Summary
SYSTRA is seeking a Track Alignment Engineer to support PMC services for a major client in Saudi Arabia, based in Dammam. The role leads and reviews railway alignment design for mainline, depot and yard tracks, and coordinates interfaces with civil, structures, trackwork, OCS, signaling and other disciplines. Responsibilities include design assurance, technical reviews, risk and quality management, approvals, and support to construction teams. Applicants should have a civil engineering degree and at least 10 years of railway track alignment and geometric design experience; KSA or GCC project experience is preferred.
The posting
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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.
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.
Missions/Main Duties
- Support the Engineering Lead to review horizontal and vertical alignment design for mainline, depot, and yard tracks using industry-standard tools (e.g., Bentley OpenRail, 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.
Profile/Skills
- 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., OpenRail/OpenRoads, Civil 3D, MX, PowerRail 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.