Tunnel Inspector

Mott MacDonald•Vancouver, BC

62d•CA$75,000 - CA$91,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water. We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story. If you share that vision, even if you don’t meet every requirement listed, we’d still love to hear from you. We value potential and diverse perspectives as much as experience. Let’s explore how we can support your growth and help you take the next step in your career, while contributing to an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America. We are looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced Tunnel Inspector to support an iconic construction project in Vancouver. In this position, you will work alongside our senior geotechnical and structural engineers and be able to mentor junior members of the team. This position will be working on an iconic Vancouver based tunnel project. Candidates must be willing to work a mix of day shift and night shifts to meet project requirements.

Requirements

An academic background, with Diploma or a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering would be considered as an asset.
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

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. Night shifts are typically 10 hrs/day 5 days/week with occasional need to work either longer hours or 6 days/week to support the construction schedule. Preferred candidate will be willing to work night shifts only.
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.