Engineering Manager RSSTDP (f/m/d)

We are seeking a Engineering Manager RSSTDP (f/m/d) as a part of our DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH Abu Dhabi. The job opening is in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and offers exciting challenges and potential for career growth.

• Oversee, coordinate, and integrate all project elements for rail systems, power, rolling stock, depot, and track to ensure a safe and reliable operational railway.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, including design, procurement, manufacturing, construction, testing and commissioning, integration, trial operations, certification, and closure.
• Manage project related change requests documents including preparing and submitting all the supporting document/information and attend/participate in the relevant change committee(s)
• Adopt the Client’s document numbering system and structure and document templates. Verification & compliance with the Codification, Numbering system, Legends, Index etc
• Participate in the weekly Design and Engineering Progress meetings to ensure the Client’s Contractors and their designers are meeting the required Design and Engineering output.
• Integrated approval of the individual design packages and to ensure all key interfaces (inter-discipline and inter-Package / Contract) are fully resolved through the various design stages
• Maintain Tracking system & Engineering Dashboards. Consolidate multi-discipline design/engineering progress, KPIs, risks/changes, and interfaces. Coordinate approvals, update the change register. Maintain Requirements traceability, and V&V
• Review, approve and monitor the implementation of the Client Contractors’ configuration control plan that will define a process to maintain consistency across the design of the various components of the railway system (Rail Systems, Power, Rolling Stock, Depot and Track)
• Arrange and conduct value engineering workshops to identify specific elements which may lead to time and cost savings
• Ensure the Client’s Contractors develop a detailed and integrated Design, Packaging Strategy, which is aligned with the Key Dates outlined in the respective Contracts
• Ensure rigorous inspection for safety- and operation-critical components
• Oversee off-site manufacturing and assembly of high-speed rolling stock with audits, site visits, and tests. Supervise First Article Inspections (FAI) and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT); review and approve documentation before shipping to site
• Monitor and approve testing and commissioning, ensuring all test plans and reports fulfil requirements
• Review and authorize material approvals to ensure compliance with technical and contractual standards
• Provide input for field changes, non-conformance cases, and site modifications
• Support project integration in coordination with the operator to ensure safe and timely system integration
• Review, endorse and approve the Client’s Contractor Design submissions for submission to relevant approving authorities or stakeholders as required by these
• Guarantee delivery of the Safety Verification Plan and ensure project certification upholds contractual and safety standards
• Oversee integration and interface testing across all railway-related systems and subsystems