Track Engineer

SYSTRA; Dublin; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vietnamese language a plus

Job summary

SYSTRA, a leading engineering and consultancy group, seeks a Track Engineer to join the team on-site in Vietnam. You will conduct comprehensive technical reviews of trackwork designs, ensuring alignment with project requirements and international standards, while coordinating interfaces with civil structures and railway systems.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in Railway/Civil Engineering with 8–10 years of civil/rail experience, including 5+ years in track design/review for HSR/MRT.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Railway or Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• 8–10 years civil/railway experience, 5+ in track design/review for HSR/MRT.
• Experience with ballastless track (slab), CWR; EN/UIC standards; VN standards a plus.
• Excellent English; Vietnamese a plus.

Responsibilities

• Technical design review of trackwork designs and submissions.
• Coordinate interfaces between trackwork, civil structures, and railway systems.
• Ensure High-Speed Rail designs meet applicable regulations and standards.
• Identify risks, propose mitigations, and lead progress reviews.
• Prepare terms of references and review tender documents for trackwork.
• Provide technical advisory support to client and contractors.

Skills

Track design

Railway engineering

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Railway Engineering

Job description

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

As key member of Lead Consultant for the client, the Track Engineer will be primarily responsible for providing technical review, assurance, and coordination for trackwork systems during the design and project delivery stages, ensuring compliance with project requirements, applicable standards, safety criteria, and interface integration needs

Missions/Main Duties

Main Duties

• Technical Design Review : Perform comprehensive technical review and assess trackwork design submittals. The review will include alignment and related submissions (horizontal and vertical alignment, comprehensive cross-sections) as well as Trackwork (ballastless track structures, ballasted track, pitted track in depots, turnouts and crossovers, rail expansion joints, buffer stops, track transition zones).
• Interface Coordination : Coordinate and manage technical interfaces between trackwork and related civil structures (viaducts, tunnels, stations-underground and elevated, depot) as well as railway systems (signaling, traction power supply, rolling stocks).
• High Speed Rail (HSR) Standard Assurance : Verify that track designs comply with the applicable regulation and international standard for High-Speed Rail. Provide technical expertise to ensure project specifications meet High-Speed Rail projects requirements.
• Risk & Quality Assurance : Identify project risks related to alignment, trackwork and their interfaces and propose mitigation measures. Report and monitor progress of trackwork related design and construction contracts, lead regular meetings with the trackwork’s contractors. Participate in the preparation of the project management plans.
• Procurement and Construction : Prepare Terms Of References for trackwork related contracts and review tender documents and submissions. Review documentation submitted during construction, provide technical advice for construction issues, develop and review trackwork related construction schedule.
• Technical Advisory : Provide general technical support to the client and its contractors to respond to technical queries related to Trackwork and Alignment.

Frequent visits to HCMC during construction phase.

Profile/Skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Railway Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.

Experience Required

• Essential:
• Minimum 8 – 10 years of civil/railway engineering experience, with at least 5 years dedicated to track design or track construction review for high-speed rail or urban mass rapid transit (MRT) systems.
• Experience with ballastless track (slab track) technology, continuous welded rail (CWR) and knowledge of trackwork related international railway standards (EN, UIC) is highly desirable. Knowledge of Vietnamese national standards (TCVN, QCVN) is recommended.
• The Track Engineer shall be pro-active individual able to work closely with the other members of the LC team. The Track Engineer shall possess a strong knowledge of trackwork technical discipline with the ability to step back in order to recommend robust and practicable technical solutions.
• Languages:
• Excellent command of spoken and written English is required.
• Vietnamese proficiency is a plus.

Skills And Desirable Personality

• Appropriate interpersonal skills, such as leading, communicating, negotiating, problem solving.
• Sense of initiative, perfect organization and great rigour.
• Sense of commitment.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

Workplace Type

On-site