Certification & Authorization Department Head

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Date: 8 Jun 2026

Location: Charleroi, BE

Company: Alstom

Req ID:520799 

 

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, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

 

JOB TITLE & JOB CODE

Job Title (Job Code):         Engineering Domain / Métier Department Head (DH) ((EN-SA-02_002 / EN-SA-02_003)

 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
  • Take the challenge of leading an engineering team and provide effective guidance.
  • Build the vision of your Métier and involve the team in its implementation, aiming at continuous improvement in productivity and performances.
  • Plan, grow and acknowledge team expertise.  
  • Be responsible for supervising, managing and motivating team members on a daily basis.
  • Act proactively addressing projects and/or development commitments and collaborating with you peers for seamless and successful operations.

 

  • As a Department Head, you will interact with all team members, so your communication as well as your motivation skills should be excellent. Your role will be to define the path for continuous improvement of performance and effectiveness of your team.

 
  • ORGANISATION

Organisation structure (job belongs to..)

For Developments:  Development centers

For Projects: Project Engineering

For Central Métiers: Central Signaling organization

 

Reports directly to:

Direct report line to Engineering Director (for Development Center)

To Engineering Director (for Regional Center Project)

To Signalling métier Director (for Central Signalling organisation)

 

Other reporting to:

N/A for Developments and Projects

Functional link with Regional/Development Center (RC/DC) Engineering Director for Central

Métiers

 

Direct reports:

Engineering team from their métier / Domain

Group managers (when applicable)

Network & Links

Internal

 

Developments and Projects

  • Methods & Tools Community
  • Sourcing
  • Quality and Safety Managers

 

Projects and Central Metier

  • Project Engineering Community
  • Reference Library Managers

 

Developments and Central Metier

  • Development Engineering Community

 

Central Metiers Specifics

  • Métier Community
  • Quality, RAM, Safety, Cybersecurity, Tenders and Sourcing

 

Common to all

  • Other Métier / Domain Department Heads
  • Human Resource organization

 

 

 

 

 

External

  • Suppliers (if any)
  • Customer
  • Auditors
  • Authorizing Entities

 

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Key Accountabilities

  • Define and implement engineering vision (team profile and skills, discipline evolutions in terms of technology, department competitiveness, …)
  • Set clear team goals, delegate task and set deadlines
  • Provide support to team project/program execution
  • Promote Alstom values to his/her team

 

  • Continuously motivate, encourage, evaluate and recognize, train and develop resources, in cooperation with HR, as per approved performance evaluation process and targets
  • Recognize high performance and reward accomplishments
  • Develop the growth of World Class Engineering (WCE) Experts
  • Secure the Alstom Communication process with the team

 

  • Be accountable of Process, Methods and Tools deployment in his/her scope, and contribute to their improvement
  • Provide to Reference Library Manager, Reference Library (cost structure & cost drivers) of his/her Métier / domain and improvement roadmap in line with Solution competitiveness roadmap + progress report, when applicable
  • Foster the collection and sharing of REX from project/program execution

 

  • Review workload forecasts and capacity, leveraging on subcontracting & business strategies as well as footprint objectives, and staff adequately Projects/Bids and Programs
  • Participate to tender Design Reviews and Documentation Reviews as per tender strategy and relevance
  • Commit in Project/Program/Tender Quality Cost Delivery (QCD) related to its Métier/domain

 

Key job authorities and dimensions: 

  • Staffing (hiring management, recruitment process)
  • Budget (work-packages and capex)
  • Department size can be assumed to range between 10-50 people/1-5 M€

 

Performance management: 

  • KPI 1:  Staffing: Total Capacity versus Workload, analysis and action plan, this in line with budget targets.
  • KPI 2:  Métiers Key Performance Indicators (KPI) 
  • KPI 3:  Team maturity level and polyvalence
  • KPI 4:  Achievement of Competitiveness Targets concerning Ref Lib of métier/domain

 

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

  • Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or scientific subjects

 

Desirable:

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering or scientific topics
  • Degree in Management or training in team leading will be an asset

 

Experience

Mandatory:

  • Previous experience in complex development environment (railways, automotive, aerospace…)
  • Engineering and processes background
  • Experience in project / program execution and management
  • Experience and understanding in execution effort estimation

 

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of several Alstom platform
  • Métier-specific background
  • Experience in team management
  • Involvement in projects with teams in other Regional and Development Centers, established
  • networking

 

Competencies & Skills Describe the needed skills (technical & behavioral)

  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Open-minded
  • (Self) entrepreneurial
  • Organization and time-management skills
  • Decision-making skills
  • English, full proficient use

 

 

 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

 

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.

 

 

Job Type:​Experienced​


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