Senior Operation Engineer

About the job

The role is responsible for ensuring that Operations & Maintenance (O&M) requirements are integrated into project design and delivery by providing operational expertise, reviewing technical solutions, identifying and mitigating risks, and supporting asset maintainability and reliability. It also involves collaborating with project teams, developing O&M plans and standards, promoting continuous improvement, and ensuring operational readiness to achieve safe, efficient, and sustainable system performance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Offer expertise on how the new system will function on a day-to-day basis, influencing the design to ensure it supports smooth, safe, and efficient operations.
• Incorporate maintenance needs into the design, ensuring assets and equipment can be easily maintained, repaired, and renewed throughout their lifecycle.
• Critically review technical designs, specifications, and proposals, providing feedback to ensure they meet operational and maintenance requirements.
• Identify, assess, and propose mitigation strategies for risks related to asset failures, operational processes, and system functionality that may arise from the design.
• Work closely with project managers, designers, and other technical disciplines to integrate O&M needs into the broader project strategy and plans.
• Develop and execute the operation and maintenance management plans, standards and manuals to ensure the successful adoption of operational excellence methodologies and practices
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by promoting best practices, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Contribute to the development of operational concepts, ensuring they align with the design and meet transit agency requirements.

Qualifications/Experience required

Education:

Engineering degree

Experience:

5 Years

Language Requirements:

Arabic , English – French is a plus

Core Competencies and Skills

• Innovativeness, resourcefulness, and capacity for quick learning.
• Demonstrates and safeguards ethics and integrity.
• Self-motivated and exhibits engagement and commitment to the success of his organization.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Fosters open and healthy communication across the wider team.
• Ability to multitask and perform under minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates a continuous tendency to learn, share knowledge and encourage contribution across team members.
• Solid work ethics.
• Take the necessary measures to ensure safety and to protect his/her employees’/colleagues’ health.

About Colas Rail

Colas Rail Egypt is a leading railway infrastructure company and a subsidiary of Colas Rail Group, specializing in the design, construction, electrification, signaling, and maintenance of rail transport systems. Operating in Egypt for more than 40 years, the company has played a key role in the development of the Cairo Metro network and major railway projects, contributing to the modernization of Egypt’s transportation infrastructure through innovative, safe, and sustainable rail solutions.