Technical Manager – Rail Systems
by Egis in Transportation & Shipping
Egis, an international engineering, consulting, construction engineering, architecture, and mobility services organization operating in 100 countries, is seeking a Technical Manager – Rail Systems to lead detailed design coordination for a High-Speed Rail project in Dubai. The role focuses on technical governance, multidisciplinary design coordination, design assurance, and interface management across Trackwork, Overhead Contact System (OCS), Yellow Plant, RAMS, Cyber Security Requirements Management, and Configuration Management to ensure compliant, integrated, and timely design delivery. The Technical Manager will oversee the detailed engineering of ballastless and ballasted track systems, alignment, clearances, and dynamic envelope requirements while managing OCS design including foundations, earthing and bonding, steel columns, mechanical and electrical layouts, and integration with traction power principles. The role includes coordination with civil and structural teams, specification and integration of Yellow Plant requirements including maintenance vehicles, inspection units, tampers, grinders, maintenance locomotives, and depot or Infrastructure Maintenance Facility (IMF) requirements. The candidate will lead RAMS activities including hazard identification, risk assessments, mitigation planning, and reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety compliance throughout design phases. Responsibilities also include managing interfaces with civil works, structures, depots, rolling stock, signaling, telecoms, power supply, utility providers, and stakeholders while maintaining Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and ensuring effective data exchange. The Technical Manager will implement structured requirements management ensuring traceability across design lifecycle stages and maintain configuration control of design baselines, change control processes, and design revision tracking. The role also includes stakeholder engagement, leading technical meetings and design reviews, preparing progress and risk reports, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards, and supporting internal and external audits for quality assurance and safety compliance across high-speed rail systems.