Qualifications:

• BS in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering required, MS preferred
• EIT registration
• 2+ years of relevant experience

This is a full-time position with competitive pay based on experience. Successful candidate must meet requirements of the company’s Fleet Management Program, Substance Policy and Reference check program. Submit resume, cover letter, salary history and expectations for consideration. Only qualified candidates with acceptable employment eligibility verification (I-9) will be considered. Visa assistance not provided.  S&ME reserves the right to fill this position with an internal or external candidate at any time during the search.

Responsibilities will include field testing and evaluations of soils, concrete, asphalt, reinforcing steel and masonry during construction for compliance with the contract documents and the applicable building codes.

The qualified candidate must have:

• High school diploma/GED required
• Lifting required 40 to 50 lbs
• Ability to travel
• 1 or more years of experience in construction testing/inspections of soil, concrete, and/or asphalt materials preferred
• ACI certification preferred
• Advanced math (algebraic) and writing skills preferred

This is a full-time position with competitive pay based on experience. Successful candidate must meet requirements of the company’s Fleet Management Program, Substance Policy and Reference check program. Submit resume, cover letter, salary history and expectations for consideration. Only qualified candidates with acceptable employment eligibility verification (I-9) will be considered. Visa and relocation assistance not provided.  S&ME reserves the right to fill this position with an internal or external candidate at any point during the search.

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KINGSPORT — Kingsport has contracted with a local engineering company to figure out why the concrete has cracked at the new roundabout on Netherland Inn Road.

“Kingsport has contracted with local engineering company S&ME to test the structural integrity of the concrete truck apron and make a recommendation on how to fix the problem. Their report is expected to be given to the city this month.”

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Responsibilities will include travelling to local quarry locations, field sampling of aggregates used in construction, transporting samples to local DOT laboratories, logging samples into computer system, and filling out necessary paperwork to document samples, time and mileage. An NCDOT certification training class will be provided and candidates must pass the required test.

The qualified candidate must have:

• 1+ years of experience in construction testing/sampling of soil, concrete, and/or asphalt materials.
• High school diploma/GED required.
• NCDOT, ACI preferred
• Lifting required 40 to 50 lbs
• Advanced math (algebraic) and writing skills preferred.

This is a full-time position with competitive pay based on experience. Successful candidate must meet requirements of the company’s Fleet Management Program, Substance Policy and Reference check program. Submit resume, cover letter, salary history and expectations for consideration. Only qualified candidates with acceptable employment eligibility verification (I-9) will be considered. Visa and relocation assistance not provided.  S&ME reserves the right to fill this position with an internal or external candidate at any time during the search.

Engineering and environmental firm S&ME expands via assets purchase of BBCM

Raleigh, NC— S&ME, Inc. has taken its first steps in expanding beyond its traditional Southeastern footprint by acquiring Ohio-based BBC&M Engineering, Inc.

The deal, effective October 3, results from S&ME’s purchase of the assets of BBCM.

About 75 former BBCM employees joined S&ME, increasing the company’s employment to nearly 1,100. This staff will work from 27 offices in North Carolina, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Though concentrated heavily in the Southeast, S&ME has completed projects throughout much of the U.S. and in the Caribbean. The addition of BBCM is a continuation of S&ME’s strategic growth plan.

Announcement of the acquisition was made in Raleigh by S&ME President Randy Neuhaus, PE. “Clients will benefit through enhanced services, as well as, access to a deeper pool of expert talent to help them solve project challenges,” Neuhaus said. “We’re excited to bring on BBCM’s expertise in geodesign services and experience with mine reclamation and earthen structures including dams, landfills and upground reservoirs.”

Since 1957 BBCM, a civil engineering firm specializing in geotechnical engineering, geodesign, environmental, materials testing and construction observation, has provided services to clients throughout the Midwest.

