Project Engineering Manager - Railway

Vacancy – Utrecht – Fulltime (32 – 40) – Alstom

An example of a challenge as a Project Engineering Manager - (Railway Signalling Solutions)

A possible project for you could be that one of our current signalling systems in the field needs a software upgrade of a subsystem to the latest version. Parallel a new set of specific requirements from the customer needs to be implemented. These new requirements will impact existing use cases and therefore other subsystems will be affected as well. That’s why validation and verification activities on system level are an important part of this project scope. Finally, because it is a safety signalling system all safety documentation needs to be in place and assessed.

The challenge is to coordinate the different countries involved. Additionally within the scope of this project some knowledge transfers between countries need to be coordinated as well.

You will be responsible for the project management of the engineering within a project. Your team consists of System Engineering, Verification & Validation (V&V) engineering and Safety Management. Other stakeholders could be contact persons at different sites in e.g. Sweden, Poland, Germany, Belgium or France and external suppliers like e.g. Independent Safety Assessor, but also the customer.

You will be the linking pin and maintain the right balance between sales, engineering and quality.

Railway Signalling Solutions

Alstom has been one of the main players in the development and implementation of the ERTMS train protection system for the European railways with solutions on the Betuweroute, Hanzelijn and the corridor Amsterdam-Utrecht. It has also equipped more than 180 trains with this ERTMS solution.

In terms of urban signaling, Alstom has implemented a full CBTC system (Urbalis) for the Amsterdam metro (North/South line and Ring line), a complete signalling system for the Rotterdam metro, as well a tram signalling system In Utrecht with the Uithoflijn.

Key accountabilities

- The organization of the engineering activities in a project according to established Quality / Cost / Delivery agreements

- Complete verification & validation of a project solution. The activity is aimed at making the customer requirements demonstrable and managing the project solution.

- Leading the technical contractual scope of the project

- Verification of the Project Safety Case and related products.

- Assigning work packages to the project engineering team and following up and planning of the engineering activities.

- The distribution and management of all technical documents to the project core team members for industrialization, sourcing, installation, testing and commissioning.

- Managing the outsourced work packages.

Performance measurements

- Project quality, cost and delivery commitment

- Progress of Project Specification, including Design documents & Projects V&V documents approval status

- Maturity of the Project requirements (it covers “traceability & coverage of requirements by V&V”

- Application of the Engineering management plan

- Assessment results based on internal audits and process inspections (applied in the project)

Your colleagues

You will mainly work within small projects teams. You will be responsible for the project management of the engineering within a project. Your team consists of System Engineering, V&V engineering and Safety Management. Other stakeholders could be contact persons at different sites in e.g. Sweden, Poland, Germany, Belgium or France and external suppliers like e.g. Independent Safety Assessor, but also the customer. You will report to Neill Sweet (Engineering Team Leader).

Career opportunities

Since you are part of a large, international company within a growing industry, you have more than sufficient career and development opportunities.

The ideal Project Engineering Manager - Railway

You have project management experience in a technical environment (engineering). Furthermore, you are familiar with SIL-4 functionalities.

Of course, European signalling experience is preferred, just as, contracting, software projects and safety cases experience)

As a person you are an organizer who feels comfortable within an engineering environment. We don’t need you to fix technical issues, we need you to be the facilitator so other people can. Spot the gaps, bring people together and escalate when necessary.

Offered

You will work within multidisciplinary teams and together you will achieve a concrete end-result. This is totally different from working at an Engineering company.

The Alstom University offers many possibilities to develop yourself with your job, career and as a person. An example is learning a foreign language with help of native speakers. And because we are a large company, there are sufficient career opportunities incl. abroad).

Practical: We follow the cla (cao) Metalelektro which offers 40 vacation days. It’s possible to work from home (hybrid), we offer flexible working hours and a 32 to 40 hour workweek (your decision).

Alstom

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, Alstom offers its diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. 150,000 vehicles in commercial service worldwide attest to the company’s proven expertise in project management, innovation, design and technology. In 2021, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, World and Europe, for the 11th consecutive time. Headquartered in France and present in 70 countries, Alstom employs more than 74,000 people. In The Netherlands, we have 500 employees.

www.alstom.com

Apply

1. Send your cv (motivation letter not obligated to Matthijs van der Pol

Or Mail: matthijs.van-der-pol-ext@alstomgroup.com

Or WhatsApp: 06-2417 2790 (WhatsApp without having to add a nr.: bit.ly/AppMVPsolutions)

Or use the application form: http://solliciteren.mvpsolutions.nl/w/8?vacancy=AlstomNeillAlps

2. Reply within 2 working days

Overview vacancy

Job Title: Project Engineering Manager

Category: Designer / Engineer

Location: Vliegend Hertlaan 45, 3526 KT Utrecht

Date: September 13, 2023

Contract: Fulltime (32 – 40 hours per week)

Contract:  Temporary contract with the intention for a permanent contract

Industry: Railway / Mobility / Transportation

Company Name: Alstom

Vacancy ID: AlstomNeil