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This position is accountable for leading efforts to grow regional groundwater hydrogeologic consulting services.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Lead efforts to grow regional groundwater consulting services.
- Evaluate soil borings, electric logs and region hydrogeologic data to identify productive aquifer zones.
- Responsible for integrity and validity of acquired hydrogeologic field data.
- Complete groundwater modeling, aquifer pumping test analysis and water quality analysis.
- Provide technical support to deliver hydrogeologic projects locally and in other U.S. based offices to support business growth.
- Partner with regional account managers to develop and maintain strong relationships with current and prospective clients to ensure regional short term and long-term goals are met.
- Direct contact for branch field operations to effectively communicate findings and recommendations.
Educational Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in geology, hydrology or geotechnical engineering.
- Licensure as a Professional Geologist, Certified Engineering Geologist, or Geotechnical Engineer is desired.
Work Experience:
- 3-5 years experience in hydrogeology or related field.
- Ability to work unsupervised for long periods at a time, to ensure a successful project with limited management oversight.
- Experience in communicating complex problems and exhaustive findings to mid and upper level management.
- Experience in hydrogeologic consulting.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Knowledge of subsurface investigation processes including drilling and soil classification
- Knowledge of water well design and drilling methods
- Understanding of state groundwater regulations, permitting and water rights
- AQTESOLV or similar software
- MODFLOW or other model codes
- GIS
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds of sample material or core boxes. The employee is required to walk uneven and steep ground to access property for the purpose of field mapping. The employee must be able to work outside all seasons of the year, all day long. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Our Benefits at a Glance:
Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.
Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.
Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.
Base Salary Range:
$62,442.00 - $93,662.00
Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors.
About Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities and a Drug-Free Workplace. For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.
Notice to Staffing Agencies
Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.
