Systems Assurance Manager (Rail) Bid Opportunity📣 إعلان

About the Bid Opportunity

SYSTRA Brasil is seeking a Systems Assurance Manager (Rail) for a bid opportunity in Riyadh. This role is contingent upon the successful award of the project and final client approval. SYSTRA is a global leader in engineering and consultancy for public transport and sustainable mobility, dedicated to designing safe and sustainable transport solutions worldwide.

Role Overview

The Systems Assurance Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing the systems assurance strategy for a railway project. This includes ensuring alignment with client requirements, international standards, and project delivery objectives. The role will encompass oversight of the assurance process throughout the design, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall systems assurance function for the railway Project Management Consultancy (PMC) assignment.
• Develop and implement the project's systems assurance strategy, plans, procedures, and reporting framework.
• Oversee safety assurance, RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety), verification and validation, and certification activities across all railway systems.
• Ensure compliance with employer requirements, contract specifications, applicable codes, standards, and regulatory obligations.
• Review design submissions, contractor deliverables, method statements, test procedures, and assurance documentation for completeness and compliance.
• Manage the Hazard Log process, ensuring hazards are identified, assessed, mitigated, tracked, and closed out appropriately.
• Coordinate with design, interface, testing and commissioning, operations, maintenance, and project controls teams to ensure integrated assurance delivery.
• Liaise with independent safety assessors, notified bodies, certification agencies, operators, and government authorities.
• Support interface management across civil, architectural, track, signaling, telecom, power, depot, OCC, AFC, PSD, and other rail systems.
• Monitor verification and validation activities and ensure traceability from requirements through design, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Provide assurance input into testing and commissioning readiness, trial running, operational readiness, and final acceptance.
• Prepare and present technical reports, dashboards, risk registers, and executive updates to the client and senior project leadership.
• Support bid preparation activities, including technical proposals, resource planning, methodology statements, and identification of project-specific assurance risks.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• A Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• Professional certifications in safety, systems engineering, RAMS, or project management are advantageous.
• Minimum of 20 years of total professional experience.
• Extensive experience in railway, metro, LRT, high-speed rail, or other major transit projects.
• Demonstrated experience in systems assurance management on large and complex railway projects.
• Prior experience in a PMC environment or a client-facing project management/oversight role is strongly preferred.
• Gulf / Middle East experience is preferred, with familiarity with regional client, authority, and delivery environments considered a strong advantage.
• Proven involvement in projects covering design, integration, testing and commissioning, safety assurance, and operational handover.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of railway systems assurance methodologies and lifecycle assurance processes.
• Good understanding of railway safety and RAMS standards, including relevant international frameworks such as CENELEC standards where applicable.
• Strong grasp of system integration, interface management, verification, validation, and certification processes.
• Familiarity with hazard identification techniques, safety cases, compliance management, and technical risk control.
• Ability to review multidisciplinary rail design and assess assurance implications across interconnected systems.
• Strong reporting, stakeholder management, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, multi-stakeholder, multicultural project environments.

Work Context

This position is for a full-time role based in Riyadh. The engagement is subject to successful project award and final client approval. SYSTRA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes all applicants.