Tunnel Head

Larsen & Toubro • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India • Posted June 20, 2026

Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Job Type Full-time
Category Extraction Workers
Posted June 20, 2026

Strategic & Technical Leadership

  • Provide overall technical authority and leadership for all tunneling activities, including EPB TBM drives, cross passages, shafts, and associated underground works.
  • Define tunneling strategies, methodologies, and sequencing optimized for mixed ground and hard?rock conditions.
  • Ensure alignment between design intent, construction methodology, and site execution.
  • Lead decision?making for complex geotechnical, operational, and TBM performance challenges.
  • Management of Multi?TBM Operations

  • Oversee the simultaneous operation of multiple EPB TBMs, ensuring productivity, reliability, and safety.
  • Review and approve TBM performance parameters, ground conditioning strategies, cutterhead interventions, and recovery plans.
  • Monitor key KPIs related to advance rates, downtime, consumptions, and machine utilization.
  • Safety, Quality & Risk Man...

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