Senior Project Manager - Rail Technical
Posted date [2026-07-08]
(ID: 47766)
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Job Description and Requirements
Senior Project Manager - Rail TechnicalJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Project Manager - Rail Technical
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
Function: Project Management
Experience: Minimum 15 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Project Manager - Rail Technical in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Transportation-Trucking-Railroad opportunity with Parsons Corporation for a senior client-facing professional who can manage technical delivery, design assurance, contractor oversight, and multidisciplinary coordination for architecture, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure works. This role is focused on PMC-level governance for major rail programs, ensuring consultants, contractors, authorities, and stakeholders deliver safe, compliant, coordinated, constructible, and cost-effective solutions from design through construction support and handover.
Job Details
Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
Function: Project 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
Senior Project Manager - Rail Technical will act as a senior PMC representative for architecture, civil, structures, and rail infrastructure scope on a major transportation program in Riyadh. The role requires strong technical governance, client advisory capability, design management expertise, safety-by-design awareness, and the ability to coordinate across complex station, depot, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, track, earthworks, and rail-civil interface packages. Success in this position depends on keeping design and build activities aligned with employer requirements, authority approvals, project milestones, cost expectations, quality standards, and long-term operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the primary PMC focal point for technical matters across architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, and rail infrastructure workstreams.
* Represent the client in senior technical, design, interface, and coordination meetings with consultants, contractors, authorities, regulators, and third parties.
* Ensure employer requirements, design briefs, rail-specific criteria, and technical standards are clearly communicated and implemented by delivery partners.
* Provide independent technical advice to the client on risk, design, constructability, scope, program, and delivery issues related to built environment and rail infrastructure.
* Lead the design lifecycle for architectural works including stations, depots, ancillary buildings, public realm, and related facilities.
* Manage technical assurance for civil and structural works including viaducts, bridges, tunnels, cut-and-cover works, retaining structures, foundations, and earthworks.
* Oversee rail civil and track-related infrastructure, including trackform, slab or ballast design, formation, drainage, and trackside civil works.
* Review design submissions, BIM models, calculations, technical reports, specifications, drawings, and design documentation for compliance and buildability.
* Chair multidisciplinary design review workshops, constructability reviews, value engineering sessions, and technical coordination meetings.
* Oversee requirements management and traceability from requirement capture through verification, validation, and closeout.
* Ensure formal technical assurance processes are followed, including design verification, validation, peer reviews, independent checks, and approval tracking.
* Coordinate interfaces between architecture, civil works, structures, rail infrastructure, MEP, signaling, telecoms, power, rolling stock, systems integration, utilities, and highways.
* Maintain and review interface registers to ensure cross-discipline and cross-contract issues are identified, assigned, tracked, and resolved early.
* Ensure station and structural designs accommodate track alignment, rail clearances, access routes, evacuation requirements, maintenance needs, and rail system constraints.
* Embed safety-by-design principles into architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure solutions.
* Review RAMS, hazard identification records, risk assessments, mitigation plans, fire and life safety requirements, evacuation strategies, and rail-specific safety requirements.
* Coordinate with independent reviewers, safety assessors, regulators, civil defense, building control authorities, and rail authorities to support approvals and certifications.
* Align design outputs with construction methodologies and sequencing for stations, civil structures, tunnels, depots, and rail infrastructure.
* Support evaluation of design changes, technical deviations, value engineering proposals, RFIs, non-conformance reports, and field changes.
* Oversee configuration management for architectural, structural, and rail civil designs, including version control, change tracking, and decision traceability.
* Monitor design and construction-related technical activities against the integrated master schedule and key program milestones.
* Identify critical path activities, interface constraints, technical risks, and delivery delays, then develop mitigation or recovery actions.
* Support project controls and commercial teams in assessing schedule and cost impacts linked to technical issues or design changes.
* Maintain risk registers for architecture, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure scope, including mitigation measures and contingency actions.
* Prepare technical reports, progress dashboards, briefing notes, and presentations for client leadership and governance boards.
* Coordinate with internal client stakeholders including operations, maintenance, safety, rail systems, commercial, planning, and urban development teams.
* Interface with planning authorities, rail regulators, utility providers, civil defense, building control bodies, and other regulators to support permits, NOCs, and approvals.
* Lead and mentor architectural, civil, structural, and rail engineers or design managers within the PMC team.
* Promote quality, safety, collaboration, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement across design and construction support activities.
* Ensure robust QA and QC processes for technical deliverables, independent checks, design reviews, and as-built verification.
* Capture and share lessons learned related to design, constructability, rail-civil interfaces, safety by design, and technical coordination.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Rail Engineering, Architecture with a strong technical focus, or a closely related discipline.
* Master’s degree in Engineering, Rail, Transportation, Architecture, or Project Management is advantageous.
* Professional registration or chartership is highly desirable.
* PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is an advantage.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, rail infrastructure, or major transport project delivery.
* Significant experience on rail-related works such as metro, mainline rail, light rail, high-speed rail, multimodal hubs, stations, depots, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, and track-related infrastructure.
