Project Engineering Manager - Traction

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Project Engineering Manager – Rolling Stock / Component (PrEM)

Purpose of the Job

• Acts as the Engineering representative within the project core team.
• Manages the engineering core team to meet QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) commitments.
• Promotes company values: Team, Trust & Action.

Organisation

Reporting Structure

• Hierarchical: Site PrEM Manager (or Site Engineering Director acting as PrEM Manager)
• Functional: Project/Sub-System Manager during project duration
• Direct Reports:
  • Train Performance Manager
  • Train Architecture Manager
  • Design for Operations Manager
  • Sub-System Managers (until GPS)
  • Project Development Planning Manager
  • Train Cost Manager
  • Project Configuration & Change Manager

Network & Links

• Project or Sub-System Manager; Project X Managers (PrXM)
• Train X Engineers (TxE), PrRAMSM
• Site Engineering Planning Manager, Site Engineering Quality Manager
• Complete engineering project team
• Engineering Metier Leaders
• Leading Unit / Participating Units PrEM(s)
• Customer technical representatives

Main Responsibilities

Performance Measurement / KPIs

• KPIs monitored through PrEM cockpit:
  • Engineering Work Package costs at completion
  • OTIF / On-Time Design Reviews / Gate Review Go on Time

Main Management Missions

Accountable for:

• Technical decisions taken with the team.

Responsible for:

• Managing Project (or R&D or Sustaining) Engineering activities by delivering Engineering Work Package in compliance with QCD commitments.
• Representing Engineering among project core team and managing interfaces with PrXMs and other PrEMs.
• Representing Alstom Project Engineering:
  • In front of customer for design progress, issues, risks.
  • In front of partners in case of consortium for timely inputs/outputs and design reviews.
• Providing regular reporting and performance analysis (PrEM cockpit).
• Defining and enforcing the Engineering Management Plan.
• Managing functionally the project engineering core team (TxEs, RAMS, CV).
• Providing workload updates and escalating staffing issues.

Engineering QCD Management

• Owns engineering work package and updates baseline regularly.
• Validates Variation Orders and ensures traceability.
• Approves product modifications as part of CCB.
• Manages scheduling convergence and operational quality.
• Plans and ensures timely Design Reviews and Gate Reviews.
• Animates engineering issues and ensures closure of C1/C2 issues.
• Provides prognostic for DFQ Gate Reviews and mitigates No-Go risks.

Risks & Savings

• Manages engineering risk mitigation and savings action plans.
• Provides inputs for RAMP/SAMP updates.
• Communicates and escalates critical paths internally and externally.

Main Required Competencies

Educational Requirements

• Mandatory: Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent with experience in engineering team.
• Desirable: For large projects (>100,000 hours), minimum 5 years’ experience in product development and management positions.

Experience

• Mandatory: Extensive technical knowledge and project/company background.
• Desirable: Experience in large-scale projects.

Competencies & Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Customer focus and management skills.
• Structured, organized, hands-on approach.
• Fluent in English and local language.

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.