Stakeholder Manager - Rail

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 330,517 - 440,690; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Stakeholder Manager - Rail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This role involves managing complex stakeholder relationships and ensuring effective communication for a major railway project. Candidates should have a relevant Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years experience in stakeholder management within civil engineering or major infrastructure projects.

The position offers high exposure to government authorities, utilities, and design teams while contributing to the success of transport infrastructure delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in stakeholder management or project interface roles.
• Strong background working with government authorities and utility providers.
• Professional certification in stakeholder management or project management is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the stakeholder engagement strategy.
• Coordinate stakeholder inputs and manage communications.
• Support design teams in resolving interface issues and obtaining approvals.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Rail stakeholder coordination

Authority coordination

Government approvals

Utility coordination

Transport operator coordination

Stakeholder engagement strategy

Communication planning

Stakeholder mapping

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Planning, or Project Management

Job description

Overview

Stakeholder Manager - Rail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for an experienced stakeholder engagement professional with strong expertise in authority coordination, utilities interface management, government approvals, regulatory submissions, design‑stage stakeholder integration, communication planning, and major rail infrastructure delivery. This role is suited for a confident coordination leader who can manage complex stakeholder relationships, capture requirements, resolve interface issues, and support smooth approvals during the design and pre‑contract phases of a major railway project.

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project Management
Job Type: Full‑time

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the stakeholder engagement strategy and communication plan for the railway project.
• Identify, map, and categorize all relevant stakeholders, including government authorities, transport operators, utility providers, regulatory bodies, external entities, and project partners.
• Coordinate stakeholder inputs and ensure requirements are properly captured, reviewed, tracked, and reflected in design development.
• Manage stakeholder communication activities, including meetings, workshops, technical coordination sessions, formal correspondence, and structured submissions.
• Track stakeholder comments, feedback, decisions, permits, approvals, and outstanding actions to ensure timely resolution and closure.
• Support design teams in understanding stakeholder requirements and resolving design interface issues linked to authorities, operators, utilities, and external parties.
• Coordinate with authorities to facilitate approvals, permits, compliance reviews, and regulatory submissions.
• Maintain stakeholder registers, communication logs, approval trackers, action lists, meeting records, and reporting mechanisms.
• Support preparation of documentation required for stakeholder engagement, design review, permitting, authority coordination, and formal approvals.
• Monitor stakeholder risks, approval delays, communication gaps, and unresolved interface matters, then develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Act as the main coordination point between project teams and external stakeholders during design and pre‑contract phases.
• Facilitate alignment between engineering, planning, design, interface, commercial, and stakeholder teams to ensure project requirements are consistent.
• Support project leadership with stakeholder progress updates, risk summaries, approval status reports, and escalation recommendations.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to prepare clear responses to stakeholder comments and technical queries.
• Help maintain positive working relationships with government authorities, utilities, operators, and external agencies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure engagement activities are handled professionally, accurately, and in line with project objectives, programme requirements, and regulatory expectations.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Planning, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in stakeholder management, authority coordination, or project interface roles.
• Demonstrated experience on rail, metro, transportation, or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong background working with government authorities, utility providers, transport operators, regulators, and external stakeholders.
• Good understanding of design development processes, stakeholder integration requirements, permitting workflows, and regulatory approval procedures.
• Experience managing approvals, permits, formal submissions, stakeholder comments, and closure trackers.
• Professional certification in stakeholder management, project management, or a related field will be an advantage.
• GCC or similar regulatory environment experience is preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, coordination, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder environments with multiple interfaces, sensitive issues, and competing priorities.
• Strong organizational ability with attention to documentation, reporting accuracy, and action follow‑up.
• Capable of working with multidisciplinary teams while maintaining a calm, practical, and solution‑focused approach.
• Able to operate effectively in fast‑paced project environments and support delivery across design, pre‑contract, and future implementation stages.

Skills Set

• Stakeholder management
• Rail stakeholder coordination
• Authority coordination
• Government approvals
• Utility coordination
• Transport operator coordination
• Stakeholder engagement strategy
• Communication planning
• Stakeholder mapping
• Stakeholder registers
• Communication logs
• Approval trackers
• Permit coordination
• Regulatory compliance
• Design stakeholder integration
• Formal submissions
• Workshop coordination
• Meeting facilitation
• Comment tracking
• Feedback closure
• Interface issue resolution
• Stakeholder risk management
• Mitigation planning
• Design coordination
• Pre‑contract coordination
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• External agency liaison
• Regulatory submissions
• Action tracking
• Reporting mechanisms
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder presentations
• Relationship management
• Project documentation
• GCC regulatory environment
• Rail infrastructure projects

Why Join Us

This Stakeholder Manager - Rail role offers the opportunity to manage high‑value stakeholder coordination on a major railway project in Dubai’s Civil Engineering sector. The position provides senior exposure to government authorities, utilities, operators, design teams, regulatory approvals, and complex infrastructure interfaces, allowing you to influence project alignment, reduce approval risks, and contribute to well‑coordinated transport infrastructure delivery within a respected international engineering organization.