Mott MacDonald
Senior Rail System Engineer
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 15/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
31/08/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
15/10/2026
Job description
Metro station enhancement work in Dubai needs a rail systems lead who can take technical ownership of COMS, OCS, and AFC design, coordination, integration, and delivery without interrupting live station operations. You will guide the rail systems team, manage technical outputs, and make sure practical, compliant, and integrated system solutions get developed across design, construction, testing, and commissioning phases. Working closely with multidisciplinary design teams, client representatives, contractors, system suppliers, operators, authorities, and project management teams comes with the territory. Clear technical direction, interface management, and design issue resolution sit at the core of the role, supporting decisions that keep new and modified rail systems coordinated with existing operational assets. Legacy systems, OCC/BOCC requirements, station infrastructure, and applicable authority standards all factor into that coordination. System scope spans MSN, CCTV, PA/PIS, IAS, TN/ECB, NBR, TDS, DVVR, AFC, OCS, telecoms, and associated power distribution systems. Construction documents such as material submittals, method statements, prequalification documents, shop drawings, and as-builts get reviewed as part of the technical oversight. Compliance work covers RTA requirements, UAE regulations, rail design guidelines, telecommunications standards, security requirements, cyber policies, and safety obligations, with technical workshops, design reviews, and coordination meetings running throughout the project.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead the rail systems discipline and manage design and integration across MSN, CCTV, PA/PIS, IAS, TN/ECB, NBR, TDS, DVVR, AFC, OCS, telecoms, and associated power distribution systems
- Review construction documents such as material submittals, method statements, prequalification documents, shop drawings, and as-builts
- Coordinate rail systems interfaces with architecture, civil, structural, MEP, fire and life safety, security, operations, RAMS, construction, and commissioning teams
- Assess impacts of enhancement works on existing operational systems, ensuring retention, relocation, decommissioning, reuse, expansion, and integration comply with project requirements
- Verify new equipment and field devices are compatible with existing legacy systems, communication networks, control systems, and operational procedures
- Oversee system integration with OCC, BOCC, SMO, OCS workstations, central servers, and station-level control and monitoring systems
- Contribute to testing and commissioning activities, including integration testing, operational readiness, handover documentation, O&M manuals, and commissioning reports
- Support compliance with RTA requirements, UAE regulations, rail design guidelines, telecommunications standards, security requirements, cyber policies, and safety obligations
- Chair technical workshops, design reviews, stakeholder coordination meetings, and contractor design coordination activities
- Track discipline deliverables, programme inputs, technical risks, assumptions, design decisions, and actions supporting project delivery
- Escalate and resolve technical risks, interface issues, operational constraints, and constructability challenges through coordinated engineering solutions
- Champion continuous improvement and digital ways of working, sharing knowledge and lessons learned
- Uphold safe, ethical, and inclusive behaviours aligned to Mott MacDonald values
Experience & skills
- Bring proven experience leading rail systems design and delivery on metro or transit projects
- Demonstrate technical ownership of communications, operational control, and fare collection systems such as COMS, OCS, and AFC
- Show experience managing interfaces across multidisciplinary teams including architecture, civil, structural, MEP, fire and life safety, and security disciplines
- Understand OCC/BOCC operations and station-level control and monitoring system integration
- Apply working knowledge of RTA requirements, UAE rail regulations, and applicable design guidelines
- Hold familiarity with telecommunications standards, cybersecurity policies, and safety obligations relevant to rail systems
- Handle construction document review, including submittals, method statements, shop drawings, and as-builts
- Lead testing and commissioning activities, including integration testing and operational readiness
- Coordinate directly with contractors, system suppliers, operators, authorities, and client representatives on technical matters
- Resolve complex interface and constructability challenges through structured engineering solutions
- Work within an employee-owned consultancy environment that values safe, ethical, and inclusive behaviours