Track Alignment Engineer (Design)

About the role

SYSTRA is seeking a Track Alignment Engineer with a solid design background to support a major rail client in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on leading and assuring track alignment design across all project phases while coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Lead in reviewing horizontal and vertical alignment designs for mainline, depot, and yard tracks.
• Define and enforce geometric design criteria, alignment control parameters and tolerances.
• Conduct design checks, optioneering and value‑engineering for alignments, turnouts, crossovers and transition curves.
• Ensure compliance with international, regional and client‑specific rail standards, integrating RAMS, maintainability and ride‑quality considerations.
• Act as the integrated PMC representative, managing technical queries, change requests and design approvals.
• Lead design risk management for alignment choices, considering ground conditions, utilities, third‑party constraints and environmental factors.
• Oversee contractor and designer performance, maintain design schedules and progress reporting.
• Prepare and present technical reports, design review comments and decision logs to client stakeholders.
• Embed constructability and staging into alignment design and support site teams during construction.

Required profile

• Proven experience in track alignment design for rail projects.
• Familiarity with industry‑standard design tools such as Bentley OpenRail, Civil 3D and MX.
• Strong knowledge of international and regional rail standards and RAMS considerations.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces (civil, structures, trackwork, OCS, signalling, drainage, utilities).
• Experience in design risk management and value engineering.

Required skills

• Bentley OpenRail
• Civil 3D
• MX

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on high‑profile rail projects in the Middle East.
• Collaboration with an international engineering consultancy.
• Professional development within a global mobility‑focused organization.