Rail Systems Interface Lead

Keolishyderabad; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Keolis MHI Metro Project in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior professional to manage and coordinate engineering and system interfaces between Operations, Maintenance and RTA functions. The role ensures seamless communication, alignment with contractual, technical and operational standards to achieve service reliability, safety and performance excellence in a regulated rail environment.

Responsibilities include developing the interface strategy, coordinating system activities with OCC and maintenance

Qualifications

• Minimum of education: Degree holder or high diploma in a related discipline and/or relevant professional qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the rail industry, preferably in operations or maintenance functions.
• Experience as a railway engineer or operations controller with an understanding of operational safety rules and regulations.
• Strong knowledge of metro systems, subsystems, and OCC functions.
• Proven experience in engineering–maintenance coordination, ensuring alignment between technical and operational teams.
• Experience in metro or tram interface management roles.
• Background in maintenance planning, configuration control, or reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience in incident management and service recovery within a regulated railway environment.
• Exposure to performance regime management and KPI-driven operational improvement.
• Experience working with government authorities, regulatory bodies, or external stakeholders in rail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Engineering/System interface strategy in alignment with objectives.
• Coordinate system interface activities to ensure compliance with contractual/operational requirements.
• Develop, review, and update SOPs, configuration plans, and maintenance interface work instructions.
• Oversee inspection programs and interface performance monitoring.
• Ensure timely resolution of interface issues affecting reliability, safety or performance.
• Serve as primary liaison between operations, engineering, maintenance, QA, and external stakeholders.
• Represent department in meetings with regulators, contractors, and client representatives.

Skills

Metro systems knowledge

OCC familiarity

Analytical skills

IT proficiency

Communication & coordination

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Working under pressure

Fluent English

Driving license

Rolling stock knowledge

Signalling understanding

Education

Degree holder or high diploma of post-secondary education in a related discipline and/or relevant professional qualification

Job description

Keolis MHI Metro Project in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior professional to manage and coordinate engineering and system interfaces between Operations, Maintenance and RTA functions. The role ensures seamless communication, alignment with contractual, technical and operational standards to achieve service reliability, safety and performance excellence in a regulated rail environment.

Responsibilities include developing the interface strategy, coordinating system activities with OCC and maintenance