Track Alignment Engineer; Design

Context

We are seeking a Track Alignment Engineer with a solid design background to extend PMC services for a major client in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on leading and assuring track alignment design for rail projects, aligning multidisciplinary interfaces, and driving delivery to client standards.

• Support the Engineering Lead to review horizontal and vertical alignment design for mainline, depot, and yard tracks using industry-standard tools (e.g., Bentley Open Rail, Civil 3D, MX).
• Define and enforce geometric design criteria, alignment control parameters, and tolerances across project phases (concept, preliminary, detailed design).
• Conduct design checks, optioneering, and value engineering for alignments, turnouts, crossovers, and transition curves to optimize performance, maintainability, and cost.
• Ensure compliance with international and regional rail standards and client-specific requirements, integrating RAMS, maintainability, and ride quality considerations.
• Act as the integrated PMC representative to the client, coordinating multi‑disciplinary interfaces (civil, structures, trackwork, OCS, signaling, drainage, utilities).
• Manage technical queries, change requests, and design approvals, maintaining clear audit trails and configuration control.
• Lead design risk management for alignment choices, including ground conditions, utilities, third-party constraints, and environmental factors.
• Oversee contractor and designer performance on alignment deliverables, ensuring baseline schedule and quality adherence.
• Maintain design schedules, registers, and progress reporting for alignment-related works.
• Prepare and present technical reports, design review comments, and decision logs to client stakeholders.
• Ensure constructability and staging are embedded in alignment design, supporting site teams during construction and responding to RFIs.
• Implement robust quality assurance processes, including independent design reviews and verification/validation activities.
• Align deliverables with KSA authority requirements and applicable standards; support permitting and approvals.
• Engage with stakeholders, authorities, and third parties to resolve constraints, protect corridors, and secure approvals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline;
  Master’s preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in railway track alignment and geometric design, including significant involvement in major rail programs.
• Proven experience in the KSA or GCC on rail design projects is strongly preferred; familiarity with KSA standards and authority processes is an advantage.
• Proficiency with rail alignment and civil design software (e.g., Open Rail/Open Roads, Civil 3D, MX, Power Rail Track) and with model/drawing production workflows (BIM preferred).
• Solid knowledge of track geometry principles (UIC/EN/AREMA as applicable), turnouts and special trackwork, transition curves, cant and cant deficiency, and alignment constraints in urban and high-speed/metro environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary interfaces and performing PMC/consultancy functions with clients.
• Strong communication, report writing, and stakeholder management skills; ability to lead technical meetings and drive decisions.
• Experience with quality systems, risk management, and configuration control for design packages.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.