About the Role
The Manager – Tunnels and Geotechnical will lead technical and geotechnical assurance across operational roads and mobility infrastructure. This role involves managing ground-related risks and transforming engineering findings into actionable maintenance, rehabilitation, and operational recommendations. Key responsibilities include conducting condition assessments, addressing slopes and rockfall risks, evaluating retaining structures, and monitoring pavement and subgrade performance. You will collaborate closely with specialist consultants, contractors, and operational teams to ensure safety and enhance long-term asset performance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical assurance and geotechnical risk assessments across operational roads and associated infrastructure.
- Manage inspections of slopes, rock faces, embankments, retaining structures, and ground-support systems.
- Oversee investigations into pavement deterioration, settlement, erosion, groundwater issues, and recurrent infrastructure defects.
- Define monitoring requirements with specialists, review instrumentation trends, and escalate adverse movement or deterioration.
- Develop risk-based maintenance, remediation, and rehabilitation recommendations supported by technical evidence.
- Manage specialist consultants, testing laboratories, and contractors, reviewing deliverables, scopes, and completion quality.
- Support design reviews, operational handover, and incident assessments while maintaining accurate risk registers and engineering records.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant roads, civil infrastructure, or geotechnical engineering experience.
- At least 3 years in leading technical workstreams, specialist consultants, or contractor delivery.
- Strong capability in soil and rock engineering, slope stability, retaining systems, pavement/subgrade performance, and geotechnical monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience investigating operational asset defects, developing remedial solutions, and supporting handover, maintenance, or rehabilitation.
- Appropriate professional engineering registration; postgraduate qualifications, Chartered status, and experience with steep terrain or GCC infrastructure are preferred.
