Tunnel Pre-Construction Lead, Marine & Tunnels

Bouygues Travaux Publics; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bouygues Travaux Publics seeks an experienced Tunnel Pre-Construction Manager to lead the development of construction strategies for Marine and Tunnels in Sizewell C. You will drive constructability reviews, coordinate interfaces, and engage stakeholders to ensure safe, efficient delivery across onshore and offshore tunnelling works.

This pivotal pre-construction role requires leadership across multi-disciplinary teams, embedding safety and constructability into design decisions and delivery

Qualifications

• Significant experience in major infrastructure and tunnelling construction projects, including experience in pre-construction planning, construction method development and constructability reviews.
• Proven experience delivering projects across the full lifecycle in complex, regulated environments.
• A collaborative leader who demonstrates safety-leadership, clarity, respect, positivity, humility and solidarity in how they work.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical reviews, drive collaboration and influence decisions.
• Ability to integrate technical, programme and commercial considerations into clear strategies.
• Knowledge of UK construction and health & safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Develop construction methodologies that optimise safety, programme certainty and productivity while accommodating project constraints as well as governing technical, environmental and regulatory requirements
• Lead the development of method-led execution strategies for tunnelling works including launch adit formation, segmental lining and SCL works, alongside constructing the onshore tunnel launch shafts (3No) and offshore tunnel-shaft-connections (6No)
• Lead constructability reviews to ensure temporary and permanent works interfaces are identified and managed effectively to mitigate risks and accommodate project constraints
• Define requirements for working space, access routes, temporary facilities, utilities, lifting operations, plant deployment, logistics and muck-away arrangements
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary workstreams relating to scope pre-construction activities, exercising stakeholder and interface management with relevant parties
• Engage with the logistics and tunnelling surface works team to coordinate the construction-stage requirements of the tunnelling works
• Develop technical inputs and construction assumptions that underpin scope definition, pricing and risk allowances
• Manage specialist consultants and contractors undertaking early contractor involvement (ECI) activities
• Embed constructability into the detailed design process, engaging with counterparts in the design team to contribute to design decisions and highlight key considerations for construction-stage requirements
• Lead preparation of the technical submission supporting approval of the Target Outturn Cost (TOC) for the tunnelling scope, including project execution plan and delivery strategies
• Support the timely procurement of tunnelling items, defining specification and operating requirements, and support the tender and evaluation process
• Support and mentor engineers and package managers engaged in the tunnelling scope

Skills

Tunnelling

Pre-construction planning

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Safety leadership

Job description

Bouygues Travaux Publics seeks an experienced Tunnel Pre-Construction Manager to lead the development of construction strategies for Marine and Tunnels in Sizewell C. You will drive constructability reviews, coordinate interfaces, and engage stakeholders to ensure safe, efficient delivery across onshore and offshore tunnelling works.

This pivotal pre-construction role requires leadership across multi-disciplinary teams, embedding safety and constructability into design decisions and delivery