* Strong background in PMC, client organization, or international consultancy environments managing design and build contracts.
* Proven record managing multidisciplinary design for complex stations, depots, bridges, tunnels, civil structures, rail corridors, and associated infrastructure.
* Demonstrable experience in technical assurance, safety by design, design governance, authority approvals, and contractor technical oversight.
* Experience coordinating MEP, signaling, telecommunications, power, track, systems integration, utilities, and rail operations interfaces.
* Strong technical understanding of architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure design principles, codes, standards, and delivery best practices.
* Solid knowledge of systems engineering concepts, interface management, requirements traceability, configuration control, and RAMS fundamentals.
* Strong project management, planning, organizational, reporting, and governance skills in complex multi-stakeholder environments.
* Ability to present complex technical matters clearly to non-technical stakeholders and senior decision-makers.
* Proficiency with standard project and design tools.
* Familiarity with BIM, Revit, civil and structural design software, track design software, and common data environments is advantageous.
* Fluent written and spoken English is required.
* Arabic language skills are beneficial.
* Strong professionalism, integrity, client-service orientation, negotiation ability, and structured decision-making skills.
Skills Set
* Rail project management
* Project Management
* PMC technical governance
* Client representation
* Design management
* Technical assurance
* Architecture coordination
* Civil engineering coordination
* Structural engineering coordination
* Rail infrastructure
* Track infrastructure
* Stations
* Depots
* Viaducts
* Bridges
* Tunnels
* Cut-and-cover works
* Retaining structures
* Foundations
* Earthworks
* Trackform
* Rail civil interfaces
* Design-build contracts
* Employer requirements
* Design review
* BIM models
* Technical reports
* Design calculations
* Specifications review
* Value engineering
* Constructability reviews
* Safety by design
* RAMS
* Hazard identification
* Risk assessments
* Interface management
* Interface registers
* Requirements management
* Traceability
* Verification and validation
* Configuration management
* RFIs
* Non-conformance reports
* Field changes
* Authority approvals
* NOCs
* Building control
* Civil defense coordination
* Rail regulator coordination
* Independent safety assessor coordination
* Project controls coordination
* Risk registers
* Progress dashboards
* Common data environments
* BIM
* Revit
* Track design software
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Riyadh rail project jobs
* Saudi Arabia transportation jobs
Why Join Us
This role gives a senior rail technical project manager the opportunity to represent the client on a major transportation program in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The position offers high-level exposure to PMC governance, rail infrastructure design management, authority coordination, technical assurance, complex interfaces, and design-build contractor oversight. It is well suited for a senior professional who wants to lead technical delivery, improve project integration, and contribute to safe, efficient, and future-ready rail infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, transportation, and program management company supporting major rail, metro, civil engineering, urban development, and mobility programs. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to complex transportation projects through PMC services, technical governance, design management, construction oversight, systems coordination, and stakeholder integration. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure transformation with international expertise, disciplined delivery processes, and strong regional project experience.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the primary PMC focal point for technical matters across architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, and rail infrastructure workstreams.
* Represent the client in senior technical, design, interface, and coordination meetings with consultants, contractors, authorities, regulators, and third parties.
* Ensure employer requirements, design briefs, rail-specific criteria, and technical standards are clearly communicated and implemented by delivery partners.
* Provide independent technical advice to the client on risk, design, constructability, scope, program, and delivery issues related to built environment and rail infrastructure.
* Lead the design lifecycle for architectural works including stations, depots, ancillary buildings, public realm, and related facilities.
* Manage technical assurance for civil and structural works including viaducts, bridges, tunnels, cut-and-cover works, retaining structures, foundations, and earthworks.
* Oversee rail civil and track-related infrastructure, including trackform, slab or ballast design, formation, drainage, and trackside civil works.
* Review design submissions, BIM models, calculations, technical reports, specifications, drawings, and design documentation for compliance and buildability.
* Chair multidisciplinary design review workshops, constructability reviews, value engineering sessions, and technical coordination meetings.
* Oversee requirements management and traceability from requirement capture through verification, validation, and closeout.
* Ensure formal technical assurance processes are followed, including design verification, validation, peer reviews, independent checks, and approval tracking.
* Coordinate interfaces between architecture, civil works, structures, rail infrastructure, MEP, signaling, telecoms, power, rolling stock, systems integration, utilities, and highways.
* Maintain and review interface registers to ensure cross-discipline and cross-contract issues are identified, assigned, tracked, and resolved early.
* Ensure station and structural designs accommodate track alignment, rail clearances, access routes, evacuation requirements, maintenance needs, and rail system constraints.
* Embed safety-by-design principles into architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure solutions.
* Review RAMS, hazard identification records, risk assessments, mitigation plans, fire and life safety requirements, evacuation strategies, and rail-specific safety requirements.
* Coordinate with independent reviewers, safety assessors, regulators, civil defense, building control authorities, and rail authorities to support approvals and certifications.
