Geo-technical Design Engineer

at  Freyssinet Australia

Design Engineers support the sales and operations teams both in the office and in the field. During the design stage, design engineers have the following responsibilities:

• Reviewing and becoming familiar with reference background information such as geotechnical exploration reports, project specifications and civil/structural plans for use during design and preparation of the design drawings and calculations.
• Analyzing various ground improvement approaches and selecting the option that meets the project criteria which typically includes settlement, bearing capacity, global and sliding stability, liquefaction mitigation, and others.
• Developing cross sections, generating soil profiles, and selecting soil properties for use during design.
• Performing finite element modeling using Plaxis, as needed, to understand complex soil-structure interactions and estimate deformations and stresses within the soil and ground improvement elements.
• Performing all required design calculations and analyses including, but not limited to, global stability, settlement, bearing capacity, and structural and geotechnical capacity of CMCs.
• Coordinating or preparing design documents (final design calculations and drawings) adhering to the design criteria

As field activity progresses, the design engineer’s responsibilities also include:

• Reviewing all QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control) from the Field Engineer.
• Preparing other standard project documents including specifications, means and methods, and testing submittals.
• Responding quickly to questions from the project team and any conditions that are not in accordance with the design