AECOM is seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer specializing in large rock caverns and pressurized underground water conveyance systems to join our growing Tunneling Practice in our Markham, Mississauga, or Burnaby office.
This role is intended for a senior technical specialist with extensive experience in the analysis and design of large underground caverns in rock, pressure tunnels, pressure shafts, steel-lined and concrete-lined waterways, penstocks, and other complex underground structures for pumped storage, hydropower, water conveyance, and major infrastructure projects.
At AECOM, you will join a global team of 50,000+ professionals driven by a shared purpose: delivering a better world. Our work improves mobility, resilience, clean water access, and community connectivity across Canada. This is a newly created position.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead design of large rock caverns, pressurized tunnels and shafts, penstocks, and underground water conveyance systems.
- Perform and review 2D/3D rock mechanics and structural analyses for caverns, tunnels, shafts, supports, and linings.
- Develop and review rock support, concrete and steel lining, and pressure-containment concepts for underground works.
- Provide technical guidance on engineering geology, rock mass characterization, in-situ stress, and geotechnical design parameters.
- Define design criteria, analysis methods, excavation and support concepts, construction sequencing, and technical requirement
- Lead technical reviews, constructability, value engineering, and risk assessments, and review key design deliverables.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and mentor engineers supporting tunnel and underground structure design.
- Serve as a technical lead and subject matter expert for major underground infrastructure, hydropower, and pumped-storage projects.
- Provide independent design review and technical assurance for complex underground structures and underground water conveyance systems.
- Support business development activities, including proposal preparation, technical presentations, and client engagement.