Highlights
Job Summary/Company : A leading employee-owned engineering consulting firm is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Project Manager to support its growing Knoxville, Tennessee practice. Lead geotechnical engineering and construction-oversight projects, managing technical quality, scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and profitability.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Knoxville, TN |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 1970 |
| Website | https://www.sparksgroupinc.com |
Description
Job Summary/Company: A leading employee-owned engineering consulting firm is seeking a Senior Geotechnical Engineer/Project Manager to support its growing Knoxville, Tennessee practice. This senior seller-doer position combines technical leadership, project management, client relationship development, and mentoring. The position requires working from the Knoxville office four days per week, with one remote day and travel based on client and project needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead geotechnical engineering and construction-oversight projects, managing technical quality, scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and profitability.
- Serve as a trusted client advisor while supporting proposals, presentations, business development, and growth throughout Tennessee and the surrounding region.
- Mentor junior professionals and collaborate with multidisciplinary technical teams across a national network of offices.
Qualifications
- Professional Engineer license required; an active Tennessee PE is strongly preferred, although candidates licensed in another state who can obtain Tennessee registration may be considered.
- Significant geotechnical engineering experience, including demonstrated project work in Tennessee and expertise in areas such as foundations, slope stability, retaining walls, ground improvement, geohazards, or construction oversight.
- Ability to work onsite in Knoxville four days per week and willingness to travel to client meetings and project sites as needed.
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This job is Hybrid Remote.
We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.
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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
About Company
Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.
Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.
Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.