Structural Engineer Design (Rail/Metro)

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 globally, contributing to social inclusion and access to employment, education, and leisure. For 65 years, the Group has supported cities and regions in developing, improving, and modernizing their infrastructure and transport systems across the entire project lifecycle, from design to deployment and maintenance. Operating in over 80 countries, SYSTRA generates 74% of its turnover internationally and supports clients in their digital, ecological, and energy transitions.

The Role

SYSTRA is seeking a highly experienced Structural Engineer Design (Rail/Metro) to provide technical oversight for multiple railway and metro projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires a design-focused structural engineer with over 10 years of experience in the planning, review, and coordination of structural design for major transportation infrastructure. The successful candidate will support the Client in overseeing consultants and project stakeholders, ensuring structural designs are technically robust, compliant, coordinated, and aligned with project objectives, standards, and delivery requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide structural engineering design oversight within the Client’s office across multiple railway projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Review structural design deliverables prepared by consultants for completeness, accuracy, coordination, and compliance.
• Monitor design development for structural assets such as stations, viaducts, bridges, depots, retaining walls, and associated infrastructure.
• Ensure structural designs comply with project requirements, international codes, local regulations, and authority standards.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure integrated and optimized design solutions.
• Support design assurance, technical governance, and engineering review processes on behalf of the Client.
• Identify design risks, technical gaps, and interface issues, and support timely resolution.
• Participate in design review meetings, workshops, technical discussions, and progress reviews.
• Provide technical input on constructability, value engineering, and design optimization.
• Review responses to technical queries, design changes, and engineering proposals submitted by consultants or contractors.
• Support the Client in evaluating structural design alternatives and making informed technical decisions.
• Prepare technical comments, review reports, engineering memoranda, and presentation materials as required.
• Assist in maintaining consistency of structural engineering standards and expectations across multiple projects.

Required Experience and Skills

• Over 10 years of experience in structural engineering design, with a strong focus on major transportation infrastructure, specifically rail and metro projects.
• Demonstrated ability to review structural design submissions and monitor design development.
• Experience in supporting technical decision-making and ensuring consistency in engineering quality across projects.
• Proficiency in overseeing design consultants and interfacing with other engineering disciplines (civil, architectural, geotechnical, MEP, systems, and construction).
• Strong coordination skills with internal client stakeholders, external consultants, contractors, and relevant authorities.
• Ability to assess structural design approaches, identify risks, and resolve technical issues.
• Familiarity with applicable standards, project criteria, and authority requirements.
• Participation in design reviews, workshops, technical meetings, value engineering exercises, and design assurance activities.

Work Environment

The Structural Engineer will act as part of the Client’s engineering team, serving as a key technical representative for structural matters across a portfolio of rail and metro projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position requiring close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders.