Professional Staff

Jen Schaeffer, P.E.

Senior Engineering Consultant

I’m excited to join Kleinschmidt’s team working to deliver high-quality projects for the public benefit, I look forward to contributing to the range of services that Kleinschmidt provides in renewable energy and environmental enhancement projects.


Jen is a Senior Engineering Consultant with Kleinschmidt and has been an engineer in the industry for more than 30 years. She Specializes in the project/technical management of civil engineering projects. She has provided technical leadership for large, multi-year multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects in the environmental and nuclear (commercial and federal) sectors.

Jen provides engineering construction oversight for geotechnical construction and performed various geotechnical analyses. She has also led extensive field exploration programs with rigorous quality and regulatory requirements, such as nuclear power plant siting, hazardous waste repositories, water treatment plants, and highway expansions.   

Jen Schaeffer holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and a master’s in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Washington and Tennessee.