Track Alignment Engineer (Design)

About SYSTRA

SYSTRA is a global engineering and consultancy group specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA designs safe and sustainable transport solutions worldwide, contributing to social inclusion and facilitating access to essential services. For 65 years, the Group has partnered with cities and regions to develop, improve, and modernize infrastructure and transport systems across project lifecycles, from design to deployment and maintenance. Operating in over 80 countries, SYSTRA supports clients in their digital, ecological, and energy transitions to shape future mobility.

The Opportunity: Track Alignment Engineer (Design)

SYSTRA is seeking a Track Alignment Engineer with a strong design background to provide PMC services for a major client in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on leading and assuring track alignment design for rail projects, managing multidisciplinary interfaces, and ensuring delivery adheres to client standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Lead in reviewing horizontal and vertical alignment designs for mainline, depot, and yard tracks using industry-standard tools such as Bentley OpenRail, Civil 3D, and MX.
• Define and enforce geometric design criteria, alignment control parameters, and tolerances across all project phases (concept, preliminary, detailed design).
• Conduct design checks, optioneering, and value engineering for alignments, turnouts, crossovers, and transition curves to optimize performance, maintainability, and cost.
• Ensure compliance with international and regional rail standards and client-specific requirements, integrating RAMS, maintainability, and ride quality considerations.
• Act as the integrated PMC representative to the client, coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces including civil, structures, trackwork, OCS, signaling, drainage, and utilities.
• Manage technical queries, change requests, and design approvals, maintaining clear audit trails and configuration control.
• Lead design risk management for alignment choices, considering ground conditions, utilities, third-party constraints, and environmental factors.
• Oversee contractor and designer performance on alignment deliverables, ensuring adherence to baseline schedule and quality.
• Maintain design schedules, registers, and progress reporting for alignment-related works.
• Prepare and present technical reports, design review comments, and decision logs to client stakeholders.
• Ensure constructability and staging are embedded in alignment design, supporting site teams during construction, and responding to RFIs.
• Implement robust quality assurance processes, including independent design reviews and verification/validation activities.
• Align deliverables with KSA authority requirements and applicable standards; support permitting and approvals.
• Engage with stakeholders, authorities, and third parties to resolve constraints, protect corridors, and secure approvals.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in track alignment design.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Experience performing PMC/consultancy functions with clients.

Required Skills

• Strong communication, report writing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead technical meetings and drive decisions effectively.
• Experience with quality systems, risk management, and configuration control for design packages.