ob Description

Sener is seeking an experienced Drainage Lead (Rail & Metro) to support a major 8-year PMC rail project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The role will lead the production, coordination and technical delivery of drainage and wet utilities design, including stormwater drainage and sewerage infrastructure. It involves close multidisciplinary coordination with Civil, Structures, Geotechnical, Roads, Track, Utilities, Architecture, Systems and BIM teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead drainage and wet utilities design for Rail & Metro infrastructure.
• Manage and technically guide the drainage design team.
• Develop and review stormwater drainage, sewerage and wet utilities designs.
• Coordinate with Track, Civil, Structures, Geotechnical, Roads, Architecture, Systems, Utilities and BIM disciplines.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi requirements, AASHTO, EN Standards and applicable engineering codes.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews, workshops, constructability reviews and value-engineering activities.
• Review contractor submissions, RFIs, engineering proposals and design changes.
• Resolve complex engineering and interface issues.
• Mentor drainage engineers and promote engineering best practice.

Technical Experience:

• Drainage design
• Stormwater drainage
• Sewerage
• Wet utilities
• Rail & Metro infrastructure
• Detailed design
• Multidisciplinary design coordination
• Concept, preliminary, detailed and IFC design stages
• Contractor design reviews
• RFIs and design changes
• BIM-enabled coordination

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with international engineering consultancies, GCC railway standards and Saudi regulations is preferred. Sener also identifies multidisciplinary team leadership and BIM/digital engineering workflows as desirable experience.

Important RailBays classification: I would categorise this under Civil Engineering → Drainage & Wet Utilities, rather than simply “Railway Engineering”. This will make your job filters much more useful as the directory grows.