Deputy Interface Manager - Technical

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Riyadh seeks a Deputy Interface Manager – Technical to lead and coordinate design and construction interfaces on a major railway infrastructure program. You will oversee interface management across civil, systems, depot, and operations teams, ensuring timely, safe delivery and alignment with project objectives.

The role requires 12+ years in railway systems and interface management, with strong English communication and experience in multi‑contractor environments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in railway systems and interface management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Saudi National candidate preferred.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management across multi‑contractor teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage technical design interfaces across project disciplines and stakeholders.
• Review and validate contractor interface deliverables such as interface plans and registers.
• Identify and resolve interface conflicts to support safe, on‑time delivery.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Railway interface management

Systems interfaces

Metro projects

Railway systems

Signaling interfaces

Civil works coordination

Interface management plans

Interface matrices

Interface registers

Contractor deliverable review

Multinational team coordination

English communication

Arabic language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Deputy Interface Manager – Technical (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) – Full‑time. 12+ years of experience with a minimum of 12 years in railway systems and complex project interface management.

Job Details: Country – Saudi Arabia; City – Riyadh; Salary – 35,000–50,000 SAR (estimated); Gender – Any; Candidate Nationality – Saudi National.

Role Context

The Deputy Interface Manager – Technical supports the management of design and construction interfaces on a major railway or metro infrastructure program in Riyadh. The role requires strong technical understanding of railway systems, civil works, signaling interfaces, subsystem coordination, contractor deliverables, and stakeholder alignment, working closely with civil, systems, depot, operations, maintenance, contractor, and external project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage technical design interfaces across project disciplines, contractors, consultants, stakeholders, and external delivery teams.
• Track interfaces between railway systems, civil works, metro design‑build packages, and surrounding projects to support coordinated delivery.
• Review and validate contractor interface deliverables, including interface management plans, interface matrices, registers, drawings, specifications, and technical reports.
• Identify interface‑related issues, coordination conflicts, missing dependencies, and unresolved technical risks during design and construction stages.
• Provide guidance to contractors on practical interface solutions that support project delivery, constructability, safety, and system integration.
• Assess contractor interface management performance and recommend corrective actions when progress, documentation, or coordination quality falls below expectations.
• Facilitate coordination between metro design‑build packages and adjacent projects to align design, construction, access, systems, utilities, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders, third parties, project management organizations, consultants, contractors, and authority representatives as required.
• Work closely with Lead Civil, Lead Systems, Lead Depot, and Lead Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve technical interface challenges.
• Ensure alignment between railway subsystems, civil works, depot requirements, operational needs, and multidisciplinary design packages.
• Engage with contractor interface managers to monitor interface progress, close open actions, resolve conflicts, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Support interface workshops, coordination meetings, technical reviews, progress sessions, and stakeholder discussions.
• Prepare interface reports, action trackers, risk updates, coordination logs, and status summaries for project management and client stakeholders.
• Monitor interface registers and dependency logs to ensure ownership, deadlines, decisions, and closeout actions remain clear.
• Support escalation of critical interface issues where decisions are required from senior technical leads, project management, or external stakeholders.
• Help maintain consistent interface management processes across complex, multi‑contractor rail and transportation project environments.
• Promote clear communication and structured coordination between multinational and multidisciplinary project teams.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Saudi National candidate required.
• Minimum 12 years of experience, including significant experience in project systems interface management.
• Strong technical expertise in the design and construction of complex railway systems.
• Extensive knowledge of modern railway systems and their interfaces, including signaling, civil works, rail subsystems, depot elements, and operations requirements.
• Experience analyzing and managing technical interfaces on major rail, metro, transit, or transportation infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of railway project design management, construction management, stakeholder coordination, and interface control processes.
• Ability to review interface management plans, matrices, registers, technical reports, drawings, specifications, and contractor submissions.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams across systems, civil, depot, operations, maintenance, utilities, design, and construction functions.
• Strong coordination and problem‑solving ability with the confidence to address interface conflicts and recommend practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multinational teams, contractors, consultants, client representatives, and third‑party stakeholders.
• Previous Middle East project experience is preferred.
• Arabic language skills are advantageous.
• Experience on large‑scale metro, railway, or transportation infrastructure projects is preferred.
• Knowledge of interface management best practices in complex, multi‑contractor project environments is beneficial.

Skills Set

• Railway interface management
• Systems interfaces
• Metro projects
• Railway systems
• Rail subsystems
• Signaling interfaces
• Civil works coordination
• Design‑build coordination
• Interface management plans
• Interface matrices
• Interface registers
• Technical reports
• Contractor deliverable review
• Interface control
• Project systems interface management
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Stakeholder coordination
• Third‑party coordination
• Contractor interface management
• Design coordination
• Construction interface management
• Depot interfaces
• Operations and Maintenance coordination
• Technical issue resolution
• Action trackers
• Interface reporting
• Dependency logs
• Risk tracking
• Design review
• Construction management
• Metro design‑build packages
• Transportation infrastructure
• Multinational team coordination
• English communication
• Arabic language