Dy. Project Director- BID Position

SYSTRA; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA India is bidding for High Speed Rail projects across India. The Deputy Project Director is the key position in these bids, overseeing Chief Experts and coordinating teams to ensure timely delivery within budget and to a high standard.

The role requires extensive experience in rail-based transit systems, signaling and telecom, and leadership during construction phases, with a focus on high-speed and metro environments.

Qualifications

• 25+ years of experience in Railways/Metro projects.
• 17+ years in Signalling & Telecommunication for High-Speed / Semi High-Speed / Metro projects.
• 6+ years during construction phase as in-charge for Signalling & Telecommunication works.

Responsibilities

• Deputy Project Director works closely under the Project Director and shares responsibility for successful project completion.
• Oversee Chief Experts and coordinate teams to ensure timely, budget-conscious delivery.
• Role supports in high-speed rail bids and coordination across rail-based transit projects.

Skills

Rail-based transit systems

Signalling & Telecommunication

Project leadership

Construction phase supervision

ETCS/High-Speed knowledge

Education

Postgraduate / Doctorate in relevant field

Graduate Engineering degree in relevant field

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for High Speed Rail projects across India. The position of

Deputy Project Director is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Deputy Project Director works closely under the Project Director and shares the responsibility for the successful completion of the projects.
• This role supports in overseeing all Chief Experts, who coordinate teams to ensure that work is completed on time and within budget, to a high standard.
• The Dy. PD is desired to be with strong experience in Rail based Transit System(a).
• This position stands in for all roles and responsibilities of the Project Director during his absence.

Profile/Skills

• Age:
  • Less than 60 Years (preferred)
  • Must be below 70 years
• Educational Qualification:
  • Postgraduate / Doctorate in relevant field (preferred)
  • Graduate Engineering degree in relevant field (minimum)
• Experience:
  • Overall more than 25 years of experience in Railways/Metro.
  • More than 17 years of experience in Signalling & Telecommunication system works in *High-Speed / *Semi High-Speed / *Metro Rail Projects.
  • More than 6 years of experience during construction phase as in-charge for Signalling & Telecommunication system works in *High-Speed / *Semi High-Speed / Metro Rail Projects.
  • High Speed: ETCS based projects with operational speed equal or greater than 250 Kmph
  • Semi High Speed: Projects with operational speed equal to or greater than 160 Kmph
  • Metro: Excluding LRT/Tram/Monorail Systems

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!