Senior Tunnel Construction Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Tunnel Construction Engineer at HILL International, providing technical leadership and construction oversight for bored tunnels and underground cavern works within the TTT program.

Role Purpose

Oversee the delivery of bored tunnels and underground cavern works, ensuring all underground activities are executed in line with client standards for safety, quality, and digital delivery while maintaining program, cost, and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Construction Oversight

• Provide technical leadership and construction oversight for bored tunnels and underground cavern works.
• Ensure alignment with client's standards for safety, quality, sustainability, and digital delivery.
• Oversee TBM excavation, cavern construction, breakthrough, decommissioning, and site demobilization.
• Stay updated with ITA guidelines, Saudi Arabia Codes, Eurocodes, and NEOM requirements.

Program & Cost Management

• Maintain program, cost, and operational objectives throughout the underground works lifecycle.

Stakeholder & Contractor Management

• Work closely with the PMC/client team, design consultants, and construction contractors.
• Manage contractor governance and construction risk.
• Coordinate temporary works and demobilization processes.

Compliance & Environmental Standards

• Ensure environmental compliance in large-scale projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mining, or Tunnelling Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in bored tunnel and underground cavern construction.
• Demonstrated expertise in TBM tunnelling (EPB, slurry, or hard rock) and cavern construction (SEM/NATM or drill & blast).
• Experience in TBM breakthrough and decommissioning.
• Prior experience in PMC, EPC, or client-side roles preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced knowledge of TBM operations, recovery, and dismantling.
• Strong understanding of underground logistics, heavy lifting operations, and ground control systems.
• Familiarity with construction risk, contract interfaces, and temporary works processes.
• Knowledge of environmental compliance standards for large-scale projects.
• Excellent leadership, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.