Soils Technician

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Tetra Tech’s geotechnical office in Diamond Bar, CA provides a very broad range of services to a very broad range of clients. Our projects include dams, levees, surface mining and reclamation, landfill design, expansions, and closures, brownfield redevelopments, infrastructure projects, landslides assessments and mitigations, and conventional geotechnical engineering projects involving foundations for hi-rises, commercial, industrial, single-family buildings, as well as offers forensics, expert, and agency review services. Our clients include federal, state, county, and local government agencies as well as private entities. Our staff includes certified and mostly higher degree geotechnical engineering, geology, and field construction staff. The Diamond Bar geotechnical group provides advanced geotechnical engineering services, typically focusing on earthquake engineering and advanced numerical modeling, to the Tetra Tech's worldwide operations. Although most of our projects are in Southern California, we routinely provide services in Northern California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and occasionally across the country and internationally.

Your Role:

• Primary responsibility is performing and documenting field grading observations and testing observations of removals, bottom certifications, and compaction testing
• Secondary responsibilities include:
• Infiltration testing
• Field permeability testing
• Pile/tieback/soil nail construction observations
• Landfill liner installation observations
• Vibration monitoring
• Sample processing and laboratory testing
• Soils logging and field borehole preparation

Qualifications:

• Nuclear gauge certification
• 40-hr HAZWOPER training
• Experience in a geotechnical consulting firm is preferred
• Familiarity with common geotechnical engineering analyses
• Familiarity with Unified Soil Classification System ASTM D2488
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Willingness to work in the field as needed
• Ability/willingness to travel
• Must be able to work outdoors under varying weather conditions, travel by foot over rough terrain, and lift at least 40 pounds

At Tetra Tech, health and safety play a vital role in our success. Tetra Tech’s employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including health orders and regulations related to COVID-19 that are mandated by local, state, and federal authorities as well as project requirements.