Deputy Project Manager- Rail System

Country/Region:  EG
Field:  Consulting
Location: 

Cairo, EG

Type of Contract:  Fixed-term contract
Level of experience:  15-20 years
Job number: 

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

 

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Note: This project is for EET Highspeed Rail for Red & Blue Line.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for managing the System design review & supervision team assigned to EET.
  • Coordinate all systems System design review & supervision activities with the project management team.
  • Manage the design documents related to rail systems, track works and rolling stock supplied and installed by contractor according to the design standards specifications stated in the EPC Contract documents.   
  • Responsible for the Supervision of the installation, testing and commissioning of all railway systems.
  • Rail systems technical evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies and systems.
  • Ensure that Contract requirements are understood by all parties and documented such as System and Subsystem requirements documents.

Requirements:

  • University degree (engineering faculty)
  • General overall experience (15) years
  • 7 years of professional experience in the same field (Rail Transit Projects).
  • 5 years of experience in management and implementation of similar transport infrastructure projects and in a similar position.
  • Good communication and management skills and capacity to negotiate and develop good.
  • fluent in English.
  • Mechanical or Electrical Engineer, with extensive experience in the organization and supervision of the installation, testing and commissioning of Railway Systems in Metro and Transit projects, inclusive of power supply and distribution, Rolling Stock, SCADA, Operation and Supervision of trains, Automatic fare collection (AFC), other Low and High Voltage power systems. He is required to demonstrate extensive experience in a similar role on comparable international transit systems with preferable previous experience of High-Speed Project.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.