SYSTRA

Senior Project Engineer - Abha

Location SA-
ID 2025-6936
Contract Type
Permanent
Job Family
Consulting

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide essential technical and project management support within our Project Management Consultancy (PMC) team for Transportation and Infrastructure Planning. The successful candidate will have strong technical proficiency, experience in technology transfer, and proven stakeholder engagement skills on large-scale projects, ideally within the GCC region—Saudi Arabia experience highly desirable.

 

The role is based in Abha, Saudi Arabia.

Missions/Main Duties

  • Project Support:
    Assist in managing the planning, design, and execution of transportation and infrastructure projects, in line with industry standards and client requirements.

  • PMC Assistance:
    Support PMC processes, including scheduling, monitoring, budgeting, procurement, risk identification, and quality assurance.

  • Stakeholder Engagement:
    Coordinate communications with clients, government agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Departmental Development:
    Mentor junior engineers; contribute to training programs and help build technical capacity within the department.

  • Compliance:
    Ensure compliance with all relevant local, regional, and international codes, standards, and regulations.

  • Reporting:
    Prepare technical documents, progress reports, and presentations for internal teams and external stakeholder

Profile/Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning, or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
  • Minimum of 8 years’ experience in transportation and infrastructure planning, with at least 3 years in a PMC or similar senior engineering role.
  • Experience with large infrastructure projects in the GCC; preference given to candidates with Saudi Arabia experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Membership in a recognized professional engineering institution is an advantage.
  • Excellent written and spoken English; Arabic language skills are a plus.

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.

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