Senior Rail Operations Expert: High-Speed Vision & Readiness

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an amazingly talented Operations Expert to join our team in the UAE. You will provide specialist operational leadership across planning, development, delivery, testing, and readiness phases of a major high-speed rail program.

You will act as SME for rail operations, shape operating concepts and timetable planning, coordinate with infrastructure, systems, and rolling stock, and ensure alignment with the service vision through delivery partners and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an accredited university.
• Minimum 15 years of related Railway Operations experience, including supporting high-speed rail projects.
• Experience developing operational concepts, timetables, railway service planning.
• Strong knowledge of railway operational rules, practices and procedures, including cross-boundary arrangements between Infrastructure Manager organizations.
• Familiarity with railway operational simulation, capacity, and timetable planning platforms such as Railsys and Variato.
• Operational experience in rail control center functions.
• Excellent technical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the SME for Rail Operations throughout all project phases from concept to revenue service.
• Provide operations SME input into the specification, development and delivery of the future operating model and service specification.
• Lead development of operational concepts and customer experience strategies for the future railway.
• Represent future operational end users to champion operability and integration of infrastructure, systems, rolling stock and processes.
• Provide SME input into timetable planning, capacity analysis, operational modelling and simulation activities.

Skills

Rail Operations

Timetable Planning

Operational Rules

Railway Control Center

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Cross-Border Rail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Railsys

Variato

Job description

Parsons is seeking an amazingly talented Operations Expert to join our team in the UAE. You will provide specialist operational leadership across planning, development, delivery, testing, and readiness phases of a major high-speed rail program.

You will act as SME for rail operations, shape operating concepts and timetable planning, coordinate with infrastructure, systems, and rolling stock, and ensure alignment with the service vision through delivery partners and stakeholders.