Signalling Engineer L Ext

About Alstom and the Role

Alstom is a global leader in transport networks, specializing in high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility. With over 80,000 colleagues worldwide, Alstom focuses on greener and smarter mobility solutions. This Full-time Signalling Engineer L Ext position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires 5-10 years of experience.

Key Accountabilities

The Signalling Engineer will be responsible for leading the signalling engineering work package within a complex metro environment. This includes managing commitments, technical aspects, subcontractor performance, and various interfaces to ensure successful project delivery.

• Lead the signalling engineering work package, ensuring delivery against QCDP commitments and managing the engineering baseline, workload, schedule, resources, risks, opportunities, and recovery actions.
• Provide technical leadership in CBTC, ATP/ATO/ATS, interlocking, wayside/onboard interfaces, OCC/depot integration, migration, and system integration, ensuring requirements traceability, design maturity, configuration control, V&V, RAMS interfaces, and safety evidence.
• Manage Siemens deliverables, monitor subcontractor obligations and performance, and address non-compliance, assumptions, exclusions, competence/resource gaps, and schedule exposure while protecting Alstom’s contractual position.
• Coordinate signalling interfaces with CIS/SCADA, rolling stock, telecom, OCC, PSD, power, track, civil/MEP, BIM, cybersecurity, RAMS, installation, and T&C, controlling technical changes and their engineering, cost, schedule, configuration, and contractual impacts.
• Coordinate signalling readiness for procurement, installation, migration, testing, system integration, safety assessment, acceptance, and Preliminary Handover, ensuring First Time Right submissions and timely closure of technical issues and interfaces.
• Represent signalling engineering within the Project Core Team, lead technical workshops and design reviews, manage engineering hours and forecasts, and provide clear executive reporting, escalation, and decision support.

Performance Indicators

• Achievement of engineering milestones, workload, and deliverables against the approved baseline and QCDP commitments.
• On-time and First Time Right submissions, with timely closure of reviews, interfaces, actions, and technical risks.
• Effective control of changes with documented engineering, schedule, cost, configuration, and contractual impacts.
• Achieved signalling readiness for installation, migration, testing, integration, safety acceptance, and Preliminary Handover.
• Effective deputy coverage and timely escalation of Siemens delivery, resource, technical, and contractual exposure.

Required Experience and Skills

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience and demonstrate strong planning, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.

• 5-10 years of experience in signalling engineering, preferably within a complex metro environment.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in CBTC, ATP/ATO/ATS, interlocking, and system integration.
• Experience in managing subcontractor deliverables and performance.
• Proficiency in coordinating technical interfaces and managing changes and risks.
• Strong planning, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.

Work Environment and Company Culture

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Alstom is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and creating an inclusive workplace across its operations in 63 countries.