S&ME was founded in Raleigh in 1973. Its major service lines include geotechnical engineering; construction materials engineering and testing; environmental services, occupational health and safety; water resources and solid waste engineering; and natural and cultural resources.

Market segments served include energy, transportation, industrial, federal, state and municipal government, solid waste, ports and terminals, healthcare, education, and petroleum retailing.

Contact: Randy Neuhaus, President / CEO
(919) 872-2660
email Randy Neuhaus

New York – Sunday, is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In Manhattan, Ground Zero is slowly but surely being returned to its former role as a pre-eminent landmark of international commerce.
S&ME, in small measure, is importantly involved in this return.

The site includes a memorial to honor those who died there and tributes to the firefighters and police officers, along with skilled iron workers and others who rushed to the scene as volunteers, to cut through the mass of debris to help reach those trapped. Ongoing construction includes One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower), to be the nation’s tallest building, topping out symbolically at 1776 feet. Reflecting pools already occupy the footprints of the Twin Towers.

In the midst of all this and more will be the massive, mostly underground, $3.8 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub, including a striking structure at surface level. Beneath the surface will be a multi-story central transit hall designed in the manner of New York’s Grand Central Terminal, and multi-story retail, parking facilities and pedestrian access to 13 subway lines.

And this futuristic-looking hub is where S&ME staff professional Lisa Earley has been working since May. But her immediate surroundings are not futuristic. “I’ve spent much of my time in a construction trailer,” Earley said. “That’s where I do my work.” Earley is part of the non-destructive evaluation group in the Raleigh branch. Among her areas of expertise are visual and ultra-sonic observations, post-tensioned structures and material properties analysis.

She said a typical task for her occurs when she receives information, for example, about roof-system joints that don’t fit properly. She then provides the information to address these issues.

Earley enjoys her work at the World Trade Center, is impressed by the security in place, and finds it an emotional experience just to be at the site, realizing what it represents and remembering watching on television as the Twin Towers fell that fateful day. She has taken the opportunity to go up in the yet unfinished One World Trade Center, and finds the view awe inspiring. She has been moved by talking with New Yorkers and tourists who were in town on 9/11/01 and hear how what they experienced impacted their lives.

Earley won’t be there Sunday, but she looks forward to going back to finish her work, which is expected to end in early 2012.

New York—Leapfrogging 13 places in the rankings, S&ME, Inc., moved up to number 154 nationally on ENR’s 2011 Top 200 Environmental Firms List.

The annual listing is based on gross revenues of the firm’s reporting.  Though records are not complete, this is likely the highest ranking S&ME has achieved on the Top 200 Environmental list.  The listing shows S&ME gross revenue in environmental services at $35.7 million and reports that figure as 32% of the firm’s entire revenue for the previous year.

This ranking among the nation’s top environmental firms comes on the heels of the company’s ranking of 97^th among ENR’s 2011 Top 500 Design Firms list, which was released in April.  That ranking was 41 places higher than in 2010.

ENR (Engineering News-Record) Magazine is a construction, building and engineering magazine published by McGraw-Hill, headquartered in Rockefeller Center, New York City.

Visit Meg Lashley and others from S&ME at Tampa’s International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction (PDC)

March 13-17, 2011 Tampa FL

More information about ASHE PDC

The qualified candidate must have:

• High school diploma/GED required
• Lifting required 40 to 50 lbs
• 2 or more years of experience in construction testing/inspections of soil, concrete, and/or asphalt materials preferred
• ACI, VDOT and NICET certification preferred
• Advanced math (algebraic) and writing skills preferred

This is a full-time position with competitive pay based on experience. Successful candidate must meet requirements of the company’s Fleet Management Program, Substance Policy and Reference check program. Submit resume, cover letter, salary history and expectations for consideration. Only qualified candidates with acceptable employment eligibility verification (I-9) will be considered. Visa and relocation assistance not provided.  S&ME reserves the right to fill this position with an internal or external candidate at any point during the search.