The Boring Company · 8 hours ago
Tunnel Design Engineer
Nashville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelThe Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. The role of Tunnel Design Engineer involves creating various geotechnical reports and designs for tunnel construction, performing impact analyses, and overseeing geotechnical investigations.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Responsibilities
Create geotechnical data reports, geotechnical interpretation reports, geotechnical design reports for tunnel and shaft construction
Create temporary support of excavation designs, reports, and drawings
Produce tunnel lining design documentation, including lateral earth pressure calculations
Perform ground settlement and construction impact analysis of subsurface structures (e.g., shafts, tunnels) and 3rd party infrastructure (e.g., buildings, utilities)
Create and oversee the implementation of settlement monitoring plans
Plan and execute geotechnical investigations
Assist in the collection and review of as-built drawings and existing geotechnical data for subsurface due diligence
Provide geotechnical recommendations for construction means and methods
Perform construction period observation and inspection
Support brick operations with geotechnical recommendations and testing oversight
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Geology, Engineering Geology or related discipline
Previous experience working in rock mechanics, or in hard rock conditions (tunneling, mining)
PE in Geotechnical Engineering
Preferred
Master of Science in Geotechnical or Structural Engineering
Coursework in geotechnical engineering (soils and rock mechanics), structural analysis, foundation engineering, hydrology, earthquake engineering, engineering geology, tunnel engineering, reinforced concrete design, steel design, and constitutive modeling
Preliminary and final analysis and design experience (geotechnical investigation, slope stability analysis, support of excavation, construction impact to adjacent buildings and utilities, providing geotechnical design parameter recommendations)
Benefits
Employer-paid medical
Dental
Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Paid holidays
Paid vacation
Competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees
Company
The Boring Company
To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D, which means either flying cars or tunnels.
Founded in 2016
51-200 employees
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