Tunnel Ventilation Engineer
- Cities & development
- Epsom
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Tunnels and underground structures form an increasingly important part of modern-day infrastructure. This infrastructure provides economic, societal, and environmental benefits through the facilitation of the efficient and rapid movement of people below-ground. This may be in mass transit systems, high-speed rail lines or in highway tunnels.
As a tunnel ventilation engineer, you will design and analyse tunnel ventilation systems for both normal and emergency operations. You will also assess the related elements such as fire and life safety systems following client specifications and worldwide standards. You will work on a range of underground facilities and tunnels, including metro systems, railway stations, road tunnels, cable tunnels and more.
Your purpose:
- Planning, designing and installing ventilation systems for tunnel projects.
- Working on a range of systems to ensure tunnels are safe.
- Planning and overseeing commissioning, operation, refurbishment, and upgrade of tunnel infrastructure.
- On-site inspection and performance testing of tunnel ventilation systems.
- Applying fluid mechanics and thermodynamics for fire and ventilation modelling.
- Implementing fire safety engineering, risk analysis and evacuation analysis.
what you can bring:
- We are looking for good experience in engineer in road and rail tunnel ventilation design, fire and life-safety design, gained in road, rail and/or metro tunneling schemes.
- Excellent technical skills and numeracy skills acquired during your academic background. Understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behavior principles in enclosed environments.
- Advanced user of 1D design tools such as IDA for Road and SES for rail. Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling and visualization using programs such as FDS, Pyrosis and Smoke view or others.
- Movement Modelling Analysis evacuation and crowd simulations using computational models such as Pathfinder.
- Up to date knowledge of current legislation and standards applicable in tunnel ventilation design.
- Demonstrating technical expertise, providing in depth knowledge whilst proactively coaching and developing graduate/early career professionals.
- High motivation to succeed, and to progress and develop your career. Personality compatible with a high degree of collaborative and teamwork in multi-disciplinary and international projects.
- Communication and writing skills which can produce clear and concise reports or presentations. Willingness to travel on short assignments within the UK and overseas for dealing with challenging projects or participation in reputed conferences.
Why work for AtkinsRéalis?
We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.
Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo.
We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces and professionals returning after career breaks.
Security clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
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