Senior Tunnel Design Lead

AECOM Canada is hiring a Senior Tunnel Design Lead

In your role as Tunnel Design Lead, your primary responsibilities will include

• Lead and carry out the planning, design, and analyses of tunnel and trenchless projects of medium/high complexity in the water and transportation sectors.
• Carry out analyses and design for projects in regions of high seismicity
• Design of both TBM and SEM (Sequential Excavation Methods) tunnels
• Design of support of excavation systems for shafts, cut and cover tunnels, and station boxes.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams and contribute specific geotechnical and structural expertise on underground projects.
• Coordinate and manage detailed phases of engineering work for an assigned portion of a major project or the total project of moderate scope.
• Provide technical leadership, oversight, and mentorship to more junior engineers
• Support and collaborate on pursuits (prepositioning, RFQs, and RFPs) across market sections.
• Use commercial numerical modelling tools including both Finite and Distinct Elements software (FLAC, PLAXIS, etc)
• Independently develop numerical modelling and structural verification of underground elements (reinforced concrete, bolts, shotcrete, etc)
• Autonomously generate and verify excel sheets for structural and geotechnical verifications various underground structures and tunnels
• Participate and inputs to constructability reviews, risk management plans, value engineering sessions, QA/QC comments
• Contribute to preparation of contract documents, technical specifications, design report and drawing