Technical Director - Metro Rail
Posted date [2026-07-07]
(ID: 47689)
Job Description and Requirements
Technical Director - Metro RailJob Snapshot
Role: Technical Director - Metro Rail
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: 25+ years in rail engineering, metro projects, technical leadership, or Design and Build delivery
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Technical Director - Metro Rail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a senior rail professional who can provide technical leadership across civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, integration, and safety assurance on a major metro project. This role also acts as Deputy Project Director, supporting executive-level project delivery, design governance, multidisciplinary coordination, client interface, and high-level technical decision-making within a complex Design and Build rail environment.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: 55000-75000
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 Technical Director - Metro Rail provides strategic technical direction for a prestigious metro project where civil infrastructure, systems engineering, rolling stock, integration, safety assurance, and stakeholder approvals must work as one coordinated delivery platform. The role helps ensure that contractor designs, technical submittals, design progress, engineering changes, and value engineering proposals are reviewed with strong governance and sound technical judgment. As Deputy Project Director, the position also supports project leadership, risk control, client confidence, and disciplined delivery across a large-scale rail program.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide senior technical leadership across civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, integration, and safety assurance disciplines.
* Act as Deputy Project Director and support overall leadership of the metro project from a technical and delivery perspective.
* Lead multidisciplinary design reviews and approvals for Design and Build contractor submissions.
* Review civil works designs covering stations, tunnels, viaducts, depots, architecture, MEP, BIM, and associated infrastructure interfaces.
* Oversee technical review of rail systems design, including the full suite of systems required for metro project delivery.
* Provide leadership on rolling stock interfaces, systems integration, and safety assurance requirements.
* Monitor technical performance and engineering services progress against project objectives.
* Ensure design progress remains aligned with the approved project schedule.
* Drive coordinated design development between civil, systems, rolling stock, integration, and assurance teams.
* Verify design compliance with employer requirements, contract requirements, technical standards, and recognized best practices.
* Chair high-level design review meetings with contractor, client, consultant, and technical stakeholders.
* Lead Design Control Point gate reviews and support formal technical decision points.
* Undertake senior technical reviews and provide clear recommendations on complex design and engineering matters.
* Make or support technical decisions that affect design quality, project progress, interfaces, safety, and deliverability.
* Review and accept engineering change requests where technically justified and contractually aligned.
* Review value engineering proposals to confirm safety, performance, lifecycle, cost, and integration impacts.
* Interface with client leadership, Design and Build contractor teams, key stakeholders, and regulatory authorities.
* Represent The Engineer’s team at the highest technical level during executive, technical, regulatory, and stakeholder meetings.
* Support integration of civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, testing, commissioning, safety assurance, and operational readiness requirements.
* Identify design risks, interface gaps, technical conflicts, and approval constraints early and drive resolution.
* Provide direction to discipline leads and technical teams to maintain quality, consistency, and schedule discipline.
* Support project reporting, executive briefings, design governance updates, and technical risk communication.
* Promote a collaborative technical environment focused on safe, integrated, and high-quality metro project delivery.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
* Master’s degree is preferred.
* Professional Engineering registration is preferred.
* Minimum 25 years of rail engineering experience.
* At least 10 years in senior technical leadership roles on complex rail, metro, infrastructure, or transportation programs.
* Demonstrated experience across civil infrastructure and rail systems with technical depth in multidisciplinary rail delivery.
* Proven experience in design or design review of metro rail civil works and rail systems.
* Significant involvement in large-scale new-build metro rail projects.
* Proven delivery experience in a PMC or Engineer role on Design and Build metro rail projects.
* Strong understanding of stations, tunnels, viaducts, depots, architecture, MEP, BIM, rail systems, rolling stock, systems integration, and safety assurance.
* Experience with integration, testing, and commissioning of civil works, rail systems, and rolling stock is preferred.
* Experience presenting to client executive leadership, government stakeholders, and senior project decision-makers.
* Middle East project experience is an advantage.
* Strong technical judgment with the ability to lead complex design reviews and resolve multidisciplinary interface issues.
* Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to guide senior discipline leads, influence contractor performance, and represent project technical interests at executive level.
* Strong awareness of safety, design assurance, constructability, program control, and contract compliance in major rail delivery.
Skills Set
* Metro rail project delivery
* Technical leadership
* Deputy project direction
* Rail engineering
* Civil infrastructure
* Rail systems
* Rolling stock
* Systems integration
* Safety assurance
* Design and Build projects
* PMC delivery
* Engineer role
* Design review
* Design approvals
* Design Control Point reviews
* Civil works design
* Station design review
* Tunnel design review
* Viaduct design review
* Depot design review
* Architecture coordination
* MEP coordination
* BIM coordination
* Interface management
* Engineering change review
* Value engineering review
* Technical recommendations
* Contractor design submittals
* Client leadership interface
* Regulatory authority coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Testing and commissioning
* Project schedule control
* Technical risk management
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Executive presentations
* Middle East rail projects
* Large-scale metro projects
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a senior rail leader the platform to shape the technical delivery of a major metro project in Dubai, where civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, integration, and safety assurance must be managed with precision. The role offers executive-level visibility, major Design and Build project exposure, stakeholder leadership, and the chance to influence high-impact urban transportation infrastructure. It is a strong fit for professionals who want to lead complex metro engineering delivery while supporting future-ready mobility development in the region.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global infrastructure, engineering, and project delivery company supporting major transportation, rail, urban development, and civil engineering programs. In Dubai, Parsons Corporation contributes to complex infrastructure and mobility projects where technical leadership, safety, design quality, integration, and delivery performance are critical. The company offers opportunities for senior professionals who want to help deliver advanced infrastructure while working in a collaborative, innovation-focused project environment.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Technical Director - Metro Rail provides strategic technical direction for a prestigious metro project where civil infrastructure, systems engineering, rolling stock, integration, safety assurance, and stakeholder approvals must work as one coordinated delivery platform. The role helps ensure that contractor designs, technical submittals, design progress, engineering changes, and value engineering proposals are reviewed with strong governance and sound technical judgment. As Deputy Project Director, the position also supports project leadership, risk control, client confidence, and disciplined delivery across a large-scale rail program.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide senior technical leadership across civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, integration, and safety assurance disciplines.
