Jacobs
Rail Engineering Manager
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
Job expiry date: 01/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
18/03/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Job description
The Rail Engineering Manager (Multidisciplinary Rail Systems & Infrastructure) role at Jacobs in Dubai operates within the engineering consultancy and transportation infrastructure sector, focusing on delivering complex rail and mobility projects across metro, high-speed, freight, and regional rail systems. The role is responsible for leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver technically robust, safe, and innovative rail solutions across all project phases including concept design, preliminary design, detailed design, construction support, testing, and commissioning. The position requires strong expertise in rail infrastructure, systems integration, and operational constraints, ensuring engineering deliverables meet project requirements, client expectations, and regional authority standards. The role includes driving interface management across civil, systems, rolling stock, utilities, and operational stakeholders, while supporting project controls through schedule development, risk registers, cost estimation, and change management. Responsibilities include leading technical reviews, design assurance processes, and readiness assessments, reviewing engineering calculations, design reports, specifications, BIM models, and IFC packages, and ensuring compliance with international standards such as EN standards, IEC standards, and AREMA standards, as well as Middle East authority requirements and internal quality frameworks. The role promotes digital engineering, model-based design, and data-driven decision-making while supporting procurement through technical specifications, tender evaluations, and scope definition. The position involves close collaboration with clients, consultants, contractors, and government authorities, and requires leadership in technical workshops, design coordination, and interface resolution sessions. The role also contributes to environmental, sustainability, and operational planning requirements, supporting the delivery of large-scale rail infrastructure programs aligned with regional development visions.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead and develop multidisciplinary rail engineering teams delivering rail infrastructure and systems integration projects
- Oversee engineering delivery across all project phases including concept design, preliminary design, detailed design, construction support, testing, and commissioning
- Ensure engineering deliverables meet client requirements, project specifications, and regional authority standards
- Drive interface management across civil, systems, rolling stock, utilities, and operational stakeholders
- Support project controls including schedule development, risk registers, cost estimation, and change management processes
- Lead technical reviews, design assurance processes, and readiness assessments for key project milestones
- Allocate resources, manage workloads, and ensure high-quality engineering outputs across teams
- Review and validate engineering calculations, design reports, specifications, BIM models, and IFC packages
- Ensure compliance with EN standards, IEC standards, AREMA standards, and Middle East authority requirements
- Champion digital engineering, model-based design, and data-driven decision-making approaches
- Act as primary technical interface with clients, consultants, contractors, and government authorities
- Support procurement activities including technical specifications, tender evaluations, and scope definition
- Lead technical workshops, design coordination meetings, and interface resolution sessions
- Provide engineering input for environmental, sustainability, and operational planning requirements
Experience & skills
- Hold Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline) with Master’s degree preferred
- Demonstrate minimum 15+ years of experience in rail engineering including at least 5 years in leadership or management roles
- Demonstrate strong understanding of rail infrastructure, systems integration, and operational constraints
- Demonstrate experience delivering major rail, metro, or light rail projects across multiple phases
- Demonstrate expertise in multidisciplinary engineering coordination and interface management
- Demonstrate knowledge of international standards including EN, IEC, and AREMA standards
- Demonstrate experience in project controls including scheduling, risk management, and cost estimation
- Demonstrate experience with BIM models, IFC packages, and digital engineering methodologies
- Hold or demonstrate eligibility for professional certifications such as CEng, PE, or PMP as an advantage