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Tunnel Engineer

Stantec

Stantec

Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is looking for a Tunnel Engineer to join our Water Team and take on a dynamic role of leading and designing technically challenging storm and sanitary conveyance trenchless and tunneling projects for clients. This role will involve working with multi-disciplinary teams across multiple offices and providing support to a team of professionals on larger projects. Our group is involved in a wide range of sewer and watermain projects of both large and small diameter systems including open cut construction, rehabilitation, relining, and trenchless and tunneling design.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and contribute to trenchless and tunneling designs based on understanding of tunnel and shaft related industry standards and manuals, as well as client and regulatory agencies standards and requirements.

  • Coordinate with the tunneling team for delivery of trenchless design reports and assessments across various projects and programs.

  • Interpret geotechnical reports such as Geotechnical Data Report, Geotechnical Investigation Reports, etc. and incorporate into designs

  • Assist in feasibility assessments, preliminary and detailed design for tunnel and trenchless installation of linear water and wastewater infrastructure.

  • Complete design and analysis for a variety of tunnel projects including tunnelling in soil and bedrock, smaller diameter and scale tunnelling (microtunneling, horizontal auger boring) and larger diameter and scale tunnelling (EPB TBM, Rock TBM).

  • Assist in design and analysis of tunnel shafts excavation, and shaft’s temporary support of excavation.

  • Complete engineering calculations, including geotechnical engineering calculations as required in support of tunnel and trenchless design, and impact assessment calculations (geostructural analysis) and structural design of tunnel liners/shaft support.

  • Preparation of Technical Memorandums and Reports.

  • Assist in preparation of tender documents, drawings and construction cost estimates.

  • Assist in preparation of proposals, including preparing level of effort estimates and technical evaluation of proposed designs.

  • Coordinate with construction activities, providing guidance and clarification of the design during construction.

  • Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and intermediate design staff.

  • Perform Quality Assurance and Control reviews on calculations, technical memoranda and reporting as required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited University.

  • Certified or working towards P.Eng license.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a consulting environment involved in the design of civil infrastructure projects including tunnel and trenchless design of sewers and watermains.

  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and writing).

  • Ability to participate and collaborate in a project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Toronto
Organization: 1656 Water-CA Ontario West-Toronto ON
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 07/11/2025 09:11:57
Req ID: 1002965