Senior Rail System Engineer

About Mott MacDonald

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and integration of MSN, CCTV, PA/PIS, IAS, TN/ECB, NBR, TDS, DVVR, AFC, OCS, telecoms, and associated power distribution systems.
• Review material submittals, method statements, prequalification documents, shop drawings, as-builts, and other construction documents.
• Coordinate interfaces with architecture, civil, structural, MEP, fire and life safety, security, operations, RAMS, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Assess impacts on existing systems and coordinate asset retention, relocation, decommissioning, reuse, expansion, and integration.
• Ensure compatibility of new equipment and field devices with legacy systems, networks, control systems, and operating procedures.
• Manage integration with OCC, BOCC, SMO, OCS workstations, central servers, station controls, and operational stakeholders.
• Support integration testing, operational readiness, handover documentation, O&M manuals, and commissioning reports.
• Support compliance with RTA requirements, UAE regulations, rail guidelines, telecoms standards, security, cyber, and safety obligations.
• Lead workshops, design reviews, stakeholder meetings, and contractor design coordination.
• Manage deliverables, programme inputs, risks, assumptions, design decisions, and actions; resolve technical and constructability issues.

Benefits and Rewards

• Benefits may include bonuses, medical and life insurance, annual leave, family leave, professional membership support, and learning and career development, subject to local policy and eligibility.

Contract Details

• Contract Type is stated as Contract, while the source metadata states full time.
• The role is listed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, within the Transport market and Railways discipline.

Requirements

• Experience leading rail systems design, coordination, integration, and delivery for complex rail or metro projects.
• Ability to coordinate rail systems interfaces with architecture, civil, structural, MEP, fire and life safety, security, operations, RAMS, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Ability to assess impacts on existing operational systems and coordinate retention, relocation, decommissioning, reuse, expansion, and integration of assets.
• Knowledge of RTA requirements, UAE regulations, rail design guidelines, telecommunications standards, security requirements, cyber policies, and safety obligations.
• Ability to manage technical deliverables, programme inputs, risks, assumptions, design decisions, and interface actions.
• Ability to support integration testing, operational readiness, handover documentation, O&M manuals, and commissioning reports.