Senior Tunnel Design Engineer

JOIN COWI INTERNATIONAL's TEAM IN SINGAPORE

With over 93 offices worldwide, COWI is a leading international consulting group providing clients with innovative and sustainable solutions to complex challenges within transportation, energy, environment, water, industry, buildings and planning. Together with our over 6,500 dedicated professionals, COWI pushes the boundaries of engineering design around the globe.

As a member of the SE Asia team, you will support local and international projects across the transportation and energy sectors, including railways, highways, metros, marine, wind, hydro, and more.

You will be joined by hundreds of skilled experts, collaborating over the entire lifecycle of a project - from idea, concept and design, to operation and maintenance within our portfolio of tunnels & underground structures, bridges, complex structures, ground engineering and reclamation projects.

DESIGN THE FUTURE WITH A GLOBAL TEAM OF EXPERTS

We are looking for a Senior Tunnel Engineer to join our global team of experts and work closely within our local Singapore teams. You will be responsible for the development and delivery of tunnel design solutions within the water, wastewater, and transit sectors. In addition, you will also support our signature water and transportation projects located across the globe.

On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for:

- Select the most adequate engineering technical solutions, lead and manage design and project delivery teams within a defined budget and schedule requirements
- Review engineering and analysis for the design of tunnels and shafts in soft ground, mixed conditions and rock (initial support and final lining) which will include the use of various tunnel construction methods such as drill and blast, sequential excavation method (SEM), or TBM
- Interpret and organize design results into project documentation such as Technical Memos, Geotechnical Data, Interpretive, or Baseline Reports, or Basis of Design reports
- Coordinate with other leading engineers to facilitate staff engagement and adequate on-the-job training of the design and delivery teams
- Characterize and classify ground conditions for different tunnelling methods based on geotechnical information
- Communicate design work through preparation of drawing sketches indicating support types, geometry, construction sequencing, and instrumentation
- Use tunnel analysis and design software such as FLAC/FLAC3D, Phase2, Plaxis and/or others
- Work in multidisciplinary teams for delivery of small, medium, and large-scale projects
- Ensuring that design, assessments and checking of designs are in accordance with the current Standards, Codes of Practice and Best Practice
- Review/checking/approval of designs, assessments and calculations in accordance with quality procedures
- Coordination of work undertaken by external sub-contractors and design checkers and Client management

COWI is a leader within our field, because our employees are leaders within theirs. We invite you to learn from the best and realise your potential in an outstanding environment, where we collaborate on shaping tomorrow's societies. Alongside your manager, you outline the path for your development and build your expertise on a day-to-day basis, working on global and local assignments.

YOUR SKILLS. OUR TEAM. TOGETHER WE DESIGN THE FUTURE

Your skills are the key to our success. Working across borders and disciplines, we share knowledge and build strong relationships with colleagues and customers. You contribute with your expertise and get to learn from the best.

To succeed in this position, we believe that you should have an attitude of taking initiative, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn, teamwork, creativity.

Furthermore, you should have:

- Bachelor of Science (or Master of Science preferred) in Underground Construction / Tunnelling, Geotechnical, or Structural Engineering combined with 7+ years of related experience in the tunnel and/or underground infrastructure
- Hold a recognised Engineering degree by Professional Engineering Board (Singapore)
- Strong technical expertise in the design and construction of tunnels, shafts and other similar underground structures.
- A high level of proficiency in 2D and 3D geo-structural analysis software such as STAAD.Pro, Plaxis, FLAC3D, UDEC, SWedge, UnWedge, SNAIL or similar programs.
- Have experience of working in a design environment in Singapore (mandatory)
- Leadership capabilities proven by past supervisory roles
- Good time-management skills, ability to multi-task, and ability to sustain focus on longer tasks
- Ability to work across different geographical areas including distributed work centres
- Ability and willingness to travel
- Have sound understanding of DfS Regulations, specifically the designer's requirements and the risk assessment process
- Have experience in designing of Bored tunnel and mined tunnel (mandatory)
- Have experience in the civil engineering and undergr