Job description
Role Overview
Signalling Design Expert (Rail) with Surbana Jurong Group. This role supports major rail and transportation infrastructure projects in the United Arab Emirates.
Company Overview
Surbana Jurong Group is a global multidisciplinary consultancy with 16,500+ professionals across 40+ countries. The firm delivers world-class transportation, infrastructure, buildings, and environmental solutions with a strong presence across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond. The Transportation business supports major rail, metro, airport, and infrastructure projects across the Middle East, delivering safe, sustainable, and future-ready mobility solutions.
Role Purpose
The successful candidate will play a key role in the design, development, and integration of railway signalling systems, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operation of modern rail networks. This role involves shaping the future of sustainable mobility through innovative rail systems.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Development
- Lead the design and development of railway signalling systems for Metro, Mainline Railway, High-Speed Rail (HSR), Light Rail Transit (LRT), and Automated People Mover (APM) projects.
- Develop signalling system architecture and ensure compliance with operational, safety, and performance requirements.
Documentation & Specifications
- Prepare signalling design documentation, including signalling layouts, control tables, interface documentation, scheme plans, and technical specifications.
- Review consultant and contractor submissions to ensure technical compliance and quality.
Coordination & Integration
- Coordinate signalling interfaces with telecommunications, SCADA, traction power, track, rolling stock, PSD, and other multidisciplinary systems.
- Ensure strong understanding of multidisciplinary coordination within complex rail infrastructure projects.
Compliance & Safety
- Ensure compliance with international railway standards, client requirements, and applicable regulations.
- Participate in design reviews, hazard identification workshops, safety assessments, testing and commissioning planning, and system integration activities.
Risk & Problem-Solving
- Identify technical risks and recommend engineering solutions throughout the project lifecycle.
- Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills in complex environments.
Stakeholder & Team Leadership
- Support client meetings, technical workshops, and design presentations.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence across project teams.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electronics Engineering, Communications Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10β15 years of railway signalling design experience, including design delivery for Metro, Mainline Railway, High-Speed Rail (HSR), Light Rail Transit (LRT), or Automated People Mover (APM) systems.
- Strong knowledge of railway signalling principles, including CBTC, ETCS, Interlocking, ATP, ATO, ATS, and wayside signalling systems.
- Experience preparing signalling design documentation, interface specifications, engineering calculations, and technical reports.
- Familiarity with railway RAMS principles, functional safety, and international railway standards such as CENELEC (EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129), IEC, IEEE, and other relevant industry standards.
- Experience working within international engineering consultancy environments is highly desirable.
- UAE or GCC project experience is preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving capabilities.
Additional Information
All recruitment activities are managed exclusively by the internal Talent Acquisition Team. Resumes should not be forwarded directly to SJ employees or hiring managers. Unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies are not accepted and the company is not responsible for any associated fees. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.