Senior Tunnel Engineer DUBAI

Senior Tunnel Engineer Dubai

Full-time 100% m/f

Shape the future of underground infrastructure

With offices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia our client is strengthening its presence across the Middle East. This expansion reflects our commitment to innovative engineering technical excellence and long-term development within the GCC market.

To support their Dubai team they are seeking an experienced Senior Tunnel Engineer with a strong background in the structural design of tunnels and technically demanding underground infrastructure.

In this role you will oversee major design assignments guide key engineering decisions and bring together specialists from multiple disciplines. Combining technical expertise with commercial understanding you will manage engineering risks maintain rigorous delivery standards and serve as a reliable technical partner to clients and project stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

• Direct tunnel and underground design packages covering TBM NATM and drill-and-blast tunnels; shafts portals cross passages and junctions; underground stations; cut-and-cover structures; and related geotechnical works.

• Establish engineering approaches design concepts construction methods and measures to address technical risks.

• Check and approve engineering calculations numerical analyses design documentation specifications bills of quantities technical submissions and drawings.

• Oversee advanced assessments of excavation support tunnel liningsincluding reinforcement design and detailingand TBM launch structures including structural steel design and detailing.

• Lead analyses of tunnel and shaft openings ground movements and settlements groundwater effects ground treatment and groundstructure interaction using three-dimensional numerical modelling where required.

• Resolve constructability issues coordinate design interfaces and manage critical technical decisions throughout project development.

• Integrate the contributions of geotechnical structural civil MEP BIM/CAD construction and project-management teams.

• Represent the design team in client meetings technical reviews workshops value-engineering exercises and stakeholder consultations.

• Assess ground models instrumentation data and feedback from site activities to guide design development and project decisions.

• Define and supervise instrumentation and monitoring programmes risk assessments and protective measures for sensitive assets and urban surroundings.

• Support the development of junior engineers assistant engineers and engineers through technical supervision design checking coaching and knowledge transfer.

• Maintain compliance with relevant regulations engineering codes industry standards client specifications and internal quality procedures.

• Contribute as needed to project scheduling resource planning programme control bid preparation and business-development opportunities.

• Take ownership of engineering quality technical delivery and performance across your assigned projects.

Your qualifications and experience

• A bachelors degree in Tunnel Engineering Civil Engineering Structural Engineering or a closely related field.

• A masters qualification specialising in Tunnel Engineering Underground Structures or Rock Mechanics is strongly preferred.

• At least eight years of relevant professional experience in tunnelling underground structures and major infrastructure schemes.

• A demonstrated track record of leading tunnel and underground engineering design packages on complex projects.

• In-depth understanding of tunnel design approaches excavation support underground construction methods structural analysis settlement prediction and geotechnical engineering.

• Advanced capability in numerical modelling and geotechnical analysis using PLAXIS 2D/3D RS2/RS3 FLAC UDEC Abaqus Midas FEA or comparable software.

• Experience directing technical reviews verifying design quality and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering inputs.

• Sound knowledge of international standards applicable to tunnelling structural engineering geotechnics and infrastructure design.

• Confidence in presenting engineering proposals technical findings and recommendations directly to clients and other stakeholders.

• Proven ability to mentor colleagues and develop engineering teams.

• Strong leadership interpersonal communication technical reporting and stakeholder-management skills.

• Fluency in written and spoken English. Arabic and other language skills would be an asset.

• Experience with major metro railway highway water wastewater utility or urban underground infrastructure projects would be particularly valuable.

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Tunnel Engineering Civil Engineering Structural Engineering or a closely related field.

Additional Information :

Should you meet the requirements for this position please email your CV to: decastro(at)  

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 5 days please consider your application unsuccessful

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time