Technical Advisor - Railway Station Systems

Technical Advisor - Railway Station Systems
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Your Opportunity  

The Technical Advisor will provide specialist technical support relating to the integration, operability and maintainability of all hard and soft station systems including utilities supply, associated with the development of Qiddiya Grand Central Station (GCS) from concept, through to detailed design stages.

GCS Acts as a Host station to multiple rail modes (Guests), each with their own operator acting under their own individual Operating Licenses and Safety management Systems.

The role is focused on ensuring that all station infrastructure and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Hydraulic (MEPH) and Vertical Transport (VT) systems are designed to support safe, maintainable, reliable and operationally effective railway infrastructure throughout the asset lifecycle. Particular emphasis is needed to the effective integration of systems at interfaces across operating boundaries between Host and Guest Operators.

The role is positioned to act as technical O&M representative to the Lead Design Consultant (LDC) development at Concept Design phase, ensuring that hard and soft systems are fully integrated and take into account requirements such as maintenance access, operational resilience, asset replacement strategies, lifecycle requirements, safety obligations and maintainability principles in order to ensure that Regulatory obligations are fully met in an Assured manner..

The role excludes direct technical responsibility for railway train systems (track, signalling and rolling stock), however the role requires sufficient railway experience to understand the safety critical nature of the railway environment and the operational and Regulatory interfaces associated with railway infrastructure systems. 

Key Accountabilities

• Provide technical review and advisory support to LDC relating to station MEPH systems and associated infrastructure.

• Review schemes and designs from an O&M perspective to ensure alignment with operational and maintainability requirements.

• Ensure maintenance access, isolation requirements, lifting strategies and replacement provisions are accommodated into designs with operational requirements taken into consideration.

• Assess lifecycle maintenance requirements and operational impacts associated with technical systems.

• Support development of maintenance philosophies and maintainability strategies for station infrastructure.

• Review plant room zoning, equipment access arrangements and technical accommodation requirements.

• Ensure consideration is given to operational resilience, redundancy and maintainability of critical systems.

• Support identification and management of technical operational risks.

• Participate in schematic design reviews, technical workshops and interdisciplinary coordination activities.

• Support development of asset information, maintenance data and lifecycle management requirements.

• Contribute to safety assurance, hazard identification and operational readiness activities.

• Ensure alignment with railway Regulatory requirements, standards and industry best practice.

• Support integration of station systems into future maintenance and asset management frameworks.

Specific Requirements

Essential Experience

• Significant technical experience within railway, metro or major transportation infrastructure environments.

• Strong experience with MEPH systems design and integration principles within complex operational facilities.

• Experience supporting maintainability and operational integration during infrastructure design development.

• Strong understanding of railway operational environments and safety critical infrastructure.

• Knowledge of lifecycle asset management and maintainability principles.

• Understanding of railway Regulatory requirements and operational licensing considerations.

• Ability to identify technical operational risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.

• Experience supporting design assurance, systems integration or technical governance processes. 

Desirable Experience

• Experience on underground or sub-surface railway stations.

• GCC railway project experience.

• Experience with Systems Assurance and Systems Engineering principles.

• Familiarity with asset management systems and ISO 55000 principles.

• Experience supporting operational readiness or handover activities.

• Understanding of Fire Life Safety Systems, Security and critical infrastructure resilience requirements.

• Knowledge of railway station operational interfaces and passenger environment considerations.

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