Special Systems Lead (KSIA)📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Bechtel Corporation is seeking a Special Systems Lead for its operations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves leading systems engineering efforts for a major airport development project. Bechtel has a long history of involvement in airport projects globally and within the GCC, and is providing project management consultancy services for the development of a state-of-the-art international airport in Riyadh.

Project Context

The King Salman International Airport project is designed to accommodate up to 120 million travelers by 2030 and 185 million by 2050, with significant cargo handling capacity. Bechtel's role includes providing project management consultancy services for three new terminals: a new build low-cost carrier terminal, a new concept iconic terminal, and a private aviation terminal with hangars.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

In this role, you will lead a team of systems engineering personnel, responsible for estimating staffing needs, scheduling, and assigning work. You will prepare estimates and work plans, manage implementation, and oversee performance reporting. Your leadership will ensure that systems engineering work aligns with project scope, schedule, and budget, and complies with Bechtel and client requirements. Key responsibilities include:

• Planning, scheduling, and conducting detailed engineering work for Systems Engineering on complex projects.
• Overseeing processes and procedures for Systems Engineering, including Requirements Management, Technical Risk Management, Configuration Management, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, System Specification Development, Compliance, Verification, Interface Management, Design Integration, Technical Reviews, Validation, and Handover.
• Performing technical reviews of contractors’ systems engineering processes, procedures, and system architecture diagrams.
• Supervising, coordinating, and reviewing the work of assigned Systems Engineering personnel.
• Preparing discipline estimates and work plans in accordance with project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Maintaining coordination with other disciplines to ensure project integration and compliance with requirements.
• Reviewing and recommending on the Systems aspects of bid evaluations.
• Ensuring appropriate on-the-job training for supervised systems engineers, scientists, and technologists.

Education and Experience Requirements

This role requires a bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant Airport Special Systems experience, or 17-19 years of relevant systems experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge and experience with airport special systems, including active data and voice networking, data centers, access control, surveillance and intrusion detection, passenger processing and resource allocation, dynamic wayfinding, aircraft auto-docking, foreign object debris detection, non-NAVAID airfield sensor systems, licensed and unlicensed wireless, and baggage handling systems.
• Understanding of the airline industry and international regulatory codes, standards, and design criteria related to airport design.
• Experience with the integration of airport special systems into airport command and control structures.
• Knowledge of interface management and the management of system-to-civil and system-to-system interfaces.
• Prior experience leading a team of engineers.
• A license or chartership as a professional engineer is highly desired.