Tunnelling and Underground Construction Engineer

Overview

In this role you will support planning, development, and execution of tunnel and underground construction on Bechtel’s heavy civil projects. You will lead technical input across proposals, planning, and construction, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to shape execution strategies and risk management. The position blends field delivery with design support and governance, traveling to project sites as needed to ensure milestones are met. This is an opportunity to advance large-scale tunnelling programs within a global, safety-focused organization.

Pay / Benefits

• robust benefits
• Total Rewards
• career development
• global project exposure

Responsibilities

• Help develop construction execution strategies and plans for tunnel/underground works during proposals and projects
• Provide technical input to estimates, schedules, construction methodologies, and risk assessments
• Support safe execution in line with contractual obligations and Bechtel standards
• Coordinate with engineering to ensure designs enable safe, efficient construction
• Review contractor execution plans, method statements, schedules, and work packages
• Monitor progress against safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives
• Identify risks, constraints, and opportunities; propose mitigations
• Participate in constructability reviews, readiness assessments, and planning workshops
• Coordinate interfaces between underground works and other disciplines
• Support project reporting on progress, risks, and KPIs
• Promote ES&H principles and Zero Accident philosophy
• Capture lessons learned to support continuous improvement
• Travel to project sites as required to support planning and milestones

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or related discipline
• Typically 10–15 years of experience in heavy civil, tunnelling, underground construction, or related fields
• Experience leading tunnel/underground construction scopes on complex projects
• Practical experience with excavation, ground support, lining, and shaft construction
• Understanding of underground construction methods, risk management, and planning
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, controls, quality, safety, and construction
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and relationship skills
• Ability to work in diverse, multicultural environments; international project experience desirable
• Experience in joint venture environments advantageous
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• relationship-building
• tunnel/underground construction delivery
• excavation and ground support
• lining works and shaft construction

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