Tunneling Specialist

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SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA’s mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure worldwide. For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving, and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems throughout the lifecycle of their projects.

SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to testing, deployment, and maintenance phases and operates in over 80 countries worldwide, generating 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological, and energy transition to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Tunneling Specialist will be ensuring that client requirements are fulfilled by the design builder, responsible for assuring all tunneling work is properly planned, designed, and coordinated with all affected parties. The role involves sequencing and constructing in accordance with project requirements and industry best practices.

• Review routing studies, designs, guidelines, geotechnical data, and conduct risk and gap analysis.
• Coordinate tunnel design reviews, review tunneling schedules, facilitate interface sessions, prepare scopes of work and estimates for design changes, and produce technical memos and studies for design alternatives.
• Provide technical field support, evaluate RFI submissions and change requests, coordinate design issues during construction, provide cost estimates for technical support services, update guidelines and standards, and coordinate updates for best‑practice documents.
• Ensure the design‑builder properly plans, schedules, and implements the sequence to reflect project requirements and milestones.
• Document field support of construction activities and changes, ensuring all field changes are engineered, approved, and implemented.
• Assure the accurate completion of as‑built documents.
• Ensure the design‑builder addresses all stakeholder requirements and interface activities for each phase of the tunneling program.
• Prepare a list of requirements based on contract documents and stakeholder criteria and review them against design‑builder submittals.
• Review all design‑builder submittals to assure design safety conformance, fire life safety, and fit‑for‑purpose of the tunnel design.

• Engineering or related degree.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience post‑graduation.
• Experience working on large and complex tunneling projects in a tunneling specialist role.
• Strong understanding of large project construction programs with multiple interface and stakeholder requirements, including utilities, station construction, roadway and traffic, and adjacent structures.

SYSTRA is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Other