Job Description

The Chief Tunnel Expert will lead all tunneling aspects of a large-scale twin tube road tunnel project in Mumbai, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality execution in line with project specifications and international standards. Acting as the technical authority within the team, the role involves overseeing tunnel design interfaces, construction methodologies (including TBM/NATM as applicable), risk management, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities

• Report to Project Director.
• Review the FS and Tunnel design for detailed engineering, including the geotechnical data,
  the applied design codes, design conditions including control points (e.g. Navigation channel,
  pipelines etc.), type of the foundation/substructure/ superstructure
• Confirm with MMRDA all design conditions including design code, control points such as
  position of public utilities, and cross sections.
• Provide guidance to the CAD operator for preparation of the drawings and check the drawing
  prepared by the CAD operator.
• Review the method statement of project construction submitted by the contractor and
  provide comments or give no objection.
• Review and check the quality of the works at site as well as inspection sheets prepared by the
  inspector and provide necessary instruction if any.
• Check the interim payment claim from the contractor to support the Quantity Surveyor.
• Support the Claim specialist to analyze the claims for cost increase or time extension from
  the contractor
• Support the Project Director to issue the Taking over certificate and completion certificate in
  terms of Tunnel.
• Participate the meeting with relevant authorities/the client/contractor when required.
• Provide a part of the reports to be submitted to the Client in terms of the Project works.
• Ensure full and detailed permanent site records, which will include site correspondence,
  survey data, quality acceptance data, site diaries, measurement and certification, minutes of
  meetings, and records of all other contractually relevant matters.
• Check the as-build drawings submitted by the contractor

Qualifications

• Post Graduate in Civil Engineering
• Total 20 years of professional experience
• Should have been Tunnel Engineer for Highway road/ Metro/ Railway projects for at least 15 years
• Minimum 10 years of experience in similar capacity
• Should have experience of at least 2 Highway Road/ Metro/ Railway Projects of tunnel length not less than 2.5 km in a single project