Job 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.

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.

Responsibilities:

- 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 general 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.

📌 Technical Director - Rail Infrastructure (Madrid)
🏢 Aecom
📍 Madrid