Job Description

The Senior Tunnel Construction Engineer plays a crucial role in overseeing the delivery of bored tunnels and underground cavern works within the TTT program. They provide technical leadership and construction oversight, ensuring all underground activities are executed in line with client standards for safety, quality, and digital delivery. The role involves working closely with the PMC/client team to maintain program, cost, and operational objectives.

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.
Maintain program, cost, and operational objectives throughout the underground works lifecycle.
Oversee TBM excavation, cavern construction, breakthrough, decommissioning, and site demobilization.
Work closely with the PMC/client team, design consultants, and construction contractors.
Manage contractor governance and construction risk.
Coordinate temporary works and demobilization processes.
Ensure environmental compliance in large-scale projects.
Stay updated with ITA guidelines, Saudi Arabia Codes, Eurocodes, and NEOM requirements.

Bachelors' 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 is preferred.
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.

About Hill International, Inc.

Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world. Our services include cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and advisory services.

We are the 3rd largest project and construction management firm in the U.S., as featured in Building Design + Construction magazine. We are also ranked as the 7th largest overall U.S. program management firm by Engineering News-Record magazine. Our team has participated in more than 90,000 project assignments with a total construction value of over $1 trillion.

Since 1976, we have developed the experience, expertise, and world-class talent that allows us to offer a deeper perspective on our client’s projects. We can quickly and accurately identify the potential risks facing a project, and provide recommendations on how to effectively navigate these risks.

We operate in more than 100 offices across 42 countries. Our regional teams have deep, intuitive local knowledge that helps our clients navigate any potential obstacles. We support this expertise with our wider team of internationally recognized experts.

Our focus as a business is project management, which means we are free of any potential design or contracting conflicts of interest. Our sole purpose is protecting our clients’ needs, managing any potential risks, and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Together, we deliver the infrastructure of change.

Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com

Industry

Construction & Skilled Trades

Company Size

5,001-10,000 employees

Headquarters

Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Year Founded

1976

Website

hillintl.com

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