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Principal Engineer - Tunnelling & Underground Structures

Birmingham, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead design and management for major civil infrastructure tunnelling and underground structure projects, serving public and private sector clients.

Role type

Principal Tunnelling Engineer (Design Lead)

Builds

Underground structures including road tunnels, power tunnels, pumped storage schemes, and shafts.

Domain

Civil Infrastructure / Geotechnical Engineering

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Reinforced Concrete design to Eurocodes, Geotechnical Engineering principles, Soil-structure interaction analysis, Design of underground structures (secant piles, segmental shaft linings, D-Walls), Project design development, Junior engineer management

Preferred skills

Professional membership in Civil/Structural Engineering, MSc/MEng in Soil Mechanics/Geotechnical/Tunnelling Engineering

Technologies

Eurocodes

Responsibilities

Act as Design Lead for project elements, Manage junior engineers in design tasks, Provide input to design development

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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