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    Civil Engineering

    Tunnel Engineer

    Vancouver, CanadaHybridFull-time4+ yrs experience$70k – $116.7k / yearPosted 3w ago
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    Job description

    GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 12,000 diverse and skilled individuals across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

    The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy, and urbanization sustainable for generations to come.

    GHD is dedicated to driving bold, sustainable, and profitable growth by expanding and investing in our most strategically important clients.

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    Who are we looking for?

    Our Tunnel Group and Rail and Transit Group are growing and looking for a Tunnel Engineer to join us in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

    Working with an energetic and high-performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

    • Assist with project work within GHD’s Rail and Transportation business and support other tunnelling projects across Canada or internationally, as opportunities present.
    • Assist in responding to technical and administrative tasks associated with the development of tunnels and stations.
    • Carry out analysis as directed by senior members of the team for tunnel liners and shaft design using PLAXIS, FLAC, Rocscience, etc.
    • Prepare tunnel reports and provide input to the tunnel component of proposals.
    • Attend client meetings along with a supervisor.
    • Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.
    • Geoscientific Studies and Interpretations: Contribute to well proposals by providing complex analysis and interpretation of geological/geophysical field data. Involves using advanced modeling techniques.
    • Reservoir Characterization and Analysis: Assist with reservoir characterization and simulation by compiling reservoir engineering data and helping to analyze it. This could include data from flow tests and well tests, as well as data on historical production performance.
    • Engineering Solutions Design: Contribute to the development of, and implement feasibility testing of, proposed engineering solutions to provide feedback and data to validate the design.
    • Knowledge Management: Implement policies and processes, collect best practices and case studies, and participate in internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in allocated projects.
    • Data Management: Help others get the most out of data management systems by providing support and advice.
    • Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.

    What you’ll bring to the team:

    • Minimum of 4 years working on tunnel and underground projects within tunnel design or construction teams.
    • Ability to design deep shaft & shoring structures.
    • Experience in the design of tunnels in soft ground and transit underground support of structures.
    • Confident with analytical and numerical analysis methods and the ability to work with various industry-standard geotechnical software packages (PLAXIS, FLAC, Rocscience, etc.).
    • Demonstrate strong knowledge of the different tunnelling & shaft construction methods, logistics, equipment, and methodology selection.
    • Experience in calculating tunnel-induced settlement, including analysis of damage to adjacent infrastructure.
    • Familiar with settlement instrumentation & monitoring.
    • Tunnelling construction experience with TBMs & precast linings.
    • Soft ground tunnelling ancillaries, including ground treatment & ground freezing.
    • Familiar with the preparation of GBRs, along with the review of GDR and geotechnical investigation planning for tunnel and underground structures.
    • Ability to prepare PSOS specifications.
    • Familiar with cost estimating & scheduling for tunnel/shaft construction.
    • Demonstrated experience in the preparation of detailed design reports and construction reporting.

    Salary range: $77,550 - $129,250. The salary range is based on the preferred work location. If the selected candidate’s location differs, changes to the salary range may apply.

    The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruitment is just getting started and may be used during the hiring process to improve efficiency and fairness. While AI may support some steps throughout the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans.

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    As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    Ghd

    Established in 1928 and privately owned by our people, GHD operates across five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America - and the Pacific region. We employ more than 9000 people in 200+ offices to deliver projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics across the entire asset value chain. Driven by a client-service led culture, we connect the knowledge, skill and experience of our people with innovative practices, technical capabilities and robust systems to create lasting community benefits. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which we operate. We are guided by our workplace health, safety, quality and environmental management systems, which are certified by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance to the relevant international standards (ISO and OHSAS). In alignment with the global demands of water, energy and urbanisation, our aim is to exceed the expectations of our clients and contribute to their success.

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    Industry
    Civil Engineering
    Founded
    1928
    Open roles
    620

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