Aftermarket Engineering Manager

Req ID:479026 

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 hybrid Kitting and Validation Engineering Manager in Naperville IL  or  Mississauga, ON, CA we’re looking for?

Your future role

We’ll look to you for:

• Effectively communicating to upper management with KPIs, Presentations, Etc

• Applying the knowledge to design, verify and validate parts solutions for over on 300 + contracts

• Actively participating and contributing to the aggressive growth of the Parts & Components business and reduce the back log.

• Ensuring all the parts proposal will be meeting the customer specifications in form, fit and function, railway safety, reliability, industrial norms, and standards.

• Being thoroughly familiar with the project specification and its requirements relating to the electrical and mechanical design tasks for the group

• Interfacing with the end customer via meetings, travel to site, and presentations.

• Maintaining the group’s knowledge of rail, mechanical  and electrical-electronic norms and standards such as FRA, AAR, IEEE, ANSI etc. with planned trainings and networking

• Leading bids proposals to repair, redesign, and overhaul electrical equipment, printed circuit boards and in general electrical and electronics parts used in the rail industry.

• Leading Process Improvement Initatives to optimize work flow for engineering requests and time to quote

• Being in a leadership role with multi-disciplinary teams with Customers, Rolling Stock Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Auditors, Platform (Tenders, Reference Library, REX), Quality, Validation and Testing.

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:

• Excellent Communication Skills and leadership experience

• Knowledge about obsolescence management or kitting or the validation process for parts

• Have experience more than 10 years  in rail industry standards and design or with similar industry products such as transportation vehicles, and/or high-low voltage equipment, and discrete electronic components.

• Have experience more than 5 years  in Aftermarket , Reverse Engineering and/or Repair

• Preferred

  • Project Management Experience

  • Knowledge of safety management systems and safety risk assessment.

  • Proficient in the use of mechanical and electrical/electronic design tools, MS Office, SAP, GSI, and Maximo (other ERP tools).

  • Knowledge of Alstom Design for Quality processes.

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:

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues,

• Utilise our dynamic and innovative working environment,

• Contribute to innovative projects

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.