Geotechnical Engineer 5

CDM Smith
📍 Sacramento, CA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

**43216BR**
**Requisition ID:**

43216BR

**Business Unit:**

TSU

**Job Description:**

With general direction, performs and leads engineering for dams, levees, embankments, spillways, outlet works, and critical water infrastructure across the western United States. This role is centered on dam safety, flood-risk reduction, and delivery of complex, meaningful projects with direct public-safety impact. You will join a supportive, multidisciplinary team within a nationally recognized dams and levees practice, with opportunities for technical leadership, project delivery responsibility, and long-term career growth in an employee-owned firm. Primary responsibilities include:
•tPerforms issue identification and preliminary evaluations for existing dams and levees through inspection, condition assessment, instrumentation review, performance history, and surveillance data. Ensures that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs.
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Job Details

  • Location Sacramento, CA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 13, 2026