Engineering Manager (Rail) – Bid Opportunity

Overview

Context

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.
• Promote a strong culture of safety in design, quality assurance, innovation, and engineering excellence.

Profile/Skills

• The successful candidate will be a technically strong and highly organized engineering leader with deep multidisciplinary design management capability and the ability to drive integration across complex railway project elements.
• They should be capable of leading diverse engineering teams, managing technical interfaces, and delivering coordinated, compliant, and buildable design solutions that support successful project execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in a relevant discipline such as Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, or related field. A master’s degree is an advantage.
• Extensive experience in engineering and design management on major infrastructure and railway projects.
• Strong multidisciplinary design experience is essential.
• Proven experience in 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 building-related engineering disciplines.
• Prior experience in an Engineering Manager, Design Manager, or similar senior engineering leadership role.
• Gulf experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of design development processes, design assurance, technical governance, interface management, and authority approval requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage consultants, engineering deliverables, technical reviews, and cross-functional coordination in complex project environments.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong knowledge of HSE in design, quality standards, risk management, and engineering best practices.
• Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.