Tunnel Examining Engineer

Job description

Tunnel Examining Engineer Location: Eastern (Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk) Contract Type: Permanent: What you’ll do: The Role As a Tunnel Examining Engineer, you will lead the safe, compliant, and technically robust delivery of tunnel examinations across the Network Rail estate. Your work will focus on tunnel lining condition, ground movement, water ingress, drainage performance, and geotechnical hazards. You’ll work with autonomy and confidence on site, using your judgement to make thoughtful, real ‑ time decisions and ensuring examinations are delivered to a consistently high standard. You’ll also create clear, evidence ‑ based reports that accurately reflect tunnel condition and behaviour. Where competent, you’ll support STE2 technical reviews and contribute to collaborative improvements in examination methods, digital tools, and reporting processes. Roles & Responsibilities: Safety Leadership Foster safe working behaviours in tunnel environments, ensuring all safety‑critical controls are in place. Maintain dynamic risk assessments and pause work where controls are inadequate. Apply Ground Control procedures and Network Rail standards, including...