Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GeoEngineers, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support trenchless engineering projects involving horizontal directional drilling (HDD) and complex mechanical equipment. The role includes performing mechanical analyses, designing HDD crossings, preparing technical deliverables, managing project execution and budgets, supporting field operations, and mentoring junior staff.
Responsibilities
- Perform mechanical engineering activities and execute deliverables for GeoEngineers’ trenchless engineering projects involving HDD (Horizontal Directional Drilling) and which require complex mechanical tools/equipment to bore, expand, drill, clear, and install horizontally constructed pipelines, including specialized drill rigs and drill bits, Bottom Hole Assemblies (BHAs), jetting assemblies, mud motors, flycutters, hole openers, barrel reamers, pullback assemblies, rollers, roller cradles, excavators, cranes, sidebooms, pneumatic hammers, and other specialized mechanical equipment for buoyance control, drilling fluid management, surveying, steering, etc
- Analyze proposed trenchless crossings to determine the mechanical equipment and construction methods needed to successfully install a trenchless pipeline crossing
- Analyze pipe stresses with product pipe mechanical properties, drilling fluid pressures, formation limit pressures, and geometric constraints for trenchless pipeline crossings. Modify/revise plans and equipment as needed based on analysis
- Analyze mechanical soil properties derived from laboratory testing to for project planning, including recommendations for the use of specialized mechanical equipment based on soil properties
- Produce HDD plan/profile designs, engineering calculations, and equipment layouts
- Prepare technical proposals, project estimates, and bid documents that incorporate mechanical engineering analysis and mechanical equipment needs
- Deliver daily reporting, budget tracking, and field engineering support on HDD projects involving complex mechanical equipment
- Oversee mechanical engineering aspects of HDD projects from pre-construction through final closeout
- Develop and maintain baseline HDD project schedules, monitor daily progress, and coordinate with subcontractors and subconsultants
- Serve as a technical resource for clients and project staff on mechanical engineering considerations for HDD projects; provides guidance and expertise to solve complex challenges
- Manage HDD project budgets, tracked expenses, identified deviations, and implemented risk mitigation
- Maintain complete project documentation: submittals, drawings, change orders, and project closeout packages
- Review deliverables from staff and mid-level employees such as field reports, calculations, analyses, etc. Mentor junior staff relative to technical skills, consulting best practices, mechanical equipment use and customization, etc
- Ensure that HDD work performed is consistent with project plans and specifications and in accordance with safety guidelines
- Complete mechanical engineering analyses and calculations. Develop complex conceptual models as needed for projects
- Use specialized engineering software related to mechanical engineering and HDD projects
- Investigate mechanical equipment failures on HDD projects and recommend remedies
Skills
- Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree or the foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering field and 6 years of experience as an Engineer, Project Manager, or a closely related engineering occupation
- 6 years performing engineering on projects involving HDD
- 6 years using MathCAD, ArcGIS, MODFLOW, FLAC, Civil 3D, HEC-RAS, Plaxis, or closely related engineering software
- A Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Completion of coursework (at either an undergraduate or graduate level) covering either Numerical Modeling or Finite Elements
- All education, training and experience may be gained concurrently
- Applicants must be U.S. workers (includes U.S. citizens, permanent residents, foreign nationals granted temporary residence under one of the 1986 legalization programs, refugees, and asylees
Benefits
- Healthcare (with travel benefit for care not locally available)
- 401(k) with company match
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Wellbeing benefits
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Paid holidays
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