Onboard Design Department Head

Req ID:502751 

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.

Could you be the full-time Onboard Design Department Head we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your leadership and engineering expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside motivated and collaborative teammates.

You'll drive impactful engineering initiatives and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as project execution, HR, and tender management teams), promote Alstom’s values, and ensure the successful deployment of processes, methods, and tools, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of defining and implementing the engineering vision (team profiles, skills, and technological evolution), but also ensuring team alignment with organizational goals.

We’ll look to you for:

• Defining and implementing the engineering vision to enhance team competitiveness and technological evolution

• Setting clear team goals, delegating tasks, and establishing deadlines

• Providing support to project/program execution and promoting Alstom’s core values

• Motivating, training, and developing resources in collaboration with HR

• Recognizing high performance and fostering the growth of World Class Engineering (WCE) experts

• Ensuring the deployment and continuous improvement of processes, methods, and tools

• Managing workload forecasts and capacity while aligning with business strategies and objectives

• Reviewing tender designs and documentation as per strategy relevance

• Contributing to the achievement of quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) targets

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Engineering or a related field

• Experience or understanding of team leadership and engineering project management

• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies

• Familiarity with workload forecasting and resource planning

• A certification in project management or leadership would be advantageous

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards leadership roles or technical expertise

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

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​