Project Manager Metro Mekkah📣 Job Ad

About SYSTRA and the Opportunity

SYSTRA is a global engineering and consultancy group specializing in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA designs and delivers safe, sustainable transport solutions worldwide, partnering with cities and regions for 65 years across project lifecycles. We are seeking an accomplished Project Manager Metro to join our team in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of relevant experience.

The Role

The Project Manager Metro will lead the end-to-end delivery of complex metro programs. This role acts as a trusted delivery partner, combining deep rail and transit expertise with rigorous governance and client-facing leadership to ensure successful project outcomes from inception through to handover and operations readiness.

Key Project Delivery Responsibilities

• Own full lifecycle delivery for metro assets and systems, including planning, feasibility, concept and detailed design, procurement, construction, systems installation, testing, commissioning, trial operations, and handover.
• Establish integrated master schedules, stage gates, and KPIs aligned to client objectives, ensuring performance across safety, scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Oversee multidisciplinary scopes across civil works (tunnels, viaducts, stations, depots), rail systems (trackwork, power/traction, SCADA, signaling and train control—CBTC preferred, telecoms), rolling stock interfaces, PSDs, and OCS.
• Manage critical interfaces among design-and-build packages, systems integrators, and third parties to maintain integration integrity.

Management and Leadership Accountabilities

• Act as the primary interface with client organizations, transport authorities, utilities, city planners, designers, contractors, operators, and independent checking engineers.
• Lead governance forums, approvals, and executive reporting, driving timely decisions and alignment across civil, systems, and operational stakeholders.
• Shape procurement strategies for multi-package metro delivery (civil works, MEP, systems, rolling stock, systems integration, O&M), and administer contracts, change control, claims, and risk allocation.
• Implement comprehensive risk management, configuration control, and change governance, enforcing QA/QC processes and independent safety assessment coordination.
• Lead HSE excellence across contractors, aligning with international rail safety practices, and drive systems assurance, RAMS, EMC/EMI, cybersecurity, and safety certification readiness.
• Plan and manage integrated testing and commissioning (IOTC), trial running, reliability growth, and safety certification, coordinating with operators for O&M strategy and smooth handover into passenger service.
• Build and lead a matrixed team spanning PMO, planning and scheduling, cost, risk, engineering, assurance, and site supervision, mentoring staff and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in project management, specifically within complex metro or rail programs.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in rail and transit systems, project delivery, and rigorous governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead client-facing engagements and manage diverse stakeholder groups effectively.

About SYSTRA

SYSTRA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As an equal opportunities company, this position is open to all qualified applicants.