Principal Tunnelling Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 March 2026
LOCATION
Birmingham
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£72,000 / year
CATEGORY
Engineering
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SKILLS

Tunnel Design Project Management Civil Engineering MICE Chartered Engineer Client Relationship Management Technical Report Writing Plaxis FLAC

FULL DESCRIPTION

Principal Tunnelling Engineer

Lead tunnelling projects from design to completion, ensuring quality and efficiency. The predicted salary is between 43200 - 72000 £ per year. From small to large scale turnkey projects – pipe jacking through to complex underground caverns, utilising techniques such as empirical methods and 3D FE analysis (both structural and geotechnical). As an integral part of the team, you will work with external clients to deliver subject matter expert solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Providing tunnelling leadership and direction to multi-disciplinary project teams
  • Ensuring the completion of projects and packages of work to agreed budgets and programme
  • Fostering and building a collaborative culture with clients, colleagues and outside agencies
  • Building effective working relationships with colleagues, customer stakeholders and outside agencies
  • Identifying and utilising technological advances to improve quality, results and efficiency
  • Expediting schemes from inception to design completion
  • Quality control and checking deliverables
  • Writing and producing technical reports
  • Mentoring colleagues, aiding both personal and career development

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable expertise in tunnel design
  • MICE Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent)
  • Track record in design for the design and build market
  • Experience interfacing directly with clients and building collaborative relationships
  • Sound academic and technical knowledge of civil/tunnel engineering
  • Knowledge of relevant European codes and standards
  • Proficiency in software such as Plaxis, FLAC, MIDAS and/or SAP
  • Team player with the ability to work independently and manage small teams as required
  • Planning & organisational skills
  • Motivation to deliver high quality
  • Commitment to professional and personal development
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