Tunnel Design Engineer
the-boring-company · Dubai, ARE ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Engineering design
- Experience
- 1+ years
The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more, enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
We are looking for a Tunnel Design Engineer to own geotechnical and tunnel design from ground investigation through construction — lining design, support of excavation, dewatering, and settlement impact on adjacent structures. On site in Dubai, this is a founding role on the regional team.
Responsibilities
- Create geotechnical data reports, geotechnical interpretation reports, and geotechnical design reports for tunnel and shaft construction
- Create temporary support of excavation designs, reports, and drawings
- Produce tunnel lining design documentation, including lateral earth pressure calculations and durability design for aggressive ground and groundwater conditions
- Perform ground settlement and construction impact analysis of subsurface structures (e.g., shafts, tunnels) and third-party infrastructure (e.g., high-rise foundations, utilities, metro assets) along the alignment
- Create and oversee the implementation of settlement monitoring plans
- Plan and execute geotechnical investigations
- Design and oversee dewatering and groundwater control schemes, including assessment of dewatering-induced settlement on adjacent buildings and utilities
- Assist in the collection and review of as-built drawings and existing geotechnical data for subsurface due diligence, coordinating with RTA, Dubai Municipality, and utility authorities
- Provide geotechnical recommendations for construction means and methods
- Perform construction period observation and inspection
- Support brick operations with geotechnical recommendations and testing oversight.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Geology, Engineering Geology, or related discipline
- Anywhere from 1–10 years of experience working in underground construction (tunneling, mining). Candidates with more experience will be given a title and compensation reflective of their skillset
- Currently based in the UAE or GCC region, or eligible to work in the UAE
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Coursework in geotechnical engineering (soils and rock mechanics), structural analysis, foundation engineering, hydrology, earthquake engineering, engineering geology, tunnel engineering, reinforced concrete design, steel design, and constitutive modeling
- Preliminary and final analysis and design experience (geotechnical investigation, slope stability analysis, support of excavation, construction impact to adjacent buildings and utilities, providing geotechnical design parameter recommendations)
- Experience with Dubai/Gulf ground conditions: loose to dense cohesionless marine sands, cemented sand and sabkha deposits with concretions and voids, weak calcareous and gypsiferous sandstones and siltstones, and high, hyper-saline groundwater tables aggressive to concrete and steel
- Soft-ground TBM (EPB or slurry) design experience, including face pressure assessment in cohesionless, water-bearing soils
- Experience designing for long-term uplift and buoyancy of underground structures in high water table conditions
- UAE Society of Engineers registration (or eligibility) a plus
- Prior design or construction experience on major Gulf infrastructure projects (e.g., metro, road tunnels, deep basements, stormwater tunnels) a plus
Additional Requirements
The position may require extended hours and weekend work
This role is on site / in person in Dubai, UAE
The position will require periodic work inside tunnels. Candidates should be comfortable with this
Culture
We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity. Joining the Dubai team at this stage means helping set the standard for how we build in the region.
Benefits
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package for the Dubai project.
The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability