Director - Stations

Project and role

Station leadership and delivery

• Own functional station design, including platform screen doors, vertical transportation capacity, emergency egress, and passenger circulation.
• Coordinate architecture, structural engineering, and MEP systems, including tunnel ventilation, smoke extraction, and environmental controls.
• Integrate communications, SCADA, security, signaling rooms, and other transit subsystems while preserving design quality and operational flexibility.
• Direct international design firms, engineering consultants, and PMOs; review designs for quality, schedule, and budget.
• Establish assurance gateways, safety-by-design protocols, and configuration control; ensure compliance with global safety, RAMS, and local civil defense standards.
• Lead value engineering to optimize space, constructability, and lifecycle maintenance without compromising safety or passenger experience.
• Coordinate station footprints, structural loads, and utilities with development teams; protect rail rights-of-way and align delivery schedules with development phases.
• Resolve conflicts between real estate development ambitions and rail transit requirements.

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.
• 20 years of relevant land transport design, construction, and/or operations and maintenance experience, including at least 5 years in senior leadership on a major project.
• Deep technical understanding of modern station design, functional planning, MEP coordination, platform screen door integration, and life-safety systems.
• Proven delivery of stations embedded in complex real estate master plans, giga-projects, or air-rights developments.
• Ability to direct, evaluate, and challenge Tier 1 international engineering and architectural consultants.
• GoA4 automated or driverless-line experience is highly valued.
• RIBA, AIA, CEng, or equivalent chartership is advantageous; Middle East experience is advantageous.
• Saudi Arabia or GCC experience with construction, materials selection, and regulatory approvals is preferred.

Project context

• The role operates client-side in a fast-paced, developer-led environment and coordinates with adjacent real estate developers.

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