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Senior Engineering Geologist - Snowy 2.0
100%–100% | Sydney
The senior engineering Geologist will be part of the current DJV (Design Joint Venture) Cooma design team and also REDST (Resident Engineer Design Site Team) once the bulk of design is over and will be based full-time in the Snowy 2.0 project sites/Cooma office during the execution phase of the Snowy 2.0 hydro project (NSW, Australia) and will be involved in design and later day-to-day REDST team activities and tasks with regard to surface and sub-surface ground investigation, excavation and support of the D&B and TBM tunnels/adits, tunnel portals, shafts, caverns, intake portals and other project components. Senior engineering geologist is expected to lead and mentor the Lombardi junior geologists
Job Description
- Liaise with the client (employer) safety officers, tunnel inspectors, security guards, section engineers, and surveyors to ensure the safety of DJV staff/DJV geologists during the geology field works and geological mapping.
- Attend regular internal/external meetings as requested by the Lombardi Engineering management or Lead Resident Design Engineer or Project Manager and Project Director.
- Oversee and conduct tunnels/shafts/cavern/access adits and portals geological mapping. Assess ground conditions and ground behaviors in response to the surface and underground excavations in accordance with the relevant technical specifications and drawings.
- Advise on tunnel/cut slope excavation and support methods, rock/soil support, fissure/consolidation/backfill/cavity grouting, probe drilling, overbreak's treatment, geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring and lab/in-situ testing in accordance with the project technical specifications and drawings. Geological/geotechnical investigation and data interpretation in relation to D&B and TBM excavations, shafts, caverns, cut slopes, and tunnel portals.
- Review and approve as-built geological drawings for D&B/TBM tunnels, gate shafts, caverns, tunnels and access adits, and tunnel portals. Review, advise and oversee, when required, surface and sub-surface ground investigation results/works, including borehole drilling and sampling, logging and geology data interpretation. Provide responses for the RFI submitted by the Client and/or the Employer regarding clarification on Geology and geotechnical information.
Requirements
- Should have at least twenty (20) years of industry experience in ground investigation, D&B/TBM tunnel excavation and support, caverns, shafts, adits and surface excavation and support.
- Should have a degree in Engineering Geology or equivalent, and have preferably professional registration status.
- Preferably be familiar with tunnelling observational methods i.e NATM as well as TBM tunnelling with respect to geological/geotechnical assessment during excavation and instrumentation and monitoring systems and data interpretation.
- Should be familiar with advanced tunnel/underground geological software and system, i.e. Leapfrog, gINT, Shape Matrix, Dips, Swedge/Unwedge, etc.
- Should have a valid driving license.
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