Senior Technical Manager
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About the Role
Atkins Realis Group seeks a Senior Technical Manager to lead technical delivery of major metro projects in the Middle East. You will oversee design, integration, and stakeholder engagement for complex rail infrastructure programs.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the technical design and engineering delivery of rail projects
- Ensure alignment with international standards and local authority requirements
- Provide expert guidance across multiple disciplines including Metro Stations, Track, Rolling Stock, Signaling, Telecoms, Power Supply, and Systems Integration
- Manage multi disciplinary design teams across different project phases
- Ensure timely delivery of high quality engineering outputs
- Conduct and lead technical reviews, design assurance, and value engineering
- Oversee interface management between civil, systems, and operational elements
- Act as the technical point of contact for clients, authorities, and stakeholders
- Engage with government bodies, transport authorities, and operators in the Middle East
- Support presentations, technical workshops, and approvals
- Support bid and proposal development, including technical input and strategy
- Contribute to risk management, budgeting, and planning
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
- 18+ years of experience in rail or metro projects
- Deep expertise in Metro Stations and Rail systems
- Strong track record delivering large scale projects in the Middle East
- Knowledge of international standards (EN, IEC, AREMA) and local authority requirements
- Experience in multi disciplinary design management
- Strong communication and leadership skills
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Manager to lead the technical delivery and coordination of major metro projects across the Middle East.
- The role will be responsible for ensuring design excellence, technical compliance, and integration across multidisciplinary teams for complex rail infrastructure programs.
- The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Metro Stations, & Rail systems and a strong track record delivering large scale projects in the region.
Your role Technical Leadership
- Lead and oversee the technical design and engineering delivery of rail projects.
- Ensure alignment with international standards (e.g., EN, IEC, AREMA) and local authority requirements.
- Provide expert guidance across multiple disciplines including: Metro Stations (Arch, Civil, Structural, MEP), Track & alignment, Rolling stock, Signaling & telecoms, Power supply (traction & non traction), Systems integration.
Your role Design & Delivery Management
- Manage multi disciplinary design teams across different project phases (concept, preliminary, detailed design).
- Ensure timely delivery of high quality engineering outputs.
- Conduct and lead technical reviews, design assurance, and value engineering.
- Oversee interface management between civil, systems, and operational elements.
Your role Stakeholder & Client Engagement
- Act as the technical point of contact for clients, authorities, and stakeholders.
- Engage with government bodies, transport authorities, and operators in the Middle East.
- Support presentations, technical workshops, and approvals.
Your role Project & Commercial Support
- Support bid and proposal development, including technical input and strategy.
- Contribute to risk management, budgeting, and planning.
- Ensure technical scope is delivered within cost, quality, and programme constraints.
Your role Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering and technical teams.
- Foster collaboration across regional and global teams.
- Drive a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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