Active Network & Special Airport Systems Lead
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About the Role
WSP in the Middle East is seeking an experienced Special Airport Systems (SAS) Active Engineer / Active Systems Manager to be based in Dammam. This role is responsible for the d.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end technical oversight of active SAS technologies from design through delivery
- Ensure compliance with aviation regulations, client standards, and performance requirements
- Drive cybersecurity by design across SAS active technologies
- Plan and manage integration across active systems, ICT platforms, and airport operations
- Oversee testing, commissioning, SAT/Integrated Testing planning and execution
- Coordinate with passive infrastructure and airport operations stakeholders
Requirements
- Experience in special airport systems (SAS) active technologies
- Knowledge of aviation regulations and cybersecurity protocols
- Experience with system integration, testing, and commissioning
- Ability to manage technical queries and stakeholder alignment
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Role Overview
- WSP in the Middle East is seeking an experienced Special Airport Systems (SAS) Active Engineer / Active Systems Manager to be based in Dammam.
- This role is responsible for the delivery, assurance, and performance of active airport technologies within SAS, including surveillance systems, access control, networking, communications, and other operational airport systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end to end technical oversight of active SAS technologies (security, surveillance, access control, communications, networking, and operational systems) from design through delivery.
- Ensure all active systems comply with aviation regulations, client standards, and agreed performance, resilience, and availability requirements.
- Drive cybersecurity by design and compliance with relevant cybersecurity protocols across SAS active technologies, including secure architecture, configuration, and assurance.
- Plan and manage integration, ensuring interfaces across active systems, ICT platforms, and airport operational frameworks are clearly defined, tested, and validated.
- Oversee testing, commissioning, SAT/Integrated Testing planning and execution, including readiness reviews, defect management, and close out governance.
- Ensure system wide interoperability and coordinated activation across multiple vendors and stakeholders.
- Coordinate closely with the Passive Engineer scope (cabling, pathways, containment) to ensure end to end system performance and installation readiness.
- Support project leadership by monitoring progress, highlighting risks/issues early, and providing clear reporting and mitigation plans.
- Manage technical queries (RFIs), change impacts, and stakeholder alignment to protect programme milestones and operational outcomes.
- Ensure high quality handover documentation, including test evidence, configuration baselines, as builts, and operational readiness deliverables.
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