Tunnel Engineering Technical Lead

We are expanding our Sweden team to deliver high-profile infrastructure projects including rail and tunnel developments. Our office operates as a collaborative international hub connected to AECOMs European rail and tunnel experts with English as the working language. We welcome applications from across Europe Swedish language is not required for this role.

We seek a Hard Rock Tunnel Engineering Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design delivery for major infrastructure projects in Sweden. You will be the primary interface with the client orchestrate design across disciplines and drive quality risk and efficiency from tender through delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as our design teams representative and single point of contact to the client; plan host and document client and internal design meetings.
• Own the Design Management Plan (scope deliverables milestones) and integrate design progress with planning risk and cost reporting.
• Lead design reviews technical workshops and interface coordination to align disciplines and resolve issues early.
• Translate overarching client requirements into clear actions; monitor implementation and compliance across the design.
• Safeguard quality: coordinate crossdiscipline deliverables and perform QA prior to submission.
• Manage change and risk proactively; capture communicate and mitigate design changes and design risks.
• Drive value engineering and constructability; liaise with contractors to close design queries and support site activities.
• Manage performance of internal teams and subconsultants including resource planning and progress reporting.
• Prepare and present concise progress updates schedules and risk dashboards to the client and project leadership.
• Support client development coach junior staff and share best practices.
• Travel to Swedish project locations and occasional trips to design offices abroad may be required.

Required Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering.
• 8 years of relevant experience in infrastructure design.
• 3 years as Design Manager/Design Coordinator or Technical Lead delivering multidisciplinary projects with a tunnel focus (tender design accepted).
• Excellent English (working language).

Nice to Have

• Hard rock tunnel experience; NATM knowledge is a plus.
• Constructionstage site followup experience.
• Preparation of tender and construction documents for buildonly contracts.
• Detailed design delivery for contractors.
• Preparation of tender documents for designbuild contracts.
• Experience collaborating with distributed teams across countries.

Additional Information :

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity diversity and inclusion a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time