Job Information
AECOM Tunnelling Engineer in Sydney, Australia
Company Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity 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.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
Job Description
Due to ongoing growth and some exciting project wins both locally and internationally, AECOM is seeking an experiencedTunnelling Engineer to join our Sydney team.
Our Ground Engineering and Tunnelling team has many long-term projects, which provide a solid workload. In addition to these are a variety of technical advisor, tender, and design & construction projects throughout Australia, as well as globally.
You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from a strong team of tunnelling engineers, geotechnical engineers, and engineering geologists, of all levels. There is also the opportunity to be involved with projects from the earliest stages of planning, ground investigation, design, all the way through to construction and operational management phases. As an experienced practitioner, you will also be required to play an active role in winning and delivering projects.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Guide the team or package with design analysis, reporting and drawings
Organise independent work plans and design activities for projects of medium/high complexity
Involvement in model and drawing production and with interfaces between key above and below ground elements
Provide multi-disciplinary teams clear knowledge and expertise on soil and rock mechanics and ground-structure interactions
Effectively manage internal and external client relationships and expectations
Supervise, co-ordinate and review activities carried out by early career professionals
Support tunnelling proposals with technical inputs, including methodologies and techniques
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in civil/structural, geotechnical engineering, or equivalent
Post-graduate qualifications (highly valued)
Strong written and verbal communication skills (essential)
Post-graduate experience in tunnelling and underground engineering including both office and field-based assignments
Knowledge of a variety of tunnel construction methodologies for TBM, mined and cut-and-cover tunnels
Experience in design of ground support and structural design of tunnels
Experience with Australian standards. Knowledge of international standards, such as Eurocodes would also be advantageous
Knowledge of software for tunnel design such as RS2/3, PLAXIS 2D & 3D, Rocscience suite, Strand7 and similar. Proficient in Microsoft Office
Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Willingness to travel for limited periods
Please note that less experienced candidates will also be considered.
Additional Information
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.
AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.
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: J10085980
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ANZ
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid