(GBR-Croydon) Senior Engineer - Tunnelling

**Company Description**

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.We believe infrastructure creates opportunities for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

If you want to work on some of the largest and most challenging tunnelling projects, in a team with a market-leading flexible working culture, then we would love to hear from you!

**Job Description**

We’re looking for Civil and Structural Engineers to work on Major Civils projects of a tunnelling nature at all levels to join our teams across the UK.

With an exciting and growing project portfolio, there is no better time to join us!

What can we offer?

Here, you will have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Based in our Croydon office, we have a dedicated tunnelling and Civil Infrastructure team working on some of the most challenging tunnelling and Civil Infrastructure projects across both the UK and abroad. These key projects have included Thames Tideway Central Contract, HS2, London Power Tunnels 2 and Snowdonia Cable Tunnel. We offer technically challenging work in a supportive team to grow your technical skills in the context of landmark UK Civil Infrastructure projects. The nature of our work is fast-paced and both challenging and rewarding in equal measure. We are currently pursuing major opportunities in high-speed rail in the UK and overseas, water transfer tunnels, highway tunnels, hydroelectric schemes and high-voltage cable tunnels. Career progression and employee development are key to AECOM's success and your success. We will provide the necessary support and opportunity for our team members to grow and improve their technical ability across multiple sectors. Our team encourages involvement in the broader community including supporting STEM and the British Tunnelling Society.

This is an exciting opportunity for a professional to further develop with our core team in Croydon, whilst also playing an active role in expanding and supporting the business within the UK and overseas. This is a versatile and rewarding role involving the technical delivery of complex tunnelling Civil Infrastructure projects across multiple sectors.

You will:

+ Plan and design tunnels, shafts, and significant underground civil infrastructure.

+ Understand, develop and learn the importance of safe, constructable solutions.

+ Lead AECOM safety in design principles.

+ Support multidisciplinary teams in the transport, water and power sectors.

+ Communicate clearly and concisely with engineering staff as part of multidisciplinary teams.

+ Interface and communicate with clients.

+ Prepare and monitor packages of work in line with an agreed scope and budget.

+ Lead or support specific packages of work depending on size and/or complexity.

+ Review and support work delivered by other engineers.

+ Mentor and support junior engineers.

+ We are looking for you to:

+ Display excellent technical and soft skills in the delivery of consultancy work.

+ Develop plans relating to the delivery of technical aspects of projects.

+ Design reinforced concrete structures.

+ Design tunnel and shaft structures in a variety of challenging ground conditions.

+ Be experienced in numerical analysis methods including 2D and 3D finite element modelling.

+ Be experienced in writing technical reports.

+ Have knowledge of the methods and techniques used in the design of tunnel linings including segmental, jacked, cast insitu, sprayed concrete, masonry/blockwork, rock bolted/anchored and unlined.

+ Hold knowledge in the methods and techniques used in the design of deep, large diameter shafts including segmental, secant piled, diaphragm wall and sprayed concrete.

+ Have demonstrable experience of soil structure interaction and geotechnical experience.

+ The preferred candidates would ideally have a civil/structural background.

+ Importantly, mentoring will be given to the candidate to support and develop their engineering knowledge.

We are looking for you to:

+ Display excellent technical and soft skills in the delivery of consultancy work.

+ Develop plans relating to the delivery of technical aspects of projects.

+ Design reinforced concrete structures.

+ Design tunnel and shaft structures in a variety of challenging ground conditions.

+ Be experienced in numerical analysis methods including 2D and 3D finite element modelling.

+ Be experienced in writing technical reports.

+ Have knowledge of the methods and techniques used in the design of tunnel linings including segmental, jacked, cast insitu, sprayed concrete, masonry/blockwork, rock bolted/anchored and unlined.

+ Hold knowledge in the methods and techniques used in the design of deep, large diameter shafts including segmental, secant piled, diaphragm wall and sprayed concrete.

+ Have demonstrable experience of soil structure interaction and geotechnical experience.

+ The preferred candidates would ideally have a civil/structural background.

+ Importantly, mentoring will be given to the candidate to support and develop their engineering knowledge.

**Qualifications**

We are looking for you to:

Display excellent technical and soft skills in the delivery of consultancy work.

Develop plans relating to the delivery of technical aspects of projects.

Design reinforced concrete structures.

Design tunnel and shaft structures in a variety of challenging ground conditions.

Be experienced in numerical analysis methods including 2D and 3D finite element modelling.

Be experienced in writing technical reports.

Have knowledge of the methods and techniques used in the design of tunnel linings including segmental, jacked, cast insitu, sprayed concrete, masonry/blockwork, rock bolted/anchored and unlined.

Hold knowledge in the methods and techniques used in the design of deep, large diameter shafts including segmental, secant piled, diaphragm wall and sprayed concrete.

Have demonstrable experience of soil structure interaction and geotechnical experience.

The preferred candidates would ideally have a civil/structural background.

Importantly, mentoring will be given to the candidate to support and develop their engineering knowledge.

+ Have a degree in Civil or Civil & Structural Engineering

+ Possessing an MSc/MEng in Soil Mechanics/Geotechnical/Tunnelling Engineering would be an advantage

+ Hold Professional membership or are close to achieving this (MICE preferred)

**Additional Information**

Your benefits will include:

Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements. Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.You’ll also be able to give back to communities with up to two paid CSR days each year. Through our charity, The AECOM Foundation, you can volunteer to support children in developing countries. And if you’re a member of the Reserve Forces you’ll receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** J10072057

**Business Line:** Transportation

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India

**Career Area:** Engineering