technical foundation. From subsurface investigations to engineering analysis and design, you’ll play an active role in projects that shape communities, all within a supportive, mentorship-driven environment designed to help you grow.
Why Nobis Stands Out As An Employe-of- Choice
Kickstart your career with Nobis Group as a Geotechnical Staff Engineer, where hands-on experience meets meaningful impact. As part of a 100% employee-owned firm, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals on diverse infrastructure projects—gaining real-world exposure in the field and office while building a strong technical foundation. From subsurface investigations to engineering analysis and design, you’ll play an active role in projects that shape communities, all within a supportive, mentorship-driven environment designed to help you grow.
Why Nobis Stands Out As An Employe-of- Choice
- You’re not just an employee—you’re an owner
- Hybrid flexibility generous PTO and floating holidays
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits (health, dental, vision, FSA/HRA, 401k, parental leave)
- Paid volunteer time and community-focused work
- Real career growth through mentorship and leadership pathways
- A supportive environment where your ideas matter
- A multiple-year winner of New Hampshire’s Best Places to Work, earning a distinguished place in the Hall of Fame.
- Collect samples individually or as part of a field team; operate, calibrate, and maintain necessary field equipment and instruments
- Perform routine personnel and instrument decontamination; collect or oversee samples during drilling or for sampling; prepare package samples for shipping to an analytical laboratory; and ship samples to laboratory for analysis
- Complete accurate analysis and interpretation of reports; maps; drawings; specifications; local, state, and federal environmental and construction regulations; test results; and other data necessary for assigned task or project
- Review, evaluate, and or create accurate reports, maps, drawings, plans, specifications, and tables; understand Excel and geographic information systems (GIS), and computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) operations as well as the relationships between the raw data collected and that of the finished work product
- Identify and classify soils using appropriate standards for geologic or engineering assessment. Observe and/or inspect projects sites prior to, during, or after construction to monitor and/or assess construction progress and ensure conformance with engineering plans, specifications, regulations, and accepted construction and safety standards, and prepare written construction inspection and observation summaries
- Assist project team to prepare, review, and modify technical reports, plans, specifications, and detailed engineering calculations
- Extensive field site travel and other field operational needs. Travel is highly dependent on project work requirements and can be extensive at times
- Assume other responsibilities and perform other related duties as needed
- A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering (civil, geological) with a strong concentration in geotechnical engineering from an accredited four-year college or university
- Zero to three years experience is required of related experience and/or training
- Valid driver's license is required
- Willingness to learn, grow, and develop your professional skills
- OSHA HAZWOPER 40-hour certification is beneficial to the position
- Engineer In Training (EIT) designation is preferred, or your desire to pursue