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# Project Lead, Rail Systems (RSES)

- **Company:** Egis Group
- **Location:** Sacramento, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), PRINCE2, Systems Integration, Operational Systems
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=53eaaf80a494262c

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline.
 * 15+ years of experience delivering rail, transportation, infrastructure, or other complex systems programs, including leadership of multidisciplinary engineering, construction, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
 * Proven experience managing large-scale infrastructure programs with significant budget, schedule, commercial, and stakeholder responsibilities.
 * Strong understanding of systems integration, interface management, and the delivery of complex transportation systems, including signaling, communications, power systems, SCADA, operational technology, or related infrastructure.
 * Demonstrated experience leading contractors, consultants, suppliers, system integrators, and multidisciplinary project teams through planning, design, construction, testing, and final acceptance.
 * Experience with commercial management, including budgeting, forecasting, project controls, contract administration, change management, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
 * Professional certification such as PMP, PE, CEng, INCOSE, PRINCE2, or equivalent, and excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

## Description

We are looking for a Project Lead, Rail Systems in our Sacramento, CA office.

This role is responsible for providing leadership across engineering, construction, testing, commissioning, operational readiness, and stakeholder management functions to ensure successful project delivery.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with exceptional program leadership skills and experience managing large, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.

The Impact You'll Make (Job Responsibilities)

 * Lead the delivery and integration of rail systems from design and procurement through construction, testing, commissioning, and operational handover.
 * Manage program scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, safety, and performance across multiple systems contracts and work packages.
 * Provide leadership to multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
 * Coordinate integration across signaling, communications, power, SCADA, operational technology, infrastructure, and operational systems.
 * Lead stakeholder engagement activities with clients, contractors, suppliers, regulatory agencies, utilities, and project partners.
 * Oversee commercial, technical, operational, and contractual decision-making to support successful project delivery.
 * Drive operational readiness, system acceptance, integrated testing, and final project closeout activities.