Senior Tunnel Engineer - DUBAI

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Senior Tunnel Engineer – Dubai

Full-time | 100% | m/f

Shape the future of underground infrastructure

With offices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia,our clientis strengthening its presence across the Middle East. This expansion reflects our commitment to innovative engineering, technical excellence and long-term development within the GCC market.

To support their Dubai team, they are seeking an experiencedSenior Tunnel Engineer with a strong background in the structural design of tunnels and technically demanding underground infrastructure.

In this role, you will oversee major design assignments, guide key engineering decisions and bring together specialists from multiple disciplines. Combining technical expertise with commercial understanding, you will manage engineering risks, maintain rigorous delivery standards and serve as a reliable technical partner to clients and project stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

• Direct tunnel and underground design packages covering TBM, NATM and drill-and-blast tunnels; shafts, portals, cross passages and junctions; underground stations; cut-and-cover structures; and related geotechnical works.

• Establish engineering approaches, design concepts, construction methods and measures to address technical risks.

• Check and approve engineering calculations, numerical analyses, design documentation, specifications, bills of quantities, technical submissions and drawings.

• Oversee advanced assessments of excavation support, tunnel linings—including reinforcement design and detailing—and TBM launch structures, including structural steel design and detailing.

• Lead analyses of tunnel and shaft openings, ground movements and settlements, groundwater effects, ground treatment and ground–structure interaction, using three-dimensional numerical modelling where required.

• Resolve constructability issues, coordinate design interfaces and manage critical technical decisions throughout project development.

• Integrate the contributions of geotechnical, structural, civil, MEP, BIM/CAD, construction and project-management teams.

• Represent the design team in client meetings, technical reviews, workshops, value-engineering exercises and stakeholder consultations.

• Assess ground models, instrumentation data and feedback from site activities to guide design development and project decisions.

• Define and supervise instrumentation and monitoring programmes, risk assessments and protective measures for sensitive assets and urban surroundings.

• Support the development of junior engineers, assistant engineers and engineers through technical supervision, design checking, coaching and knowledge transfer.

• Maintain compliance with relevant regulations, engineering codes, industry standards, client specifications and internal quality procedures.

• Contribute, as needed, to project scheduling, resource planning, programme control, bid preparation and business-development opportunities.

• Take ownership of engineering quality, technical delivery and performance across your assigned projects.

Your qualifications and experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Tunnel Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a closely related field.

• A master’s qualification specialising in Tunnel Engineering, Underground Structures or Rock Mechanics is strongly preferred.

• At leasteight years of relevant professional experience in tunnelling, underground structures and major infrastructure schemes.

• A demonstrated track record of leading tunnel and underground engineering design packages on complex projects.

• In-depth understanding of tunnel design approaches, excavation support, underground construction methods, structural analysis, settlement prediction and geotechnical engineering.

• Advanced capability in numerical modelling and geotechnical analysis usingPLAXIS 2D/3D, RS2/RS3, FLAC, UDEC, Abaqus, Midas FEA, or comparable software.

• Experience directing technical reviews, verifying design quality and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering inputs.

• Sound knowledge of international standards applicable to tunnelling, structural engineering, geotechnics and infrastructure design.

• Confidence in presenting engineering proposals, technical findings and recommendations directly to clients and other stakeholders.

• Proven ability to mentor colleagues and develop engineering teams.

• Strong leadership, interpersonal communication, technical reporting and stakeholder-management skills.

• Fluency in written and spokenEnglish. Arabic and other language skills would be an asset.

• Experience with majormetro, railway, highway, water, wastewater, utility or urban underground infrastructure projects would be particularly valuable.

Bachelor’s degree in Tunnel Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or a closely related field.

Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to: decastro(at)steinhem.com  

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 5 days, please consider your application unsuccessful

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