Project Engineering Manager MAINLINE (PrEM)

Req ID:471219 

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.

Could you be the full-time Project Engineering Manager for MAINLINE Projects in Madrid we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical project management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report work alongside young and proactive teammates.

You'll pilot the technical aspects of the Project or Tender. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (engineering, project management), represent technically the project, internally and in front of the customer and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of specifing and validating, with their team, the Transport System Solution, and controlling the technical consistency through a strong interfaces Management and quality, cost and delay (QCD) approach.

We’ll look to you for:

• Manage the technical contractual scope of the project:
  • Be accountable for the customer acceptance of the project solution
  • Manage the project technical risks and the corresponding mitigation plan
  • Together with the Project Manager, in case of contractual scope evolution, rise variation order and manage it
  • Validate the technical design choices with the peers and Solution Director
  • Identify which are the applicable regulations in the customer country/city and ensure they are taken into account in project solution design
• Manage the project solution, meaning the customization and parameterization of the generic solution to meet Quality, Cost, Delivery and Performance (QCDP) commitments:
  • Build and analyse together with the Project Architect, the project requirements database (PRD) and allocate requirements to System Program Manager (SPM), Project Industrialization Manager (PrIDM) and to Project Engineering team
  • Act as a chairman of Project Change Control Board (CCB)
  • Be responsible of the project design and application engineering activities
  • Supervise Verification & Validation activities
  • Be accountable for Engineering WP QCD
  • Provide BOM
• PrEM is in charge of the complete validation of the Project Solution
• Functionally lead the project engineering team:
  • Allocate Task(s) across Project Engineering team and ensure engineering activities follow-up
  • Together with Domain / Metier Leaders and RC Project Engineering Metier / Domain Department Heads, define the project engineering team organization according to the project phase ( and as defined in the EMP)
  • Deploy the applicable engineering process, methods & tools on the project
  • Manage and participate in the evaluation of the project engineering team
  • Share Environment, Health and Security (EHS) rules with project engineering team (receiving inputs from PM/Project EHS Manager/Coordinator or RC EHS Manager)
  • Support assessment of the teams involved in project engineering activities, including the ones belonging to a different Regional Center.
• Verify Project Safety Case
• Manage the interface with the project core team:
  • Provide all technical documents to the project core team members for the industrialisation, sourcing, installation, test and commissioning (product BOQ, architecture schematics, ...)
  • Solve technical issues detected by different core team members
  • During project warranty, coordinate actions to support resolution of pending technical issues following Project
  • Warranty Manager (PrWM) requirements
  • Support PrQSM to consolidate the REX of the Project and the Reliability Growth
  • Support RC Project Engineering Domain/Metiers Department Head to define/perform knowledge capitalization

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: 

• Engineer profile is a must.
• 3-5 years previous experience in METRO systems
• Previous project management experience preferred
• Previous experience working on cross-functional teams
• Previous rail industry experience preferred
• Knowledge on Engineering tasks to be performed.
• Fluent in English
• Fluent in French is desirable

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
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our cooperative environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• 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 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.