Senior Tunneling Engineer

Louis Berger

Doha, Qatar

Ref: NP854-82

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Senior tunneling Engineer will ensure compliance to Clients' requirements and contract specifications.

He shall have an advisory role on technical issues related to design review and compliance with the specifications.

Responsible for managing the delivery of major tunnel projects, ensuring quality is sustained, taking part in and leading design activities, further developing client relationships, and building/managing a local team of tunnel engineers capable of providing tunnel services for target clientele.

The Senior tunneling Engineer shall be a specialist who is experienced in all types of tunneling and underground construction methods. He shall be competent to evaluate geotechnical data and determine appropriate design parameters, method of analysis and codes of practice for design. He will be familiar with equipment, production rate and methodologies and specifications for both bored and cut and cover tunnels as well as large underground structures, shafts and cross passages.

As a licensed Professional Engineer and a tunnel specialist, you will have understanding of different tunnel construction methods and the interaction with design, structural design of reinforced concrete and steel sections and/or the geotechnical aspects of tunneling.

Familiar with best practices for tunnel Risk Assessments, and have experience managing the on-time delivery of work products such as Specifications, Calculations and Drawings

Requirements

- Twenty years post graduate experience with at least 15 years tunnel design experience. Prior trenchless technology and Middle East experience preferred but not required.
- Experience in tunnel design and construction in both soft ground and soft rock conditions and using both TBM and open excavation (such as NATM) techniques.
- Membership in a Professional Institution is an advantage.
- Experience in latest technology and its applications.
- Experience in drafting Employer's requirement for Design and Build Contracts.
- Bachelors Degree, preferably in Civil Engineering.
- Masters Degree in Geotechnical Engineering an advantage.
- Professional Certification is a plus.
- Fluent in written technical English.

About the Company

The Louis Berger Group is an internationally recognized consulting firm that provides engineering, architecture, program and construction management, environmental planning and science, and economic development services. For nearly 60 years, we have been a devoted and trusted partner to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies; national, provincial, and local governments; multilateral institutions; and commercial industry. To this diverse client base we bring strategic vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, developing innovative solutions to the worlds most challenging problems.

Around the world, we operate with a commitment to integrity and hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics, quality, and accountability. From our president to our teams in the field, we share a genuine sense of respect and stewardship for the places where we work and the people whose lives we impact.

The Louis Berger Group is one of 10 firms that make up Berger Group Holdings. With a resource base of 6,000 dedicated employees and affiliate employees in more than 50 countries, we are able to respond to local conditions while providing clients with the technical resources and rapid response capabilities of a leading global organization.

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