Cost Engineer Lead

Req ID:496259 

Your future role

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

You'll play a key role in the development of new interiors components and sub-assemblies, ensuring cost optimization and value creation throughout the development cycle. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (designers, procurement, project managers), evaluate supplier proposals, and drive cost-effective solutions through design-to-cost (DTC) activities, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of analyzing costs during tender and project phases, but also contribute to transversal activities such as database creation and cost mindset development within the team.

We’ll look to you for:

• Performing macro and micro costing to assess cost impacts and improve cost maturity.

• Analyzing supplier offers and identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities.

• Participating in design reviews and proposing cost optimization strategies.

• Building supplier cost breakdowns and conducting costing simulations.

• Assessing and negotiating supplier proposals based on technical and commercial factors.

• Evaluating cost impacts of modifications and focusing on cost optimization workshops.

• Creating and updating cost breakdown databases for CDS Interiors technologies.

• Contributing to the development of a cost-focused mindset through training and coaching.

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:

• Engineering-related degree.

• 5 to 8 years of pertinent experience.

• Excellent Excel skills (Pivot tables, Macros, VBA).

• Familiarity with CATIA V5.

• Knowledge of industrial processes (e.g., aluminum extrusion, SMW, composite and thermoplastic processes, lighting).

• Project and risk management knowledge.

• Costing knowledge (quotation, cost breakdown, RDTC using value analysis).

• Fluent in English & French. Knowledge of a language other than French is an asset when dealing with our international partners, suppliers, colleagues and customers. In Quebec, French remains the main working language of our company

• Strong analytical skills, organized, rigorous, and proactive.

• Ability to facilitate multi-functional teams and effectively challenge others.

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 flexible working environment.

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.

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

• Progress towards senior leadership roles or technical expertise paths.

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

Knowledge of a language other than French is an asset to facilitate communication with our partners, suppliers, colleagues, and international clients. In Quebec, French remains the primary working language of our company.

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.