Summary
AtkinsRéalis is seeking an Operations and Maintenance Manager for its rail systems and infrastructure work in Saudi Arabia. The role leads RAMS activities and operational readiness across design, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover, while reviewing maintenance strategies and asset performance. Applicants should have a relevant degree and at least 15 years of experience in railway operations, maintenance, or RAMS management, with knowledge of asset management and maintenance planning. The package includes a tax-free salary, insurance, allowances, annual leave, and other benefits; no salary amount is stated.
The posting
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Job Description
Our Transportation business brings together expertise in rail, highways, and local transport into a multidisciplinary team delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. Within Rail, our Systems & Infrastructure capability provides leading expertise across signaling, telecommunications, control systems, and integrated operations. We combine technical excellence with a human-centered approach, ensuring that railway systems are designed for performance, reliability, safety, and long-term operability.
Overview
The Operations and Maintenance Manager will lead operational readiness, maintainability, reliability, and RAMS assurance activities to support safe and efficient asset operation throughout the programme lifecycle.
Your role
- Lead RAMS activities across design, construction, testing, and operational readiness stages.
- Review reliability, maintainability, availability, and safety analyses for operational assets.
- Coordinate operational readiness and maintainability reviews with operators and maintainers.
- Support life cycle cost optimization and asset performance improvement initiatives.
- Review maintenance strategies, spare parts planning, and operational procedures.
- Ensure operational requirements are integrated into engineering and construction activities.
- Participate in testing, commissioning, trial running, and handover activities.
- Support development of operational documentation, training plans, and asset acceptance processes.
About you
- Degree in Engineering, Rail Operations, or related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in railway operations, maintenance, or RAMS management.
- Strong understanding of RAMS methodologies and systems assurance principles.
- Experience supporting commissioning and operational transition activities.
- Knowledge of asset management and maintenance planning processes.
- Familiarity with rail operational environments and maintenance facilities.
- Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with international railway safety standards preferred.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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Worker Type
Employee
Job Type
Regular
At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.