Track Works Expert (Rail)

Parsons Corporation

Parsons is seeking an experienced Track Works Expert to join our team for a major rail project in the UAE.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide technical expertise and assurance on all aspects of track design, alignment, materials, and construction methodologies.

• Review and approve track design submissions, specifications, drawings, and calculations to ensure compliance with project and international standards.

• Oversee the design review process, ensuring constructability, maintainability, and interface integration with civil, systems, and rolling stock disciplines.

• Evaluate contractor design and construction methodologies, ensuring alignment with project requirements and safety standards.

• Monitor and assess track installation, welding, stressing, and alignment works through audits and site inspections.

• Provide oversight on track geometry, tolerances, and quality control processes, ensuring compliance with acceptance criteria.

• Review and comment on track material specifications, procurement schedules, and inspection/testing procedures.

• Support interface coordination between track, civil structures, depots, and system packages to ensure seamless integration.

• Participate in technical workshops, coordination meetings, and design reviews as the subject matter expert (SME) for track works.

• Support the Client in evaluating technical submittals, design changes, and variation proposals related to track works.

• Ensure all designs and works comply with UAE regulations, project-specific standards, and international best practices.

• Prepare reports, technical notes, and recommendations for design compliance, risk mitigation, and construction readiness.

• Support testing, commissioning, and handover reviews from a track system perspective.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor s Degree in Civil or Railway Engineering (Master s degree preferred).

• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in track design, construction, and maintenance within major rail, metro, or high-speed projects.

• Proven expertise in ballasted and ballastless track systems, including slab track, turnouts, crossovers, and special trackwork.

• Strong understanding of track-structure interaction, alignment geometry, and rail material performance.

• Experience in coordinating interfaces between track, civil, and systems (signalling, traction power, telecoms).

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Proficiency in design and review tools such as AutoCAD, Bentley Rail Track, or similar software.

• Fluency in English (Arabic proficiency is an advantage).

• Previous experience on UAE or GCC rail projects is highly desirable.