Principal Engineer – Electrical – Metro Stations

WSP Middle East is currently seeking a Principal Engineer – Electrical (Rail Stations) to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The successful candidate will lead the electrical design and integration of rail/metro/train station fit-out systems from concept through IFC, tender and construction support. You’ll own the LV power and lighting for stations, ancillary buildings and platforms, ensuring safety, reliability, maintainability and authority approval in KSA

• Lead multi-disciplinary station electrical design: LV/MV building distribution, protection/coordination, earthing & bonding, lightning protection, standby generators & UPS, lighting & controls, across underground, at-grade, and elevated stations.

• Own the full design lifecycle: requirements capture, basis-of-design, load studies, selectivity/arc-flash reviews, single-lines, schematics, cable schedules, layouts, specs/BOQs, and employer’s requirements. Provide construction support as needed.

• Apply rail-specific life-safety standards in stations: e.g., NFPA 130 for fixed guideway transit (egress, fire protection, emergency ventilation & control/communications); coordinate with fire/life-safety, ventilation and architectural teams.

• Design compliant emergency lighting to EN 1838/BS 5266 (escape route, open-area, high-risk task) and produce photometric calculations & layouts (Dialux/Relux).

• Engineer EMC & earthing interfaces to EN 50121 (railway EMC) and EN 50122-1 (earthing/bonding for fixed installations) and manage interfaces with signaling/telecom/PSD.

• Coordinate digitally in BIM (Revit/ Navisworks) with architecture, structural and MEP; run design reviews, clash prevention and interface matrices.

• Lead authority approvals (Saudi & UAE Civil Defence and utilities), support client/stakeholder workshops, value engineering and risk registers.

• Mentor and manage a team of designers; review deliverables, uphold QA/QC; contribute to proposal writing and level-of-effort estimates.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional registration (e.g., CEng/PE) strongly preferred.
• 12–18+ years in building/station electrical design with major rail/metro station projects; GCC experience strongly preferred.
• Strong grasp of NFPA 130, EN 1838/BS 5266 (emergency lighting), EN 50121/EN 50122 (EMC/earthing), BS 7671/IET Wiring Regs or NEC, and typical rail authority requirements.
• Fluency with ETAP/Amtech, Dialux/Relux, AutoCAD/Revit, and BIM coordination; familiarity with SCADA/BMS interfaces for station systems.

• Excellent interface management, stakeholder communication and team leadership skills.

  Nice to Have

• Experience integrating station electrical design with PSD, tunnel ventilation controls, SCS/OCS interfaces, and evacuation strategies per NFPA 130.
• Past authority liaison in KSA (RCRC/SDAIA utilities/Civil Defense)
• RAMS exposure (EN 50126/8/9) and cyber/physical security considerations for stations.

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