Job description
Role Overview
Technical Head – Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant at AtkinsRéalis, based in the Middle East. This senior leadership role delivers strategic and technical guidance across rolling stock and yellow plant programs, focusing on consultancy services, operational asset management, and railway infrastructure solutions.
Company Overview
AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization that connects people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. The company works with industry partners, clients, and a global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers to engineer a better future for the planet and its people.
Role Purpose
Provide strategic and technical leadership across Middle East railway business operations, delivering high-quality consultancy services in rolling stock and yellow plant management while driving innovation, technical excellence, and business growth. Shape solutions, lead major bids, manage client relationships, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Technical & Strategic Leadership
- Act as a trusted technical authority and subject matter expert, providing strategic guidance to clients and internal teams.
- Lead development of rolling stock and yellow plant solutions ensuring best-in-class technical delivery.
- Provide oversight on all elements of rolling stock and yellow plant lifecycle elements within this domain.
- Provide valuable experience and insight into contracting and technical deployment strategies, design, manufacturing, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness.
- Proactively identify and resolve technical challenges and constraints.
Project Delivery and Operations
- Lead and oversee delivery of major and multidisciplinary rail projects.
- Ensure delivery excellence across scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
- Manage critical railway system interfaces, including rail and wheel interfaces and traction power.
- Ensure compliance with assurance, approvals, and certification requirements.
- Lead and oversee delivery of operations assignments, including entry into service and operational readiness.
- Lead and oversee delivery of asset management assignments.
Business Development
- Lead bids, tenders, and procurement activities, providing both technical and commercial leadership.
- Develop feasibility studies and strategic advisory inputs to support client and supplier decision-making.
- Identify growth opportunities and strengthen AtkinsRéalis' market position.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
Innovation & Systems Integration
- Drive development and optimization of railway operational concepts and system interfaces.
- Promote adoption of digital and advanced technologies.
- Support innovation in areas such as smart mobility, industrialized manufacturing, data-driven systems, and automation.
People, Competency & Capability Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams and technical specialists.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Support knowledge sharing and development of technical best practices.
- Contribute to strategic capability growth within the Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant discipline.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree-qualified in Engineering or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience (15+ years) in rolling stock and yellow plant systems across high-speed, conventional, freight and metro railways.
- Strong expertise in rolling stock system architecture, integration, and railway operational performance.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex, multidisciplinary rail projects.
- Strong track record in senior stakeholder and client management.
- Experience across assurance, approvals, and certification processes.
- Experience in the management of equipment suppliers.
- Experience in the design, implementation, testing and commissioning of power systems, including the operational and asset management of such systems.
- Proven ability to lead technical bids and consultancy assignments.
- Chartered Engineer status.
- Membership of a relevant professional institution.
- Experience working across international rail projects and markets.
- Experience of client and contractor organizations.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent communication, leadership, and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple high-value assignments simultaneously.
- Knowledge of depot management and delivery, operations and maintenance requirements (desirable).
- Additional language skills (desirable).
Additional Information
Employment Terms
- Worker Type: Employee
- Job Type: Regular
Benefits
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation and housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.