Technical Manager (Systems) at SYSTRA

SYSTRA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA in الرياض, SA, is seeking an experienced Technical Manager to lead governance of technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes for a major railway program. This on-site role ensures designs meet rail standards, regulatory requirements, and project objectives.

You will establish and audit the technical management system, drive continuous improvement, coordinate design assurance across disciplines, and liaise with client, validators, authorities and certification bodies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with extensive rail project experience.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary design and review.
• Experience establishing and managing technical standards and design assurance.
• Knowledge of rail standards, safety frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to coordinate with validators, regulators, and client authorities.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain technical standards, specs, and engineering management plans.
• Develop and improve design assurance workflows across stages.
• Manage deviations, waivers, and concessions with robust risk justification.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews to ensure completeness and constructability.
• Drive requirements management, V&V, and configuration control across packages.
• Coordinate interfaces across contractors, suppliers, and operations stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with safety legislation and rail safety frameworks.
• Act as main technical standards contact with client, validators, and authorities.
• Prepare and present technical review findings and risk registers.
• Facilitate workshops to resolve technical issues and drive decisions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Standards governance

Design assurance

Engineering processes

Requirements management

Configuration control

V-model & V&V

Rail standards knowledge

Safety assessors coordination

Stakeholder communication

report writing

Chartered/Professional Engineer

RAMS / human factors

BIM / digital engineering exposure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Requirements management tools

BIM and digital engineering tools

Systems engineering practices

Job description

Job Summary

SYSTRA in الرياض, S01, SA. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

: 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

We are seeking an experienced Technical Manager to lead the governance of technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes for a major railway program. The role ensures that multidisciplinary designs meet applicable rail standards, regulatory requirements, and project objectives across safety, quality, cost, and schedule. You will establish, maintain, and audit the technical management system, drive continuous improvement, and coordinate design assurance across all engineering disciplines and delivery partners.

Missions / Main Duties

• Own and maintain the project’s technical standards, specifications, and engineering management plans, ensuring alignment with national/international rail standards, regulatory obligations, and client requirements.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the technical review process, stage gate criteria, and design assurance workflows across concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC stages.
• Manage deviations, waivers, and concessions, ensuring robust justification, risk assessment, and approvals.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews (track, civil, structures, geotechnical, systems, OLE, power, signaling/telecoms, rolling stock interface, stations, MEP, RAMS) to assure completeness, consistency, constructability, operability, and maintainability.
• Drive requirements management, verification and validation (V\&V), and configuration control, ensuring traceability from system requirements to design outputs and test evidence.
• Coordinate technical interfaces and integration across packages, contractors, suppliers, and operations/maintenance stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with safety legislation and rail-specific safety management frameworks (e.g., CSM-RA or equivalent), including hazard identification, risk
• Act as the principal point of contact for technical standards with the client, independent validators, authorities, and certification bodies.
• Prepare and present technical review findings, design assurance reports, technical risk registers, and recommendations to governance boards.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops to resolve complex technical issues and drive decision-making.

Profile / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or related). Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of engineering experience, including substantial experience on railway projects (mainline, metro, light rail, or high-speed).
• Strong design background with demonstrated leadership in multidisciplinary design development and review.
• Proven track record establishing and managing technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes on large infrastructure programs.
• Experience with requirements management tools and configuration control; familiarity with systems engineering V-model and V\&V.
• Demonstrable knowledge of relevant rail standards and codes (e.g., EN/IEC standards, AREMA/BS/EN, local rail authority standards) and safety/regulatory frameworks (e.g., CSM-RA or equivalent).
• Experience coordinating with independent safety assessors/validators, regulators, and client technical authorities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and report-writing skills.
• Chartered or Professional Engineer status (e.g., CEng, PE, RPEQ) or equivalent.
• Experience in RAMS, human factors, and operability/maintainability reviews.
• Competence with common rail systems and design tools; exposure to BIM and digital engineering for assurance and information management.
• Rigorous attention to detail with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
• Leadership, coaching, and collaborative problem solving.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants. Workplace Type: On-site