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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Signaling Engineer (Systems) (Saudi Nationl) to join our team!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Provide overall leadership and technical management of the Design-Build Contractor’s CBTC signaling team to ensure successful delivery of the signaling system in accordance with project requirements, schedule, and performance objectives.
- Lead and develop the rail signaling team while promoting a culture of safety, continuous improvement, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- Coordinate with the client, regulatory authorities, Design-Build Contractor, and other stakeholders to manage signaling-related matters and project interfaces.
- Participate in design review meetings and ensure compliance with signaling system specifications, requirements, and project objectives.
- Conduct technical reviews of signaling systems, including Automatic Train Protection (ATP), Automatic Train Operation (ATO), Automatic Train Supervision (ATS), and Automatic Train Regulation (ATR).
- Manage signaling interfaces and system integration activities with other railway disciplines and systems, including platform screen doors.
- Monitor and review signaling system design, implementation, equipment installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
- Support the resolution of technical, operational, and logistical issues related to signaling systems and interfaces.
- Review design submissions and provide recommendations to address critical design and integration challenges.
- Prepare technical reports, analyses, evaluations, and recommendations related to signaling design and project delivery.
- Monitor and report progress against project schedules, budgets, specifications, and performance requirements.
- Support the Programme Director in managing change, variations, risks, and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Promote value engineering initiatives and identify potential claims, counterclaims, and specification deviations requiring management attention.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 12 years of experience on large-scale infrastructure or civil projects with significant systems interface and integration responsibilities.
- Demonstrated experience in rail signaling design, installation, testing, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of commuter or metro rail systems.
- Strong knowledge of Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC), Automatic Train Control (ATC), and trackside signaling systems.
- Extensive knowledge of metro signaling standards, procedures, and industry-recognized engineering software packages.
- Experience in design consultancy environments and contractor management, including contractual administration and correspondence.
- Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and commercial management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate within multinational and multidisciplinary project environments.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:
- Rail industry-recognized qualifications, such as IRSE Design Manager, Principles Designer, or Verifier (1.1.160) certification.
- Knowledge of ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 systems, including wayside and trackside commissioning activities.
- Previous GCC project experience.
- Experience delivering signaling solutions for metro, railway, or major transportation projects.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum 12 years of experience on large-scale infrastructure or civil projects with systems interface and integration responsibilities.
- Experience in rail signaling design, installation, testing, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of commuter or metro rail systems.
- Strong knowledge of Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC), Automatic Train Control (ATC), and trackside signaling systems.
- Extensive knowledge of metro signaling standards, procedures, and engineering software packages.
- Experience in design consultancy environments and contractor management, including contractual administration and correspondence.
- Proven leadership, stakeholder management, and commercial management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within multinational and multidisciplinary project environments.
- Rail industry-recognized qualifications (e.g., IRSE Design Manager, Principles Designer, Verifier)
- Knowledge of ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 systems, including wayside and trackside commissioning.
- Previous GCC project experience.
- Experience delivering signaling solutions for metro, railway, or major transportation projects.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
