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Principal Engineer - Tunnels

1/6/2026

The Principal Engineer will provide technical expertise and leadership on complex tunnel projects, ensuring successful project delivery. Responsibilities include managing project goals, fostering team collaboration, and engaging with clients to meet their needs.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Arcadis is a leading global partner, delivering transformative projects with businesses, cities and industries. With 36,000 people active in more than 30 countries, we bring together the best minds from around the world to deliver intelligent products and solutions that address the challenges of climate, energy security and diversification, and livable cities. We take design, engineering, architecture and consultancy to the next level, advising clients at every step of every project. From strategy and planning through to implementation and delivery, we combine our human and digital intelligence to co-create environments that reflect our clients’ business and stakeholder needs. From creating a citywide sustainable legacy during and after the Paris Olympics to revolutionizing urban transit worldwide with metro systems from Sydney to Toronto, or securing clean drinking water for communities across more than 30 U.S. states, our world-changing solutions leave a positive and lasting impact. Our work has helped more than a third of the world's communities become more resilient, and hundreds of clients to advance their decarbonization and net-zero goals. Together, we are committed to solving today's greatest problems; creating a blueprint for a better future, designed to thrive. Arcadis. Improving quality of life.
About the Role

 

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description: 

We are seeking a skilled and experienced engineer to join our Geotechnical and Tunnelling team as a Principal Engineer. In this role, you will play a key technical and leadership role, contributing to innovative projects focused on exciting tunnel projects across Europe, tunnel asset management, and new build developments. Our work is both challenging and rewarding, offering an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on infrastructure development.

As a Principal Engineer, you will provide technical expertise and guidance to a talented group of engineers and professionals, working on technically demanding projects that are essential to the future of infrastructure. Our client list includes respected organisations such as Transport for Scotland, National Highways, and International Governments, reflecting our reputation for delivering high-quality solutions with a global impact.

Role and Responsibilities

  • Technical Expertise: Demonstrate detailed knowledge of structural and geotechnical aspects of tunnel design, tunnelling methodologies, and construction practices. Apply your expertise to solve complex engineering challenges and ensure the successful delivery of projects.
  • Leadership and Mentoring: Provide technical guidance and support to multidisciplinary teams, fostering collaboration and encouraging professional growth within the team.
  • Project Oversight: Manage projects by setting clear goals, monitoring progress, and maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and sustainability.
  • Client Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are met and exceeded.
  • Innovative Solutions: Contribute to the development of sustainable and forward-thinking engineering solutions that enhance communities and drive progress in infrastructure.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Significant expertise in geotechnical and tunnelling engineering, with experience in both new build and asset management projects.
  • Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent), with a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
  • Proven experience in delivering complex engineering projects with a focus on quality, safety, and sustainability.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively manage client and team relationships.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

 

 

 

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Key Skills
Geotechnical EngineeringTunnelling EngineeringProject ManagementClient EngagementLeadershipMentoringStructural DesignConstruction PracticesSustainabilityCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsInnovative SolutionsAsset ManagementQuality AssuranceSafety StandardsTeam Collaboration
Categories
EngineeringConstructionEnvironmental & SustainabilityManagement & LeadershipConsulting
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