Certification Engineer

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.
With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.
 

Position: CERTIFICATION&AUTHORIZATION ENGINEER

The Certification Engineer collaborates with the C&A manager in the application of the C&A process to obtain the  necessary certificates and authorizations for a Railways Vehicle, according to a defined C&A strategy.

She/He is part of the C&V EDU (Engineering Design Unit) and operates in a Rolling Stock project frame, according to European Regulation (IV Railway Package), National Rules and laws and  internal procedures.

Functionally, she/he reports to the Project C&A Manager; hierarchically to the C&A Site Leader .

She/He is responsible for:

• carry out dedicated activities within the C&A processes in accordance with the project C&A management plan during all project phases;
• support the C&A Manager in the identification and preparation of Certification and/or Authorisation requirements ;
• support the C&A Manager in the preparation of evidence documents plan (e.g. for TSIs or National Rules) with the project team;
• collect and compile the C&A evidence documents to be submitted to independent assessors and/or the authorising entities;
• organise periodic reviews of evidence documentation and assessment reports ;
• maintain the certification related data in the requirement management tools (e.g. Doors/Excel)
• compile and keep track of C&A relevant reporting (e.g. KPI, Cost overview);
• be a key partner of the project team for: Engineering, RAMS, Quality, Planning, Validation, Maintenance, Sourcing;
• prepare the selection material and collaborate with independent assessors (e.g. NoBo, DeBo, AsBo) and authorising entities (e.g. ERA or NSA’s);
• compile the Certification and Authorisation application file(s);
• participate to the modifications follow-up of the certified/authorised vehicle configuration(s) ;
• act on behalf of the C&A Manager upon requests for a specific scope of a project.

She/he is also responsible for the monitoring of the performances of the Certification Process according to specific  QCD targets; she/he provides periodical progress KPI to C&A Manager.

Knowledge & Experience

-        Mastering of Certification process (at least 2 years in Railways or Automotive or Aerospace domain)

-        Train system and subsystem knowledge (at least 2 years)

-        Customer and external stakeholders Technical Management

-        Fluent in english

Behavioural Attitude

-        Good capability to external relationship with Authorities

-        Attitude to work in a dynamic context, in projects involving different sites

-        Good attitude to work in team

-        Availability to move for short period

Network & Links

-        Job Internal Interfaces: Project team, RAMS Manager, TSE, Participating units, Country Regulator Officer.

-        Job External Interfaces: Customer, Authorities, Independent Assessors and Notified Bodies, Operators and Maintainers.

Why Work  for Us?  At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.

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