Group Railway Safety Management System Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Purpose of the job:

Support the Group RSA Director to :

1. Develop and maintain the Railway Safety Management System of Alstom ensuring:

• the Railway Safety Policy is implemented
• compliance with the main Regulations and Standards

2. Coordinate and animate the Railway safety effort, lobbying, knowledge and culture

ACCOUNTABILITIES & AUTHORITIES

Support the Alstom Group Railway Safety Director in the specific activities:

Railway Safety Management System

• Deploy the Safety policy Through the Alstom Safety Management System and maintain it
• Propose any improvement or axis for development of Railway Safety 
• RSA process owner to ensure consistency between Businesses / platforms in term of main processes
• Coordinate the effort to ensure deployment within PL/platforms/regions                                                                                 
• Propose governance for Alstom SMS and indicators to measure safety performance

Railway Safety Issue Management

• Organize and implement the tools required for alert management
• Ensure consistency in the way of working regarding potential safety issues
• Support the Alstom and Regional governance (presentation-participation) e.g.  to the TOP10 Sterco”

Railway Safety Knowledge and culture

• Support the Management in the nomination of World Class Engineering (WCE) Railway Safety expert
• Animate the Railway Safety network (especially the Core Team) and organize safety day
• Deploy the Railway Safety Culture according to the competencies and knowledge requirements (training & awareness)

External bodies working group related to Railway Safety

• Ensure a vision of the participation of safety experts within the external safety working group (e.g. CENELEC- European norms, ERA - European Railway Agency)
• Ensure we have a common Alstom position  outside Alstom when involved externally

Performance measurements:

• Management of RSA KPIs

EXPERIENCE PREREQUISITES & REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements:  Advanced University Degree in Engineering

Mandatory: MASTER degree in Engineering

Desirable:

Experience:

Mandatory

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the Railway Safety domain
• Minimum technical knowledge on railway System, Rolling Stock, Signaling and Infrastructure
• Significant experience of international projects.
• Successful experience in managing teams.
• Knowledge of Railway Safety regulations and standards

Desirable:

• Successful experience in working in a multi-site, multi-cultural environment.
• Recognition of expertise (internal or external)
• Experience in converting safety and reliability strategy into actionable items improving the product performance and cost.

Competencies & Skills

• Apply ALSTOM Discipline and Processes, Leadership qualities, Resilience, Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Internal and external influencing skills, Strategic vision, Foster Open Dialogue and Listens, Manage Conflicts of Ideas, Fluent in English