* Align design outputs with construction methodologies and sequencing for stations, civil structures, tunnels, depots, and rail infrastructure.
* Support evaluation of design changes, technical deviations, value engineering proposals, RFIs, non-conformance reports, and field changes.
* Oversee configuration management for architectural, structural, and rail civil designs, including version control, change tracking, and decision traceability.
* Monitor design and construction-related technical activities against the integrated master schedule and key program milestones.
* Identify critical path activities, interface constraints, technical risks, and delivery delays, then develop mitigation or recovery actions.
* Support project controls and commercial teams in assessing schedule and cost impacts linked to technical issues or design changes.
* Maintain risk registers for architecture, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure scope, including mitigation measures and contingency actions.
* Prepare technical reports, progress dashboards, briefing notes, and presentations for client leadership and governance boards.
* Coordinate with internal client stakeholders including operations, maintenance, safety, rail systems, commercial, planning, and urban development teams.
* Interface with planning authorities, rail regulators, utility providers, civil defense, building control bodies, and other regulators to support permits, NOCs, and approvals.
* Lead and mentor architectural, civil, structural, and rail engineers or design managers within the PMC team.
* Promote quality, safety, collaboration, proactive risk management, and continuous improvement across design and construction support activities.
* Ensure robust QA and QC processes for technical deliverables, independent checks, design reviews, and as-built verification.
* Capture and share lessons learned related to design, constructability, rail-civil interfaces, safety by design, and technical coordination.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Rail Engineering, Architecture with a strong technical focus, or a closely related discipline.
* Master’s degree in Engineering, Rail, Transportation, Architecture, or Project Management is advantageous.
* Professional registration or chartership is highly desirable.
* PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is an advantage.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, rail infrastructure, or major transport project delivery.
* Significant experience on rail-related works such as metro, mainline rail, light rail, high-speed rail, multimodal hubs, stations, depots, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, and track-related infrastructure.
* Strong background in PMC, client organization, or international consultancy environments managing design and build contracts.
* Proven record managing multidisciplinary design for complex stations, depots, bridges, tunnels, civil structures, rail corridors, and associated infrastructure.
* Demonstrable experience in technical assurance, safety by design, design governance, authority approvals, and contractor technical oversight.
* Experience coordinating MEP, signaling, telecommunications, power, track, systems integration, utilities, and rail operations interfaces.
* Strong technical understanding of architectural, civil, structural, and rail infrastructure design principles, codes, standards, and delivery best practices.
* Solid knowledge of systems engineering concepts, interface management, requirements traceability, configuration control, and RAMS fundamentals.
* Strong project management, planning, organizational, reporting, and governance skills in complex multi-stakeholder environments.
* Ability to present complex technical matters clearly to non-technical stakeholders and senior decision-makers.
* Proficiency with standard project and design tools.
* Familiarity with BIM, Revit, civil and structural design software, track design software, and common data environments is advantageous.
* Fluent written and spoken English is required.
* Arabic language skills are beneficial.
* Strong professionalism, integrity, client-service orientation, negotiation ability, and structured decision-making skills.
Skills Set
* Rail project management
* Project Management
* PMC technical governance
* Client representation
* Design management
* Technical assurance
* Architecture coordination
* Civil engineering coordination
* Structural engineering coordination
* Rail infrastructure
* Track infrastructure
* Stations
* Depots
* Viaducts
* Bridges
* Tunnels
* Cut-and-cover works
* Retaining structures
* Foundations
* Earthworks
* Trackform
* Rail civil interfaces
* Design-build contracts
* Employer requirements
* Design review
* BIM models
* Technical reports
* Design calculations
* Specifications review
* Value engineering
* Constructability reviews
* Safety by design
* RAMS
* Hazard identification
* Risk assessments
* Interface management
* Interface registers
* Requirements management
* Traceability
* Verification and validation
* Configuration management
* RFIs
* Non-conformance reports
* Field changes
* Authority approvals
* NOCs
* Building control
* Civil defense coordination
* Rail regulator coordination
* Independent safety assessor coordination
* Project controls coordination
* Risk registers
* Progress dashboards
* Common data environments
* BIM
* Revit
* Track design software
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Stakeholder management
* Riyadh rail project jobs
* Saudi Arabia transportation jobs
Why Join Us
This role gives a senior rail technical project manager the opportunity to represent the client on a major transportation program in Riyadh with Parsons Corporation. The position offers high-level exposure to PMC governance, rail infrastructure design management, authority coordination, technical assurance, complex interfaces, and design-build contractor oversight. It is well suited for a senior professional who wants to lead technical delivery, improve project integration, and contribute to safe, efficient, and future-ready rail infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, transportation, and program management company supporting major rail, metro, civil engineering, urban development, and mobility programs. In Saudi Arabia, Parsons contributes to complex transportation projects through PMC services, technical governance, design management, construction oversight, systems coordination, and stakeholder integration. The company supports Riyadh’s infrastructure transformation with international expertise, disciplined delivery processes, and strong regional project experience.
