Manager - Project TBM Interface Job at Clough (Cooma)

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

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

Requirements

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
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
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

What we offer

Competitive Salary
The FGJV Retention Bonus Scheme
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Parental Leave
Qantas Club Membership discounts
Professional Development

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