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# Technical Director - Rail Infrastructure

- **Company:** AECOM
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Value Engineering
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/6A21ABB94F784476ACF7452D67E79BBF/job/

## About the Role

The ideal candidate brings senior, hands-on experience across the full lifecycle of high-speed and conventional rail infrastructure: planning, design, construction, testing and commissioning, and long-term operation and maintenance. Prior experience acting as technical authority or shadow operator, representing Infrastructure O&M interests inside design and construction decisions., * Civil Engineering degree.

 * 20+ years of senior experience in rail infrastructure, high-speed or conventional.
 * Demonstrated experience across the full project lifecycle in infrastructure: planning, design, construction, testing and commissioning, operations and maintenance.
 * Direct experience defining maintenance strategy and OPEX models for rail infrastructure and systems.
 * International project experience, across multiple rail markets and multidisciplinary teams.
 * Good communication skills., * Experience acting as technical authority or shadow operator representing infrastructure O&M during design and construction.
 * Master's degree in engineering management, business administration, or a related field.
 * Experience in value engineering and design review from an infrastructure operational perspective.
 * Experience supporting international bids and technical proposal development.
 * Proficiency in a language beyond English and Spanish.

## Description

Infrastructure decisions made at concept and design stages lock in decades of maintenance costs and operational risks. Programs that treat infrastructure operations and maintenance as a downstream concern inherit systems that are more costly to operate and fail more often., * Leads infrastructure strategy and technical review for high-speed and conventional rail programs, from concept through commissioning.

 * Acts as technical authority and shadow operator.
 * Represents infrastructure operations and maintenance interests in design and construction decisions.
 * Directs the development of infrastructure maintenance concepts, rules, and OPEX models for track, systems, stations, and infrastructure maintenance facilities.
 * Reviews designs and technical proposals for infrastructure constructability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost, identifying risks.
 * Leads infrastructure value engineering across subsystems: civil works, track, energy, signalling, and control systems.
 * Supports infrastructure testing and commissioning planning, and the technical handover of infrastructure from construction to operations.
 * Coordinates multidisciplinary and multicultural teams across international programs.
 * Interfaces directly with client leadership, planners, and designers to align infrastructure decisions with long-term operational constraints.
 * Contributes to bid development and technical proposals for new infrastructure and O&M opportunities.
 * Mentors engineering and infrastructure O&M staff. Trains internal resources, as well as partners and third parties on infrastructure maintenance strategy and lifecycle standards.
 * Serves as the senior technical representative for the discipline with regional and global clients, building trust and demonstrating EC's technical leadership.
 * Collaborates with global EC centers to align standards, approaches, and technical solutions
 * Represents discipline externally as a recognized subject matter expert and thought leader.
 * Leads structured mentoring and capability-building programs for engineers and senior technical staff.
 * Promotes professional accreditation, global knowledge exchange, and technical growth across disciplines.