* Act as Deputy Project Director and support overall leadership of the metro project from a technical and delivery perspective.
* Lead multidisciplinary design reviews and approvals for Design and Build contractor submissions.
* Review civil works designs covering stations, tunnels, viaducts, depots, architecture, MEP, BIM, and associated infrastructure interfaces.
* Oversee technical review of rail systems design, including the full suite of systems required for metro project delivery.
* Provide leadership on rolling stock interfaces, systems integration, and safety assurance requirements.
* Monitor technical performance and engineering services progress against project objectives.
* Ensure design progress remains aligned with the approved project schedule.
* Drive coordinated design development between civil, systems, rolling stock, integration, and assurance teams.
* Verify design compliance with employer requirements, contract requirements, technical standards, and recognized best practices.
* Chair high-level design review meetings with contractor, client, consultant, and technical stakeholders.
* Lead Design Control Point gate reviews and support formal technical decision points.
* Undertake senior technical reviews and provide clear recommendations on complex design and engineering matters.
* Make or support technical decisions that affect design quality, project progress, interfaces, safety, and deliverability.
* Review and accept engineering change requests where technically justified and contractually aligned.
* Review value engineering proposals to confirm safety, performance, lifecycle, cost, and integration impacts.
* Interface with client leadership, Design and Build contractor teams, key stakeholders, and regulatory authorities.
* Represent The Engineer’s team at the highest technical level during executive, technical, regulatory, and stakeholder meetings.
* Support integration of civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, testing, commissioning, safety assurance, and operational readiness requirements.
* Identify design risks, interface gaps, technical conflicts, and approval constraints early and drive resolution.
* Provide direction to discipline leads and technical teams to maintain quality, consistency, and schedule discipline.
* Support project reporting, executive briefings, design governance updates, and technical risk communication.
* Promote a collaborative technical environment focused on safe, integrated, and high-quality metro project delivery.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
* Master’s degree is preferred.
* Professional Engineering registration is preferred.
* Minimum 25 years of rail engineering experience.
* At least 10 years in senior technical leadership roles on complex rail, metro, infrastructure, or transportation programs.
* Demonstrated experience across civil infrastructure and rail systems with technical depth in multidisciplinary rail delivery.
* Proven experience in design or design review of metro rail civil works and rail systems.
* Significant involvement in large-scale new-build metro rail projects.
* Proven delivery experience in a PMC or Engineer role on Design and Build metro rail projects.
* Strong understanding of stations, tunnels, viaducts, depots, architecture, MEP, BIM, rail systems, rolling stock, systems integration, and safety assurance.
* Experience with integration, testing, and commissioning of civil works, rail systems, and rolling stock is preferred.
* Experience presenting to client executive leadership, government stakeholders, and senior project decision-makers.
* Middle East project experience is an advantage.
* Strong technical judgment with the ability to lead complex design reviews and resolve multidisciplinary interface issues.
* Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to guide senior discipline leads, influence contractor performance, and represent project technical interests at executive level.
* Strong awareness of safety, design assurance, constructability, program control, and contract compliance in major rail delivery.
Skills Set
* Metro rail project delivery
* Technical leadership
* Deputy project direction
* Rail engineering
* Civil infrastructure
* Rail systems
* Rolling stock
* Systems integration
* Safety assurance
* Design and Build projects
* PMC delivery
* Engineer role
* Design review
* Design approvals
* Design Control Point reviews
* Civil works design
* Station design review
* Tunnel design review
* Viaduct design review
* Depot design review
* Architecture coordination
* MEP coordination
* BIM coordination
* Interface management
* Engineering change review
* Value engineering review
* Technical recommendations
* Contractor design submittals
* Client leadership interface
* Regulatory authority coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Testing and commissioning
* Project schedule control
* Technical risk management
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Executive presentations
* Middle East rail projects
* Large-scale metro projects
Why Join Us
This opportunity gives a senior rail leader the platform to shape the technical delivery of a major metro project in Dubai, where civil works, rail systems, rolling stock, integration, and safety assurance must be managed with precision. The role offers executive-level visibility, major Design and Build project exposure, stakeholder leadership, and the chance to influence high-impact urban transportation infrastructure. It is a strong fit for professionals who want to lead complex metro engineering delivery while supporting future-ready mobility development in the region.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global infrastructure, engineering, and project delivery company supporting major transportation, rail, urban development, and civil engineering programs. In Dubai, Parsons Corporation contributes to complex infrastructure and mobility projects where technical leadership, safety, design quality, integration, and delivery performance are critical. The company offers opportunities for senior professionals who want to help deliver advanced infrastructure while working in a collaborative, innovation-focused project environment.
