Tunnel & Geotechnical Engineering Lead

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At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its capacity to design and build civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track record includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads, 2920 miles of railroad lines, and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.

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Job Description:

Reporting to the Engineering Director, your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing functional leadership and accountability for Tunnel and Geotechnical engineering across Ferrovial Construction UK & Ireland.
• Leading best practice for tunneling and geotechnical engineering.
• Acting as the UK&I Head Office focal point for all Tunnel and Geotechnical matters, supporting projects from early development and tender stages through design, construction and handover.
• Providing senior technical leadership on complex underground works, ensuring designs are safe, buildable, economical and aligned with construction methodologies and risk profiles.
• Managing the tender design and the engagement and coordination of external designers during major project tender processes.
• Identifying, assessing and managing technical risks and opportunities related to tunneling and geotechnical engineering.
• Ensuring compliance with UK design standards, CDM Regulations, project-specific Works Information and Ferrovial engineering governance requirements.

The role is expected to evolve over time and may transition into a project delivery engineering leadership position where a major project with a predominant tunnelling and underground scope is awarded, subject to business needs and organizational arrangements, entailing:

• Leading and coordinating all engineering and design activities across disciplines to ensure full technical compliance with project and statutory requirements.
• Managing the delivery of design outputs in line with construction programme needs.
• Overseeing the integration of temporary works requirements into permanent works design.
• Providing technical leadership to internal and external design teams.
• Promoting value engineering, innovation, and off-site manufacturing where beneficial to cost, safety, or programme.
• Ensuring designs are practical, economical, and aligned with construction methods and constraints.

Key Skills and qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive experience delivering major infrastructure projects with significant tunneling and/or geotechnical scope, ideally within the UK.
• Strong track record in tunnel and geotechnical design and construction.
• Experience operating within Joint Venture environments.
• Knowledge of UK design standards, CDM regulations and construction methods.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Key relationships:

• Internal: Engineering Director – UK & Ireland, Project and Programme Directors, Engineering Managers and Design Managers, Commercial, Planning and Project Controls teams.
• External: Clients and their engineering teams, Joint Venture partners, Designers and specialist tunneling / geotechnical subcontractors, Regulators and third-party stakeholders.

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