Project Director (Rail) – Bid Opportunity
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About the Role
SYSTRA seeks a seasoned Project Director to lead a major conventional railway and freight rail project in Riyadh. The role requires 25+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure, with mandatory prior experience in conventional rail and freight projects.
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Responsibilities
- Lead overall planning, execution, and delivery of the railway project
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across all project functions
- Manage project delivery performance with focus on schedule, cost, quality, safety, and risk
- Oversee multidisciplinary teams including engineering, construction, commercial, planning, contracts, and project controls
- Act as primary point of contact for client, consultants, authorities, and key stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and company standards
- Drive project governance, reporting, decision making, and performance management processes
- Lead risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution throughout project lifecycle
- Support bid stage planning, methodology development, staffing strategy, and delivery planning
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to support successful project execution
- Ensure strong culture of HSE, quality assurance, and operational excellence across the project
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline
- Minimum 25 years of total experience in large scale infrastructure and construction projects
- Mandatory prior experience in conventional railway and freight rail projects
- Proven project delivery experience in leading major infrastructure, rail, or transportation projects from initiation to completion
- Prior experience in a Project Director or similarly senior leadership role
- Gulf experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of project management principles, contract administration, commercial management, and project controls
- Demonstrated ability to lead large, multicultural, and multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent client management, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and communication skills
- Strong understanding of HSE, quality, risk, and compliance requirements for major projects
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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 Project Director will be responsible for providing overall leadership, strategic direction, and execution oversight for the conventional railway and freight rail project from award through delivery.
Missions/Main Duties
- Lead the overall planning, execution, and delivery of the railway project.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across all project functions.
- Manage project delivery performance with a focus on schedule, cost, quality, safety, and risk.
- Oversee multidisciplinary teams including engineering, construction, commercial, planning, contracts, and project controls.
- Act as the primary point of contact for the client, consultants, authorities, and key stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and company standards.
- Drive project governance, reporting, decision making, and performance management processes.
- Lead risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support bid stage planning, methodology development, staffing strategy, and delivery planning as required.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to support successful project execution.
- Ensure a strong culture of HSE, quality assurance, and operational excellence across the project.
Profile/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline. A master’s degree is an advantage.
- Minimum 25 years of total experience in large scale infrastructure and construction projects.
- Mandatory prior experience in conventional railway and freight rail projects.
- Proven project delivery experience in leading major infrastructure, rail, or transportation projects from initiation to completion.
- Prior experience in a Project Director or similarly senior leadership role, ideally on major conventional and freight railway projects.
- Gulf experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of project management principles, contract administration, commercial management, and project controls.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large, multicultural, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent client management, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of HSE, quality, risk, and compliance requirements for major projects, including conventional and freight railway systems.
About SYSTRA
- 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's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions.
- For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development.
- SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases.
- The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally.
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