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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 to connect people and facilitate access to employment, education, and leisure worldwide. 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 testing, 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.

Role Overview

SYSTRA is seeking an experienced Technical Manager (Systems) to lead the governance of technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes for a major railway program in Riyadh. This full-time role involves ensuring 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.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant technical management role.
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical standards, design assurance, and engineering processes, preferably within railway programs.
• Strong understanding of national and international rail standards and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in managing multidisciplinary design reviews and technical interfaces.
• Experience with safety management frameworks (*, CSM-RA or equivalent).

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SYSTRA is an equal opportunities company, and this position is open to all qualified applicants.