Senior Manager - Rail Systems Engineering and Integration

Senior Manager
- Rail Systems Engineering and Integration Job Snapshot
- Role:
Senior Manager
- Rail Systems

- Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Industry: Civil Engineering
- Function:
Program Management

- Experience:

Minimum 15 years in rail systems engineering on major railway and transportation programs
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

Position Overview Parsons Corporation is seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager
- Rail Systems to provide strategic technical leadership across a major transportation program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This senior, client-facing position is embedded within an integrated client and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) office. Working within the PUA function, the successful candidate will lead the governance, technical assurance, systems integration, and coordination of rail systems across multiple projects and contracts. The program encompasses rail transportation technologies associated with metro, heavy rail, light rail, and high-speed rail infrastructure.

Responsibilities cover signalling and train control, telecommunications, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), platform systems, Automatic Fare Collection (AFC), security systems, control centres, and other line‑wide railway systems. The position focuses on managing and assuring rail systems design and construction delivery on behalf of the client. It does not involve responsibility for day‑to‑day railway operations or maintenance. The Senior Manager will oversee technical requirements, system interfaces, safety assurance, testing and commissioning, regulatory approvals, and readiness for Entry into Service (EIS).

Candidates must demonstrate at least 15 years of rail systems engineering experience, including significant responsibility for major railway programs, systems integration, technical assurance, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS), and safety certification.

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Civil Engineering
• Function:
  Program Management
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On‑site

• Rail Systems Strategy and Program Leadership
• Serve as the program‑level lead for rail systems within the PUA function.
• Establish strategic direction, technical priorities, and governance requirements for rail systems across multiple projects.
• Develop and maintain rail systems strategies, standards, and technical principles aligned with the client‘s vision.
• Ensure technical strategies address regulatory compliance, interoperability, and program objectives.
• Define and maintain consistent employer requirements for rail systems across contracts, scopes of work, and design briefs.
• Provide independent strategic advice to senior client leadership on technical risks, opportunities, and long‑term implications.
• Support informed decision‑making on rail systems technologies, engineering approaches, and program delivery priorities.

• Oversee rail systems activities across multiple projects, packages, and contracts.
• Provide technical leadership for signalling, train control, telecommunications, SCADA, platform systems, AFC, security, control centres, and line‑wide systems.
• Coordinate project‑level rail systems managers and engineers to maintain consistent technical approaches.
• Align engineering assumptions, system interfaces, and technical requirements across delivery packages.
• Review design, procurement, installation, testing, and commissioning plans.
• Assess the feasibility of project schedules and their alignment with program milestones.
• Lead the resolution of technical conflicts affecting multiple projects.
• Escalate significant issues to PUA…