Delve Underground is a leader in underground and heavy civil engineering serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Specializing in tunnel design, we provide practical solutions to the most challenging underground problems. We offer comprehensive design, construction management, and construction claims services, with expertise extending across a wide range of engineering disciplines, including civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering. Our primary focus is to make a significant impact on the advancement of infrastructure projects, which in turn shape and enhance the communities we serve. Founded in 1954, as Jacobs Associates, Delve Underground is an employee-owned firm with 25 offices and 350 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: $51,826 - $85,240  

About the Workgroup:

Delve Underground’s geologic hazards and engineering geology workgroup includes eight licensed engineering geologists located throughout Oregon, Washington and California. Our work is primarily focused throughout the Western United States, and predominantly in the greater Pacific Northwest. Our projects often consist of complex and unique geologic problems that directly impact geotechnical engineering and design of transportation and heavy civil projects. 

We work on a variety of projects and perform the following tasks in remote areas and often under difficult environmental conditions:

• Complex drilling and subsurface characterization of soil and rock
• Slope reconnaissance and mapping
• Geologic mapping
• Rock slope engineering and rock cut design
• Landslide studies and mitigation design
• Blasting consultation
• Emergency response to slope failures

Our staff is trained in rope access techniques to access steep slopes safely while collecting field data. Staff participate in annual rope access training with the entirety of the geologic hazards and engineering geology workgroup for three days. 

We also provide construction support of our designs as part of our comprehensive geologic and geotechnical services, or when observation of construction activities requires a strong understanding of a site’s geologic conditions. 

We service a variety of private and public clients including local governments, state departments of transportation, mining, other government agencies, private development, hydro power infrastructure, water and wastewater facilities and rail lines.

Staff Geologist – Engineering Geology Staff

This position is for an entry level staff geologist (0 to 3 years of experience) and will be located in our Portland, Oregon office. The selected candidate will be on a career track to licensure under the direct supervision of our certified/licensed engineering geologists.

The selected candidates will spend up to 75% of their time performing field tasks, and 25% of their time in the office. This balance will change as the candidate progresses in their career, but the primary responsibility of the selected candidate will be to support field efforts for the first two to three years of their career.

The selected candidate will primarily support the staffing needs of the geologic hazards and engineering geology workgroup, as well as the geotechnical engineering workgroup, or as directed by their supervisor or workgroup leadership. 

Responsibilities: 

• Logging soil and rock in geotechnical explorations
• Instrumenting borings and collecting monitoring data
• Managing subcontractors in the field which may include drilling and construction crews. 
• Review of geologic data including geologic maps, published literature, and relevant geotechnical engineering reports
• Compiling geologic data in GIS format
• Performing GIS analyses and LiDAR analysis
• Slope stability modeling
• Report writing
• Assisting with permitting associated with field explorations and land access
• Performing calculations relevant to designs 

Requirements:

• Completion of a B.S. or M.S. (preferred) in geology or geological engineering 
• Completion of field camp or equivalent multi-week geologic mapping program.
• Three professional and/or academic references, preferably including field camp instructors, will be required through the interview process.
• Good communication skills and willingness to build and maintain relationships with the Contractor, site personnel, and internal staff
• Good attention to detail and ability to develop this through work experience. Ability to work under adverse environmental conditions, including steep, sloping terrain.
• Candidate must have the ability to lift and carry loads up to 50 lbs. 
• Valid U.S. driver’s license

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly 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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