Director - Stations

Position Status

• The opportunity is expected to commence in January, subject to approval.
• Candidates may apply to be considered as the position progresses.

The Project

Role Overview

• Provide architectural, engineering, and technical leadership for a network of stations serving a fully automated GoA4 driverless rail transit system.
• Hold accountability for station technical integrity, passenger experience, and complex physical integration.
• Lead stations from initial concept and functional architecture through detailed design, systems coordination, and construction readiness.
• Manage international design consultants and enforce technical governance across the station programme.

Stations Delivery Responsibilities

• Own functional station design, including passenger flow, platform screen door integration, vertical transportation capacity, and emergency egress.
• Coordinate architecture, structural engineering, MEP systems, tunnel ventilation, smoke extraction, and environmental control systems.
• Integrate communications, SCADA, security, and signaling rooms while maintaining design aesthetics and operational flexibility.
• Direct Tier 1 consultants and project management offices through design reviews addressing quality, schedule, and budget.
• Execute technical assurance gateways, safety-by-design protocols, configuration control, and compliance with safety, RAMS, and civil defense standards.
• Lead value engineering and coordinate station interfaces, structural loads, utilities, boundaries, and delivery schedules with adjacent developments.
• Resolve conflicts between developer requirements and rail transit standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Recognised professional membership and Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent internationally recognised professional registration.
• At least 20 years of relevant experience across land transport design, construction, and/or operations and maintenance programmes.
• At least five years in a senior leadership role within a major-project environment.
• Middle East experience is advantageous.
• Deep technical understanding of modern transit station design, including functional space planning, MEP coordination, platform screen door integration, and specialised life-safety systems.
• Experience with automated or driverless GoA4 lines is highly valued.
• Proven delivery of stations within complex, multi-stakeholder real estate master plans, giga-projects, or air-rights developments.
• Exceptional capability to direct, evaluate, and challenge Tier 1 international engineering and architectural consultants.