Overview
Instrumentation & Monitoring Manager Opportunity with the Civil Works Alliance (CWA), Supporting Sizewell C. As part of the CWA you will support the building of Sizewell C, a 3.2-gigawatt power station generating low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes for at least 60 years. This role will be within the Marine and Tunnels Section.
Responsibilities
* Geotechnical Instrumentation & Monitoring Management: Design review, supervise installation, commissioning/decommissioning, operation, and maintenance of all geotechnical and structural instrumentation systems.
* Develop and implement the Instrumentation & Monitoring Plan in accordance with project specifications, design requirements, and international standards.
* Manage Monitoring Systems for ground movement and settlement; building and infrastructure deformation; tunnel convergence; shaft behaviour; marine and seabed monitoring; piezometric and groundwater monitoring; vibration and noise monitoring; structural health monitoring; establish trigger levels, alarm thresholds, and response protocols.
* TBM & Underground Works Support: Provide geotechnical monitoring support during Slurry TBM and EPB TBM excavation activities; interpret data to assess excavation performance; work with tunnelling, temporary works, and geotechnical design teams to mitigate risks.
* Support Safe Execution Of Deep shafts; segmental lining installation; marine interface works; undersea tunnel excavation.
* Data Analysis & Reporting: Oversee data acquisition, validation, interpretation, and presentation of monitoring data; manage automated monitoring systems and real-time dashboards; prepare daily, weekly, and monthly monitoring reports; conduct trend analysis and predictive assessments; present findings to project management, designers, client representatives, and independent reviewers.
* Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with designers, contractors, survey teams, marine specialists, TBM teams, and third-party stakeholders; interface with client representatives and regulatory authorities regarding monitoring compliance and risk management; participate in technical meetings, risk workshops, and safety reviews.
Qualifications / What we’re looking for
* Experience: Extensive experience in geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring for large infrastructure or tunnelling projects.
* Demonstrated experience within undersea or subsea tunnels; deep shaft construction; slurry TBM and EPB TBM operations; urban or sensitive-environment tunnelling projects; strong understanding of geotechnical behaviour in soft ground tunnelling and groundwater control.
* Technical Skills: Expertise in geotechnical instrumentation systems including inclinometers, extensometers, piezometers, settlement monitoring systems, fibre optic monitoring; familiarity with data acquisition and monitoring platforms; strong analytical and report-writing capabilities; knowledge of relevant international standards and tunnelling best practices; knowledge of Python programming and AutoCAD desirable.
Compensation & Benefits
The Civil Works Alliance is a single delivery organisation comprising the client Sizewell C and three parent companies — Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing ORourke — offering competitive salaries, generous annual leave entitlements, pension scheme, and other flexible benefits.
About Us
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