AECOM Americas Jobs

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Tunnel Design Engineer for immediate employment in our Chelmsford Massachusetts Office, to work on exciting and challenging tunnel projects.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Organize independently work plans and design activities for projects of medium/high complexity

• Plan, manage and implement geotechnical investigation programs for tunnel and underground projects

• Perform geotechnical analyses and design based on geotechnical investigation results

• Use commercial numerical modelling tools including both Finite and Distinct Elements software to design tunnels and underground structures

• Autonomously generate and verify excel sheets for structural and geotechnical verifications

• Provide multidisciplinary teams clear knowledge and expertise of the basic principles of soil and rock mechanics and ground-structure interactions

• Participate in teamwork contributing with specific geotechnical and structural expertise on underground components of Transportation and Water Conveyance projects

• Support tunnels proposals with technical inputs, including methodologies and techniques

• Design of tunnels in both TBM and SEM (Sequential Excavation Methods)

• Design of SOE (support of excavation) systems of shafts, pump stations, cut and cover boxes, etc.

• Participate to constructability review, risk management plans, value engineering sessions

• Contribute to preparation of contract documents, technical specifications, design report and drawing

• Supervise and review the work of less experienced engineers, train interns on numerical modelling

• Liaise with other disciplines, professionals, clients

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Geotechnical or Structural Engineering and 4 + years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• Ability to obtain PE in within one year from starting of employment

• Proven experience in underground structures, tunnels, trenchless structures

Preferred Qualifications :

• Degree in Civil, Geotechnical or Structural Engineering with experience in tunneling and underground engineering or Master’s Degree in structural or geotechnical engineering is preferred

• 6+ years’ experience in foundations, underground structures, tunnels, trenchless structures, etc

• Experience with both large diameter (18 ft +) and trenchless tunneling method is preferred

• Technical experience in different tunnelling methods, shaft design and ground improvement, SEM tunnelling, TBM tunnelling

• Knowledge of Geotechnical, Hydrogeology, Geological engineering and Rock mechanics

• Knowledge of analytical and numerical analysis methods for underground works and tunnels

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills applied to design activities

• Excellent oral and written skills as well as interpersonal/teamwork skills

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

ReqID: J10065880

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Engineering