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WSP is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Engineering Geologist to join our growing Earth & Environment Team in Irvine, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to lead complex geotechnical and engineering geology projects, mentor technical staff, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions for transportation, infrastructure, land development, energy, and public-sector clients.
As a trusted technical leader, you will play a key role in evaluating geologic conditions, mitigating geohazards, supporting infrastructure development, and helping clients navigate complex engineering challenges. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while advancing WSP's commitment to technical excellence, safety, and client service.
Your Impact
- Lead and manage engineering geology and geotechnical investigation projects from planning and field exploration through design support and construction.
- Conduct and oversee subsurface investigations, geologic mapping, rock and soil characterization, fault and seismic hazard evaluations, and geohazard assessments.
- Evaluate site geology and geotechnical conditions to support foundations, slopes, retaining structures, transportation corridors, and infrastructure projects.
- Direct field programs including drilling operations, test pit investigations, instrumentation installation, construction observation, and subcontractor management.
- Analyze and interpret geologic, geotechnical, hydrogeologic, and laboratory data to develop practical engineering recommendations.
- Prepare and review technical reports, geotechnical evaluations, engineering recommendations, and construction support documentation.
- Manage project schedules, budgets, scopes, and deliverables while ensuring quality and client satisfaction.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, contractors, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Mentor and develop junior geologists, engineering geologists, geotechnical professionals, and project staff.
- Support business development initiatives through proposal preparation, client engagement, and identification of growth opportunities.
- Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across project teams.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related field.
- 7-10+ years of experience in engineering geology, geotechnical consulting, subsurface investigations, and project management.
- Professional Geologist (PG) licensure in California.
- Experience performing and managing geologic hazard assessments, slope stability evaluations, rockfall and landslide studies, and geotechnical investigations.
- Strong understanding of soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology principles, and infrastructure design considerations.
- Proven experience managing multiple projects, budgets, schedules, subcontractors, and client relationships.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop practical, cost-effective engineering solutions.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to perform field work and travel as required to support project needs.
- Commitment to safety, technical excellence, and quality project delivery.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Engineering Geologist (CEG) or Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in California.
- Master's degree in Engineering Geology, Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Current 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER Certification and annual refreshers.
- Experience supporting transportation, water, energy, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Experience mentoring staff and leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Established client relationships and business development experience.
- Basic First Aid and Adult CPR certification.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $105,700 - $157,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Engineering Geologist to join our growing Earth & Environment Team in Irvine, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to lead complex geotechnical and engineering geology projects, mentor technical staff, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions for transportation, infrastructure, land development, energy, and public-sector clients.
As a trusted technical leader, you will play a key role in evaluating geologic conditions, mitigating geohazards, supporting infrastructure development, and helping clients navigate complex engineering challenges. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while advancing WSP's commitment to technical excellence, safety, and client service.
Your Impact
- Lead and manage engineering geology and geotechnical investigation projects from planning and field exploration through design support and construction.
- Conduct and oversee subsurface investigations, geologic mapping, rock and soil characterization, fault and seismic hazard evaluations, and geohazard assessments.
- Evaluate site geology and geotechnical conditions to support foundations, slopes, retaining structures, transportation corridors, and infrastructure projects.
- Direct field programs including drilling operations, test pit investigations, instrumentation installation, construction observation, and subcontractor management.
- Analyze and interpret geologic, geotechnical, hydrogeologic, and laboratory data to develop practical engineering recommendations.
- Prepare and review technical reports, geotechnical evaluations, engineering recommendations, and construction support documentation.
- Manage project schedules, budgets, scopes, and deliverables while ensuring quality and client satisfaction.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, contractors, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Mentor and develop junior geologists, engineering geologists, geotechnical professionals, and project staff.
- Support business development initiatives through proposal preparation, client engagement, and identification of growth opportunities.
- Promote a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across project teams.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related field.
- 7-10+ years of experience in engineering geology, geotechnical consulting, subsurface investigations, and project management.
- Professional Geologist (PG) licensure in California.
- Experience performing and managing geologic hazard assessments, slope stability evaluations, rockfall and landslide studies, and geotechnical investigations.
- Strong understanding of soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology principles, and infrastructure design considerations.
- Proven experience managing multiple projects, budgets, schedules, subcontractors, and client relationships.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop practical, cost-effective engineering solutions.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to perform field work and travel as required to support project needs.
- Commitment to safety, technical excellence, and quality project delivery.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Engineering Geologist (CEG) or Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in California.
- Master's degree in Engineering Geology, Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Current 40-Hour OSHA HAZWOPER Certification and annual refreshers.
- Experience supporting transportation, water, energy, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Experience mentoring staff and leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Established client relationships and business development experience.
- Basic First Aid and Adult CPR certification.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $105,700 - $157,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Geologist
Frame your credentials around specialty occupation evidence
PERM filings for Geologist roles require documented proof that the position demands a specific geoscience degree. Gather your transcripts, professional licensure, and any state-issued Professional Geologist certification before approaching employers about sponsorship.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Energy companies, environmental consulting firms, and federal contractors regularly sponsor Geologists through PERM. Search DOL disclosure data by SOC code 19-2042 to identify which employers have filed labor certifications for geoscience roles in the past two years.
Search Migrate Mate for green-card-sponsoring Geologist roles
Use Migrate Mate to filter Geologist openings by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This cuts out the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that have never filed a PERM for a geoscience position.
Verify whether EB-2 or EB-3 fits your background
EB-2 requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive geoscience experience. EB-3 covers bachelor's-level professionals. Your country of birth determines priority date wait times, so confirm your category with the employer before the I-140 is filed.
Negotiate sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Ask employers to commit to covering PERM advertising and I-140 fees in writing before you sign. Many geoscience employers treat these as standard costs for hard-to-fill technical roles, but confirming the arrangement upfront prevents disputes after the process starts.
Understand how OFLC prevailing wage affects your offer
PERM requires your employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your Geologist role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check Level I through Level IV wages by SOC code and county before comparing any offer against the filing requirements.
Green Card Geologist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Geologist role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories apply depending on your qualifications. EB-2 suits Geologists with a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in the geosciences. EB-3 covers professionals holding a bachelor's degree in geology, geophysics, or a closely related field. Your employer petitions under whichever category matches the stated job requirements and your credentials.
How is PERM green card sponsorship different from H-1B for a Geologist?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa subject to an annual lottery cap, while PERM labor certification leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. PERM takes longer overall, typically 18 to 36 months from recruitment to an approved I-140, but the outcome is a green card rather than a renewable nonimmigrant status tied to a single employer.
What documentation does a foreign Geologist need before a PERM filing starts?
You'll need official transcripts confirming your geoscience degree, a current resume detailing your field experience, and any Professional Geologist licensure your state or the job requires. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved evaluator is typically required to establish equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's or master's degree.
Where can I find Geologist jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Geologist openings filtered by employers with active green card sponsorship history. This is more reliable than scanning general job boards, where sponsorship willingness is rarely disclosed upfront and many postings come from companies that have never filed a PERM for a geoscience role.
Can a Geologist self-petition for a green card without an employer sponsor?
Self-petition is possible under the EB-1A extraordinary ability category or EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW), both of which bypass PERM and employer sponsorship. NIW applicants must demonstrate their geoscience work has substantial national merit and that the benefit of waiving the job offer requirement outweighs the labor market protections PERM provides. USCIS sets the evidentiary standard for both categories.