Technical Manager (Systems)

About SYSTRA

SYSTRA is a global engineering and consultancy group specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA designs transport solutions worldwide, partnering with cities and regions for 65 years to develop and modernize infrastructure. The company operates in over 80 countries, supporting clients in digital, ecological, and energy transitions for future mobility.

The Role of Technical Manager

SYSTRA is seeking an experienced Technical Manager to lead the governance of technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes for a major railway program. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role ensures that multidisciplinary designs comply with applicable rail standards, regulatory requirements, and project objectives across safety, quality, cost, and schedule. The Technical Manager will establish, maintain, and audit the technical management system, drive continuous improvement, and coordinate design assurance across all engineering disciplines and delivery partners.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 (*, CSM-RA or equivalent), including hazard identification and risk assessment.
• 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.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant field.

Essential Skills

• Rigorous attention to detail with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and collaborative problem-solving abilities.