Design Integration Manager - Rail Interfaces

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Dubai, UAE, seeks a Design Integration and Interface Manager to lead multi-disciplinary integration across rail, station, and airport interfaces for a major railway project.

The role focuses on defining responsibilities, coordinating design outputs, and ensuring alignment with requirements, timelines, and budgets, with on-site delivery and strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10 years of relevant experience in rail projects/rail operations.
• GCC or international rail experience preferred.
• Proven experience in design integration and interface management on large-scale rail projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and complex technical interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of design development stages and tender documentation.
• Professional certification or membership in a relevant institution advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project Interface Management Plan and Design Integration Strategy.
• Identify, define, and manage interfaces across civil, structural, rail systems, stations, and operational disciplines.
• Establish and maintain the interface register and track interfaces through coordination and resolution.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to achieve integrated outputs.
• Manage integration between infrastructure, stations, rail systems, and operational environments.
• Coordinate airport interfaces, including landside and terminal integration.
• Manage interfaces with airport systems involving Baggage Handling Systems, passenger flows, terminal access, intermodal connections.
• Facilitate interface workshops and multidisciplinary coordination meetings.
• Coordinate with project teams, contractors, airport stakeholders, authorities, operators, and system providers.
• Establish and manage interface agreements, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Monitor design outputs against project requirements, programme, and budget.
• Track design progress and facilitate timely resolution of interface issues.

Skills

Interface management

Design integration

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Rail systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Design Integration Manager - Rail Interfaces Job Snapshot

Role: Design Integration and Interface Manager

Location: Dubai, UAE

Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad

Function: Design

Experience: 10 years of relevant experience

Job Type: Full Time

Job Overview

Parsons is seeking a Design Integration and Interface Manager to join its team in Dubai, UAE, supporting a major railway project with complex infrastructure, rail systems, station, operational, and airport interfaces. The role will lead multidisciplinary design integration and interface management, ensuring that technical boundaries, responsibilities, requirements, and deliverables are clearly defined and coordinated. Particular focus will be placed on integrating rail and station infrastructure with airport environments, including terminal operations, Baggage Handling Systems, passenger flows, access, and intermodal connections.

Job Details

• Country: UAE
• City: Dubai
• Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
• Function: Design
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On-site

What You 'll Be Doing

• Develop and implement the project Interface Management Plan and Design Integration Strategy.
• Identify, define, and manage interfaces across civil, structural, rail systems, stations, and operational disciplines.
• Establish and maintain the interface register, ensuring identified interfaces are tracked through coordination and resolution.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to achieve integrated and consistent design outputs.
• Manage integration between infrastructure, stations, rail systems, and operational environments.
• Coordinate airport interfaces, including landside and terminal integration.
• Manage interfaces with airport systems involving Baggage Handling Systems, passenger flows, terminal access, and intermodal connections.
• Facilitate interface workshops and multidisciplinary coordination meetings.
• Coordinate with project teams, contractors, airport stakeholders, authorities, operators, and specialist system providers.
• Establish and manage interface agreements, responsibilities, and associated deliverables.
• Monitor design outputs against project requirements, programme, and budget.
• Track design progress and facilitate timely resolution of interface issues.

Rail and Airport Integration

The Design Integration and Interface Manager will provide a central coordination point for technical interfaces between railway infrastructure and the wider airport environment. This includes ensuring that station and rail solutions are properly coordinated with terminal operations, landside environments, passenger movements, specialist airport systems, and intermodal transport connections. The role will coordinate interfaces involving Baggage Handling Systems where applicable, ensuring relevant physical, functional, and operational requirements are addressed during design development.

Systems Engineering and Interface Control

• Support Systems Engineering processes, including requirements flow-down and interface definition.
• Coordinate with Configuration and Requirements teams to maintain interface traceability.
• Maintain visibility of technical responsibilities and dependencies between disciplines and organizations.
• Identify interface risks and establish appropriate mitigation measures.
• Address risks associated with airport operations and Baggage Handling Systems integration.
• Lead design reviews to confirm that multidisciplinary interfaces are identified, coordinated, and resolved.
• Maintain alignment between interface requirements and project design development.
• Support clear transition of interface requirements into construction and implementation activities.

Stakeholder and Design Coordination

The position requires close collaboration across a multi-organizational project environment. Interface workshops and technical reviews will bring together designers, contractors, airport stakeholders, operators, authorities, specialist providers, and project delivery teams to resolve dependencies and maintain coordinated design development. The Design Integration and Interface Manager will also coordinate with authorities, operators, and external stakeholders where approvals or technical alignment are required.

Construction and Delivery Support

Support construction and delivery teams by ensuring interface requirements, responsibilities, and design intent remain clear during implementation. Monitor unresolved interface matters that could affect construction or systems delivery and coordinate with relevant parties to progress solutions. The role will help maintain continuity between design integration activities and the physical delivery of railway, station, airport, and associated infrastructure systems.

What Required Skills You 'll Bring

• Bachelor 's degree in Engineering or a related field from a recognized university.
• 10 years of relevant experience in rail projects and-or rail operations.
• GCC or international rail experience is preferred.
• Proven experience in design integration and interface management on large-scale rail or infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and complex technical interfaces.
• Good understanding of rail systems, civil infrastructure, stations, and operational interfaces.
• Experience with airport integration projects, including coordination with terminal operations and intermodal transport systems.
• Experience with Systems Engineering processes and interface management methodologies.
• Experience managing interface registers, multidisciplinary coordination processes, and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong knowledge of design development stages and tender documentation.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capability.
• Professional certification or membership in a relevant institution is advantageous.

What Desired Skills You 'll Bring

• Exposure to Baggage Handling Systems and their interfaces with rail and station infrastructure.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations and develop collaborative working relationships.
• Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking to complex coordination and support-function challenges.
• Ability to interface effectively with different levels of project teams, clients, operators, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to respond professionally and effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.

About Parsons

Parsons provides opportunities to contribute to complex rail, transportation, and infrastructure programs through multidisciplinary engineering and systems teams. The company emphasizes innovation, collaboration, employee wellbeing, professional growth, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity across job levels.