Manager - Project TBM Interface

Purpose of the Role

The Project TBMs Interface Manager is responsible for planning and coordinate interfaces between the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), ensuring safe and efficient operations that meet Project requirements. Reporting directly to the Senior Construction Director this role manages the full scope of TBMs planning, Identifying, assessing, and resolving interface risks or conflicts that may impact TBMs progress, safety, or production and client interactions. Key responsibilities also include leading workforce management activities such as interviewing and hiring, coordinating internal stakeholder and client meetings, and supporting formal project communications related to TBM operations. This role is also responsible o review and optimize resources and cost across all the TBMs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management or a related field - preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification - preferred
• C Class driver’s licence
• White Card

Experience

• Minimum 15 years’ experience in construction, with at least 5 years in a management role – preferred
• Proven experience in a construction management role, with a focus on TBM tunnelling or complex construction
• Extensive experience in TBM tunnelling projects or underground construction
• Proficiency in project management software and tools

Required Competencies

• Extensive understanding of tunnelling construction methodologies and TBM mining operations, including excavation processes, segment installation, ground‑conditioning systems, mucking logistics, and integration with surface and underground construction activities
• Proficiency coordinating construction activities, resources and schedules across multidisciplinary teams in accordance with Quality requirements
• Highly effective leadership and team management skills to guide and motivate construction teams
• Comprehensive knowledge of applicable safety regulations and industry standards for tunnelling and TBM operations, including confined‑space controls, hyperbaric intervention protocols, and risk‑mitigation frameworks
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and interface‑management expertise, ensuring alignment across TBM operations, logistics teams, design coordination groups, third‑party stakeholders, and the client’s technical governance structure
• Ability to identify and effectively address construction-related challenges
• Sound decision-making skills to ensure project progress and compliance
• Experience in managing construction budgets and TBM‑related financial resources, including cost planning for consumables, maintenance cycles, spare parts, labour allocations, and production‑driven expenditures

Core Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all TBM‑related construction and interface activities, ensuring alignment with project plans, quality benchmarks, safety requirements, and programme milestones.
• Work closely with the Senior Construction Director, Senior Project Managers, engineering teams, and subcontractors to integrate TBM requirements into broader project schedules, resource planning, and construction sequencing.
• Ensure TBM operations, logistics interfaces, and construction workflows comply with all safety, environmental, and industry standards, addressing cross‑discipline impacts proactively.
• Provide strong leadership to TBM construction and interface teams, fostering a culture focused on safety, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Manage workforce planning for TBM operations, including recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and allocation of personnel across shifts in coordination with operational needs.
• Oversee TBM‑specific quality assurance processes, ensuring all works meet design requirements while identifying opportunities to optimise methods, production rates, and interface coordination.
• Maintain high‑clarity communication across all TBM interfaces, ensuring accurate and timely information flow between construction teams, subcontractors, engineering, logistics, and client stakeholders.
• Address and resolve TBM-related conflicts or issues that may arise during project execution, escalating to the site’s Construction Director as necessary.
• Support the monitoring and management of TBM‑related budgets, including expenditure tracking, forecasting, and identifying opportunities for cost optimisation aligned with production goals.
• Lead TBM risk identification and mitigation, ensuring operational, logistical, and construction‑related interfaces are proactively managed to minimise delays or safety impacts.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency in construction operations, with a focus on the TBMs works.
• Represent TBM construction and interface interests in client meetings, technical workshops, and formal communications, ensuring alignment on progress, risks, and operational requirements.

The above listed authorities and responsibilities are only a guide and may change as directed by your Manager/Supervisor or as per the requirements of FGJV Management.