Tunnel Inspector (Construction Support)

Mott MacDonald•Vancouver, BC

5d•CA$75,000 - CA$91,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Mott MacDonald is seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Tunnel Inspector (Construction Support) to join their team in Vancouver for an iconic construction project. This role involves working alongside senior geotechnical and structural engineers and mentoring junior team members. The company is an employee-owned firm with a global presence, focusing on sustainability and innovation. They value potential and diverse perspectives, encouraging individuals to apply even if they don't meet every requirement.

Requirements

Minimum 5-10 years of relevant industry / project experience, including experience in underground construction, particularly underground shaft and tunnel excavations and geological mapping (full-time site experience would be considered an asset).
Knowledge and experience of the implementation or construction of design solutions on construction sites.
Effective communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills; able to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff and clients and nurture the development of junior staff.
Ability and enthusiasm for supervising the work of others, including check and approval of key deliverables.
Ability to work up to 10 hours per day, Monday to Friday, including evenings and night shift, is required by the project.

Nice To Haves

Diploma or a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering would be considered as an asset.
Full-time site experience would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Providing full-time inspection services during the construction of multiple elements of this critical project – in particular underground construction, including underground shaft and tunnel excavation, additionally providing support to support of excavations, and pre-excavation grouting, steel pipe installation and backfill grouting.
Provide field engineering support for mechanically excavated tunnels and shafts in sedimentary rock sequences, including systematic geological mapping of shaft and tunnel faces, assessing and monitoring probe hole and pre-excavation grouting requirements, design review and field verification of rock support systems, evaluating excavation performance against expected behavior.
Preparing daily shift reports capturing HSE, progress, labour, equipment, materials, quality of the work during daily shifts.
Working collaboratively with the Engineering, Contracting Authority and Contractor teams to support overall project delivery of multiple elements of this critical project, in particular reviewing submittits and requests for information, managing and coordinating Engineers inspections, monitoring excavation performance, witnessing and providing sign off at construction hold points and communicating key issues to the relevant teams.