Engineering Manager (Rail) – Bid Opportunity
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About the Role
SYSTRA seeks an Engineering Manager for a conventional and freight railway project bid opportunity in Riyadh. The role leads all engineering and design management, ensuring technical coordination across civil, structural, track, systems, MEP, and architectural disciplines.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and manage overall engineering and design delivery for the railway project across all relevant disciplines
- Provide technical leadership and direction to multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, and specialist engineering contributors
- Ensure timely delivery of coordinated design packages in line with project schedules, technical requirements, and client expectations
- Manage interfaces across all design disciplines ensuring integration between civil, structural, track, rail systems, MEP, architectural, and other components
- Oversee design reviews, technical submissions, value engineering initiatives, and design optimization activities
- Ensure design compliance with project specifications, contractual requirements, codes, standards, and regulations
- Drive design quality, consistency, constructability, and completeness throughout all engineering phases
- Coordinate with construction, commercial, planning, procurement, project controls, and stakeholder teams
- Manage engineering risks, technical issues, design changes, and interface challenges with effective mitigation strategies
- Lead consultant management, design progress tracking, reporting, and engineering governance processes
- Support bid stage engineering planning, methodology development, resource planning, and technical solution development
- Facilitate technical coordination with clients, consultants, contractors, and authorities to support approvals and successful delivery
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, or related); Master's preferred
- Extensive experience in engineering and design management on major infrastructure, conventional railway, and freight rail projects
- Strong multidisciplinary design experience with ability to coordinate civil, structural, track, systems, and building disciplines
- Proven experience managing integrated engineering teams and coordinating complex design packages across multiple disciplines
- Strong background in railway project design including coordination of civil, structural, track, systems, and operational interfaces
- Prior experience as Engineering Manager, Design Manager, or similar senior engineering leadership role on major railway/freight programs
- Gulf experience preferred
- Strong understanding of design development processes, design assurance, technical governance, interface management, and authority approval
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem solving skills
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Company Overview
- SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility.
- With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA designs safe and sustainable transport solutions globally.
Context
- This requirement is for a bid opportunity only at this stage. Any engagement will be subject to successful project award and final client approval.
- The Engineering Manager will lead all engineering and design management activities for the conventional and freight railway project.
Missions/Main Duties
- Lead and manage the overall engineering and design delivery for the railway project across all relevant disciplines.
- Provide technical leadership and direction to multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, and specialist engineering contributors.
- Ensure the timely delivery of coordinated design packages in line with project schedules, technical requirements, and client expectations.
- Manage interfaces across all design disciplines, ensuring integration between civil, structural, track, rail systems, MEP, architectural, and other project components.
- Oversee design reviews, technical submissions, value engineering initiatives, and design optimization activities.
- Ensure design compliance with project specifications, contractual requirements, applicable codes and standards, authority regulations, and client standards.
- Drive design quality, consistency, constructability, and completeness throughout all engineering phases.
- Coordinate with construction, commercial, planning, procurement, project controls, and stakeholder teams to ensure alignment between design intent and delivery requirements.
- Manage engineering risks, technical issues, design changes, and interface challenges, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
- Lead consultant management, design progress tracking, reporting, and engineering governance processes.
- Support bid stage engineering planning, methodology development, resource planning, and technical solution development as required.
- Facilitate technical coordination with clients, consultants, contractors, and authorities to support approvals and successful project delivery.
Profile/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in a relevant discipline such as Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, or a related field. A master’s degree is an advantage.
- Extensive experience in engineering and design management on major infrastructure, conventional railway, and freight rail projects.
- Strong multidisciplinary design experience is essential, with a proven ability to coordinate civil, structural, track, systems, and building related engineering disciplines within complex rail environments.
- Proven experience in managing integrated engineering teams and coordinating complex design packages across multiple disciplines, particularly for conventional rail corridors, freight facilities, yards, depots, and associated infrastructure.
- Strong background in railway project design, including coordination of civil, structural, track, systems, and operational interfaces, with specific experience in conventional railway engineering standards, freight operations, and heavy haul or mixed traffic rail systems.
- Prior experience in an Engineering Manager, Design Manager, or similar senior engineering leadership role on major railway or freight infrastructure programs.
- Gulf experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of design development processes, design assurance, technical governance, interface management, and authority approval requirements, particularly within conventional rail and freight project environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage consultants, engineering deliverables, technical reviews, and cross functional coordination in complex project environments, including those involving freight operators, rail authorities, and operational stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem solving skills.
- Strong knowledge of HSE in design, quality standards, risk management, and engineering best practices, with an understanding of the safety, operational, and regulatory requirements relevant to conventional and freight railway systems.
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