Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
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Two years ago I obtained an engineering degree (Geotechnical) and gained employment as a Geotechnician. Now I am currently looking for Junior Geotechnical Engineer positions.
The experience I have is with initial geotechnical investigations, ground improvement and hydraulics. My question is: what are the major and minor responsibilities of a Junior GTE in the first one to three years of employment? For example; What are the field tests and laboratory tests performed? What important concepts are paramount to a GTE?
Thank you for your help in advance.
The experience I have is with initial geotechnical investigations, ground improvement and hydraulics. My question is: what are the major and minor responsibilities of a Junior GTE in the first one to three years of employment? For example; What are the field tests and laboratory tests performed? What important concepts are paramount to a GTE?
Thank you for your help in advance.





RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
We didn't have "codified" position responsibilities and duties, etc. Oh, and we learned to draw up stratigraphic sections with the structures put on them in order to develop the design criteria, learned to use the blue print machine, oh,yeah, and when the load was great, learned how to write notes on drawings, boring logs and that . . . .
didn't have computers doing all these things for us!
RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
Bottom line is that your experience will be varied depending on the needs of the company. You might get stuck on a large project for an extended period of time or you might grow up on the ubiquitous "three holes in a cloud of dust" geotechnical projects that are the bread and butter of many geotechnical firms. If you're lucky, you'll get a range of experience like that of BigH.
RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities
Strive for as much diversity as possible, even if means changing jobs a few times.
BigH's descriptions are quite true and I hope you get such experience in both the field and office.
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RE: Geotechnical Engineer Responsibilities