Tunnel Head

Larsen & Toubro • Mumbai, Maharashtra • Posted June 23, 2026

About the Role

1. 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. 
  • 2. Technical Oversight

  • 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. 
  • 3. Performance & Maintenance

  • 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 co...