Alignment Engineer (Design)
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About the Role
SYSTRA seeks an experienced Alignment Engineer to lead route alignment design for a Metro/Rail project in Riyadh. The role requires 10+ years in alignment design for major rail projects, proficiency in Bentley Rail Track or Civil 3D, and Middle East experience preferred.
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Responsibilities
- Coordinate the alignment design process from concept through detailed design phases
- Oversee route selection studies, evaluating technical, environmental, social, and operational constraints
- Approve horizontal and vertical alignment proposals, ensuring compliance with international and local standards
- Coordinate closely with civil, track, structures, systems, geotechnical, and environmental teams
- Manage interfaces with land acquisition, stakeholder engagement, and authorities
- Review and validate alignment deliverables, reports, models, and drawings
- Implement quality control and assurance procedures for all alignment related outputs
- Identify and mitigate alignment related risks; proactively manage change
- Drive innovation and value engineering
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Railway Engineering
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in route/alignment design for major rail or linear infrastructure projects
- Experience with large scale, conventional long distance rail projects
- Deep knowledge of international and Middle East rail design codes for alignment and track geometry
- Proficient with alignment design and modelling software (e.g., Bentley Rail Track, Civil 3D, OpenRail, MXROAD)
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Context
- SYSTRA’s Mobility & Railway Business Unit is anticipating future growth, with new metro projects.
- We are looking for an experienced Alignment Engineer to join our project teams and contribute to our mobility solutions.
- The Senior Engineer Alignment (Design/Rail) will lead all activities related to the route alignment for a Metro/Rail project.
Missions/Main Duties
- Design Leadership: Coordinate the alignment design process from concept through detailed design phases, ensuring optimal solutions for safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
- Oversee route selection studies, evaluating technical, environmental, social, and operational constraints.
- Approve horizontal and vertical alignment proposals, ensuring compliance with international and local standards.
- Coordination & Interface Management: Coordinate closely with civil, track, structures, systems, geotechnical, and environmental teams to integrate alignment with all project disciplines.
- Manage interfaces with land acquisition, stakeholder engagement, and authorities to ensure alignment feasibility.
- Ensure coordination between the infrastructure teams and the different entities involved in the design.
- Technical Assurance: Review and validate alignment deliverables, reports, models, and drawings, ensuring quality and accuracy.
- Implement quality control and assurance procedures for all alignment related outputs.
- Stakeholder Management: Participate in meetings, workshops, and site visits, representing alignment interests and addressing technical concerns.
- Risk & Change Management: Identify and mitigate alignment related risks; proactively manage change and ensure proper documentation and traceability of decisions.
- Innovation & Value Engineering: Drive innovation and value engineering
Profile/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree (required) or Master’s degree (preferred) in Civil Engineering, Railway Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in route/alignment design for major rail or linear infrastructure projects.
- Experience with large scale, conventional long distance rail projects.
- Middle East project delivery experience strongly preferred.
- Deep knowledge of international and Middle East rail design codes for alignment and track geometry.
- Proficient with relevant alignment design and modelling software (e.g., Bentley Rail Track, Civil 3D, OpenRail, MXROAD).
- Strong organisation, communication, and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary design interfaces and to resolve technical alignment issues.
- High attention to detail, with robust analytical and problem solving abilities.
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