Infrastructure Design Manager - Rail
Posted date [2026-05-30]
(ID: 45837)
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Job Description and Requirements
Infrastructure Design Manager - RailJob Snapshot
Role: Infrastructure Design Manager - Rail
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Design
Experience: Minimum 15 years of infrastructure design experience within the AECO industry
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Infrastructure Design Manager - Rail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for an experienced design leader who can manage civil, structural, geotechnical, utilities, and multidisciplinary design interfaces for a major rail infrastructure project. This role is ideal for a senior professional with strong rail or high-performance infrastructure design experience, airport integration knowledge, stakeholder coordination capability, and the ability to guide complex design development from concept through tender stages.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Design
Salary: 30000-45000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Infrastructure Design Manager - Rail will support Parsons by leading the development, coordination, and technical integration of infrastructure design for a major rail project. The role ensures that design outputs are technically sound, compliant with regulatory requirements, aligned with programme and budget targets, and fully integrated with stations, rail systems, airport interfaces, passenger flow, utilities, structures, tunnels, viaducts, and operational requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and manage the infrastructure design process across civil, structural, geotechnical, utility, and related engineering disciplines.
* Oversee preparation, coordination, and review of design deliverables across concept, preliminary design, and tender stages.
* Coordinate design inputs from multidisciplinary teams including stations, rail systems, urban planning, environmental specialists, and infrastructure engineers.
* Ensure design outputs comply with project requirements, technical standards, regulatory frameworks, and client expectations.
* Coordinate with airport stakeholders to support integration with terminal operations, landside and airside interfaces, and passenger flow requirements.
* Ensure infrastructure design supports seamless airport system integration, including access, interchange, operational interfaces, and movement planning.
* Monitor design progress against programme, budget, milestones, and agreed deliverable schedules.
* Lead technical design reviews, risk assessments, value engineering workshops, and design optimization exercises.
* Ensure infrastructure design supports overall system integration, including alignment, stations, utilities, structures, operational interfaces, and rail systems.
* Coordinate with stakeholders, authorities, client representatives, and relevant entities to support approvals and design alignment.
* Identify design risks, interface gaps, coordination issues, and technical constraints, then develop practical mitigation strategies.
* Support preparation of technical documentation, design reports, tender deliverables, presentations, and project submissions.
* Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to design teams and project professionals.
* Review complex engineering documents, drawings, reports, specifications, and interface information to support informed design decisions.
* Engage with clients, project teams, consultants, and stakeholders to resolve sensitive design issues and maintain collaborative project delivery.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field from a recognized university is required.
* Professional certification or membership with a relevant institute will be an advantage.
* Minimum 15 years of infrastructure design experience within the AECO industry.
* Proven experience on rail or major infrastructure projects, including express rail or high-performance rail systems.
* Strong background managing multidisciplinary design teams and complex technical interfaces.
* Good understanding of civil infrastructure elements including alignment, structures, tunnels, viaducts, utilities, and operational interfaces.
* Experience on projects involving airport integration or intermodal transport hubs will be preferred.
* Understanding of airport operations, passenger flow, and coordination with aviation stakeholders will be an advantage.
* Familiarity with international design standards, GCC project delivery environments, and local regulatory requirements.
* Experience in design development, technical coordination, design review, and tender documentation preparation.
* Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
* Ability to work in complex multi-stakeholder environments, preferably within the GCC.
* Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex engineering and design coordination challenges.
* Detail-oriented and analytical approach with high accuracy in design planning and execution.
* Proactive, adaptable, and able to perform effectively in fast-paced project environments.
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple organizations, teams, clients, and authorities.
Skills Set
* Infrastructure design management
* Rail infrastructure design
* Civil engineering design
* Structural coordination
* Geotechnical coordination
* Utility design coordination
* Multidisciplinary design management
* Design development
* Concept design
* Preliminary design
* Tender documentation
* Rail systems interface
* Station interface coordination
* Airport integration
* Intermodal transport hubs
* Terminal operations interface
* Landside interface
* Airside interface
* Passenger flow planning
* Alignment design coordination
* Structures coordination
* Tunnel coordination
* Viaduct coordination
* Utility interfaces
* Design reviews
* Risk assessments
* Value engineering
* Regulatory approvals
* Stakeholder management
* Authority coordination
* Technical reporting
* Design risk mitigation
* Team leadership
* Design team mentoring
* Engineering document review
* GCC infrastructure projects
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers a senior design leadership role within Dubai’s Civil Engineering and rail infrastructure sector, with involvement in a major project requiring strong technical integration, airport interface coordination, and multidisciplinary design management. The position is well suited for an infrastructure design leader who wants to guide complex rail design work, influence high-value transport outcomes, and support delivery of future-ready mobility infrastructure in a dynamic regional market.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and technology company delivering design, consulting, project management, and technical services across transportation, buildings, utilities, environmental, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors. In Dubai and across the Middle East, Parsons supports major public and private sector projects with innovative engineering solutions that improve mobility, safety, resilience, sustainability, and long-term infrastructure performance.
