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Minimum Requirements:
• Candidate must have a Masters in Geophysics or in Civil Engineering specializing in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
• Candidate must have strong verbal and written English communications skills
• Candidate must have basic skills in computer programming in Fortran, C or scripting
• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
Job Description:
Do the best work of your life!
The Infrastructure and Environment Division of URS is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Project Seismologist/Engineer for immediate employment in the Los Angeles office. The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate a suitable education and preferably some experience in engineering seismology or geotechnical earthquake engineering. URS is proud to provide our employees with exciting, challenging projects. The incumbent can look forward to projects including seismic hazard analysis for critical facilities in various regions of the world.
Incumbent Responsibilities:
• Analyzes and develops earthquake source/ earthquake forecast models
• Analyzes and develops ground motion prediction equations
• Performs strong motion simulations
• Performs analyses of nonlinear soil response
• Performs scenario and probabilistic seismic hazard calculations
• Develops ground motion time histories to represent design response spectra
• Performs research into earthquake source and seismic wave propagation characteristics
• This position requires the flexibility to serve as a cross-disciplinary resource to best serve the needs of URS Corporation.
URS is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a broad range of planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, systems integration, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services for the U.S. federal government, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations. We provide services for transportation, hazardous waste, industrial infrastructure and process, petrochemical, general building, water/wastewater, military facilities and equipment platforms, and defense and security programs. EOE M/F/D/V
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