Senior Railway Systems Engineer

Location/s: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Recruiter contact: Shing Ying Low
 

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy and have been in the Malaysia market for over 30 years. We work as a connected global team, delivering impactful work that is shaping the future through design and delivery, and it is our people who are powering this change. 

The Opportunity  

There is currently a brilliant opportunity for a Senior Railway Systems Engineer to join us in Mott MacDonald Malaysia. 

We are looking to expand our current team and interested in applications from Systems/Design Engineers with experience in railway systems and rolling stock design. In this role you will find opportunities for strong career progression by contributing to boutique and large scale local and international projects.

As the member of our team, you will have experience in a similar role and will be given a degree of autonomy and responsibility that suits a self-starting and self-reliant person who can handle the responsibility of delivering complex, technology-focused facility and systems, encompassing various stakeholders’ requirement, and multi-parties’ systems interfaces and integration, to meet the project’s objectives. The development will include, but not limited to, airport, transport hub, critical facilities, data centres, commercial and mixed-use buildings. You also will have opportunity to be involved in Digital Advisory works, providing advice and high-level consultancy services to clients from various industry.

What you will typically do:

• Provide technical expertise and support to the project team, ensuring all engineering solutions meet the required specifications and safety standards.
• Liaising with users/stakeholders, client’s project team, coordinating with design team, other disciplines team and interfacing parties, on key issues and risks.
• Develop and implement project plans, schedules, and resource allocation strategies, ensuring that all project milestones and deadlines are met.
• Review design documents to ensure compliance with relevant local, national, and international standards, regulations, and best practices in the railway industry.
• Participate in witnessing test at site.
• Requirement management, to capture (from various stakeholders and documents), refine, record, and ensure traceability and assurance, using special requirement management tools or general spreadsheet-based tool.
• Develop reports, presentation, and specifications as required for project deliverables and for coordination works.
• Use MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), SharePoint, collaboration platform, or other specialized software tools

You typically will have a degree in Engineering or equivalent with relevant 5 to 10 years of experience in the consulting and design of complex, large-scale technology-focused facility and systems, experience in Railway System and Rolling Stock is preferred. This role ideally suits someone with 7+ years’ experience and looking to join a growing team that hold technical excellence to high regard and offer an excellent opportunity for career progression.

About you:

• Degree in Engineering
• Current and proven experience as Design or Consulting Systems Engineer, technology-focused, with design experience in the railway industry.
• Knowledge and experience in Railway Systems, Communication systems, Signalling Systems, Rolling Stock design, Rolling Stock maintenance and RAMS, will be desirable.
• Knowledge of Industry Standard and regulations
• Highly developed interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills is essential.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, a team player and customer focused
• You will be part of a growing team that hold technical excellence to high regard and offer an excellent opportunity for career progression.