Mithun's CV
Mithun Sarkar
Civil & Structural Engineer - Underground, Tunnelling & Metro Infrastructure
Profile summary
Strategic Civil and Structural Engineer with 17 years shaping underground, tunnelling, and metro infrastructure outcomes across GCC and international markets. Trilingual communicator fluent in English, Hindi, and Bengali, directing multidisciplinary teams through complex design governance, independent Category III checking, and client coordination. Committed to delivering engineering excellence for high-speed rail and transit programmes.
Career highlights
Underground Rail Infrastructure: Acts as design lead for the Etihad Rail programme covering underground stations at Reem, Zayed International Airport, and Saadiyat, and coordinates technical resolution for construction hindrances.
Technical Direction: Directed resource and manpower planning across concurrent underground projects while managing technical tender evaluations and executing independent Category III checks for High-Speed Rail works.
Metro Engineering Strategy: Defined underground engineering strategy for Pune Metro, steering structural and geotechnical reviews across five stations and finalising specifications, construction sequencing, and interface requirements.
Professional Certification: Holds Chartered Engineer credentials from the Institution of Engineers India and individual life membership in the Tunnelling Association of India.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directs design operations for the Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi to Dubai High Speed Rail programme, governing underground stations at Reem, Zayed International Airport, and Saadiyat, plus the at-grade station at Yas. Serves as the primary technical point of contact across client, consultant, and site teams to align stakeholder requirements.
- Architected structural design reviews for submissions from the design consultant, verifying code compliance, buildability, and constructability.
- Steered site coordination processes to resolve construction stage hindrances by working closely with site, consultant, and client teams.
- Defined the resolution path for design and interface queries arising during the construction phase.
Reported to regional leadership while directing a multi-discipline engineering delivery team for UK rail programmes. Defined technical standards, established engineering estimation benchmarks, and represented the India design centre in stakeholder project reviews.
- Rolled out technical standards and improved engineering methods adopted across the design centre.
- Mentored junior engineers, supporting capability development and deliverable quality assurance.
Shaped structural, MEP, and geotechnical engineering strategy for underground and tunnelling operations, steering India office technical teams on assignments for UK and international clients. Directed resource and manpower planning across concurrent underground projects while managing technical tender evaluations and business development support.
- Executed independent Category III checks for major High-Speed Rail underground works within budget.
- Delivered detailed design of underground structures and TBM and SCL tunnels to Eurocode and National Annex requirements.
Steered structural and geotechnical reviews for underground works across five stations, establishing specifications, construction sequencing, and interface requirements for the package.
- Approved structural and geotechnical design and drawings for Pune Metro underground works.
- Checked secant pile, strut-waler, rock bolt, NATM, SCL, TBM, and cut-and-cover tunnel designs for permanent and temporary structures.
- Modelled construction sequences using Wallap and STAAD to assess excavation and support behaviour.
- Designed and reviewed retaining systems including diaphragm walls, secant piles, braced excavations, and enabling works.
- Executed CAT III independent checking of permanent structural elements including precast reinforced concrete segmental linings.
- Performed structural verification on base slabs, plugs, and shaft structures.
Projects
Design lead and design-consultant checking for underground stations at Reem, Zayed International Airport, and Saadiyat, and the at-grade station at Yas; site coordination and technical resolution of construction-stage hindrances.
Structural design of ballastless trackforms (BCT non-metallic PP-fibre concrete and monoblock RC sleeper types); revised pre-tender designs and coordinated interfaces with rolling stock, signalling, and traction power during staged construction.
Design and detailing of shafts and pipe-jack culvert with RC segmental lining, HS2 Contract C3, supporting safe watercourse conveyance beneath the rail corridor.
CAT III checking for TBM tunnel assets including NATM cross-passages and connection adits; led modelling and design of intervention/cable adits in MIDAS GTS NX.
CAT III independent checking of permanent structural elements including precast RC segmental lining, base slab/plug, and shaft structures across three shaft construction methods.
Reviewed and approved revised temporary works sequencing (early prop removal, bottom-up construction) and assessed impact on permanent superstructure walls under slip-form construction.
Pre-bid engineering for twin TBM/cut-and-cover tunnels, flyover, approach ramps, ventilation, E&M, and drainage integration with the wider highway system.
Underground metro design for Phase 1 & 2, including UG ramps, cut-and-cover sections, five underground stations, and NATM scissor crossover.
Design and engineering for underground stations at Howrah Maidan, Howrah, and New Mahakaran, including crossover, subway, and shaft provisions.
Education
Structural Engineering
Civil Engineering
Certifications
Languages
English · Fluent
Hindi · Professional
Bengali · Professional