Dr. Jeffrey Coffin is the President and Regional Manager of Knight Piésold’s operations in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. He has 18 years of consulting experience in civil and geotechnical engineering, focusing on design, project management, construction implementation, engineering analyses, and materials characterization.

Dr. Jeff Coffin joined Knight Piésold USA as a project engineer after completing his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Colorado. He progressed to a senior engineer role and then served as Regional Manager of Knight Piésold Ghana for three years before returning to Knight Piésold USA, where he served as Principal Geotechnical Engineer and most recently as Chief Operating Officer.

With 18 years of consulting experience in civil and geotechnical engineering, his technical expertise spans design, project management, construction implementation, engineering analyses, and materials characterization. Dr. Coffin’s project portfolio includes geotechnical analysis and design for tailings storage facilities, heap leach facilities, waste rock dumps, plant site foundations, and environmental impact assessments. Over the past eight years, he has served as Engineer of Record for several tailings and water storage facilities.

Jeff is a Professional Engineer (PE) and also a Fellow of the West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum – WAIMM. We wish him the very best of success in his new role.