Tunnel Head

Actively Reviewing the Applications

Larsen & Toubro

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai Full-Time On-site

Posted 15 hours ago • Apply by June 16, 2026

Job Description

2. Technical Oversight3. Performance & Maintenance4. Safety & Quality Compliance5. Team Leadership & Training6. Reporting & Documentation

Operations Planning & Coordination
Oversee TBM procurement, assembly, commissioning, and launch sequences.
Develop daily and weekly work plans, coordinating with civil, mechanical, electrical, slurry, and survey teams.
Liaise with subcontractors, OEMs, geotechnical experts, and project engineers.
Monitor all TBM components: cutter head, main drive, slurry pumps, screw conveyors, segment erector, gantries.
Ensure cutter head interventions in hyperbaric and standard conditions.
Supervise slurry circuit—pressure, flow, pipelines, mucking—and manage surface slurry treatment.
Implement preventive and corrective maintenance regimes to maximize TBM uptime.
Maintain critical spares, consumables, and liaise with OEM support for troubleshooting.
Track KPIs: advance rate, downtime, slurry consumption, cutter wear.
Enforce safety protocols (e.g., lockout/tagout, confined space, slurry pressure safety).
Conduct regular safety inspections, toolbox talks; handle emergencies and evacuations.
Ensure excavation quality—for cutter alignment, over-excavation control, slurry pressure—to protect tunnel face integrity.
Manage, mentor, and supervise multidisciplinary crews including engineers, foremen, pump/electric/mechanical operators.
Recruit and train TBM team members; supervise performance, coordinate tasks, and ensure efficiency.
Maintain daily logs: progress, breakdowns, maintenance, safety incidents, slurry metrics.
Prepare weekly summaries, technical evaluations, deviation notices, and liaise with senior management.