Engineering Lead; Design), Tracks

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 to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. 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.

With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

The Design/Engineering Lead will lead the integrated project management and consultancy (PMC) scope for rail and infrastructure programs, with a core focus on trackwork and civil/structural assets. This role oversees multi-disciplinary design management, design assurance, and interface control from concept through detailed design and construction support, ensuring alignment with client requirements, KSA standards, and international best practice.

• Establish and enforce design standards, technical criteria, and compliance with KSA codes, MOMRAH, MOT, and relevant rail standards (e.g., EN, AREMA where applicable), including client-specific requirements.
• Manage multi-disciplinary design teams (track, civil/structural, geotechnical, drainage, utilities, architectural, MEP interfaces, systems), ensuring integration and timely delivery.
• Provide subject matter expertise in permanent way engineering (alignment geometry, trackform selection, rail systems interfaces, ballast/non-ballast solutions, turnouts, transition zones).
• Oversee civil/structural scope for rail structures (viaducts, bridges, culverts, retaining walls, stations sub/superstructure interfaces, depots, and ancillary structures), including design calculations, specifications, and constructability.
• Direct geotechnical interpretations and earthworks strategies relevant to trackbed design, settlement control, and durability in arid environments.
• Manage interfaces across civil works, track, signaling, telecoms, power/traction, rolling stock, and O&M inputs; maintain interface control documents and close-out logs.
• Coordinate corridor interfaces (roads, utilities, third parties, land acquisition) and station/yard integration.
• Drive BIM and data integration (CDE management, model federation, clash detection) to support design coordination and delivery.
• Develop and implement the Design Management Plan (DMP), Design Assurance Plan (DAP), and Verification & Validation (V&V) strategies.
• Lead hazard identification, HAZID/HAZOP sessions, constructability reviews, RAMS inputs, and design risk registers.
• Ensure robust change control, technical query (TQ/RFI) management, and conformity with project KPIs, ISO processes, and PMC quality standards.
• Act as the primary client-facing design lead, providing clear status reporting, issue resolution, and decision facilitation.
• Engage with authorities and utilities (KSA ministries, municipalities, utility providers) to secure NOCs, permits, and approvals.
• Support procurement (scope, specifications, employer’s requirements) and tender evaluations for design and D&B packages.
• Provide technical leadership during construction support, responding to site queries, managing shop drawing reviews, and addressing non-conformances.
• Oversee design changes and value engineering, balancing cost, schedule, quality, and lifecycle performance.
• Contribute to testing and commissioning readiness from a design perspective, ensuring handover documentation and as-builts are complete and accurate.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or related field;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience with a…