Train Performance Manager

at  ALSTOM

Chez Alstom, nous développons et livrons des réseaux de transport et sommes leader de la mobilité des personnes.
Nous offrons à nos clients le portefeuille le plus diversifié et le plus complet du secteur ferroviaire : locomotives, trains à grande vitesse, trains interurbains, métros, monorails, trains legers et tramways, systèmes, services, infrastructures, signalisation et mobilité numérique clés en main.
Chaque jour, plus de 80 000 collègues ouvrent la voie à une mobilité plus verte et plus intelligente dans le monde entier, en connectant les villes tout en réduisant les émissions de carbone et notre impact environnemental.
Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide.

DE QUOI AI-JE BESOIN POUR ÊTRE QUALIFIÉ POUR CET EMPLOI ?

Dans ce rôle, vous devrez établir des relations de travail efficaces au sein d’une équipe d’ingénierie diversifiée, dans le but ultime de fournir des solutions d’ingénierie complexes et innovantes qui répondent aux besoins de nos clients.
Le gestionnaire des performances des trains veille à ce que des solutions adéquates et efficaces soient définies et est responsable de l’architecture globale du train, de l’intégration des systèmes et de la performance du train. Le Train Performance Manager veille également à ce que les livrables soient fournis conformément au calendrier et aux aspects financiers.
Vous êtes polyvalent, très autonome, avec une expérience pratique et à l’aise pour travailler dans un environnement en évolution rapide.

QUALIFICATIONS MINIMALES

Au moins dix ans d’expérience en ingénierie des systèmes de véhicules ferroviaires
Expérience en intégration de systèmes
Baccalauréat en génie électrique ou combinaison de formation équivalente

QUALIFICATIONS PRÉFÉRÉES

Expérience avec les chemins de fer de marchandises nord-américains
Expérience avec la propulsion électrique et les sources d’énergie alternatives (c’est-à-dire batteries, hydrogène, …)
Expérience de la conception de logiciels système et des processus ou normes associés (ISO/IEC 15288)
Connaissance des processus Alstom Design for Quality.

WHAT DO I NEED TO QUALIFY FOR THIS JOB?

In this role, you are expected to build effective working relationships across a diverse engineering team, with the ultimate goal of delivering complex and innovative engineering solutions that meet our customer needs.
The Train Performance Manager ensures adequate and effective solutions are defined and is accountable for overall train architecture, systems integration and train performance. The Train Performance Manager also ensures deliverables are provided in line with schedule and financial aspects.
You are versatile, very autonomous with hands-on experience and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

At least ten years of experience in railway vehicle systems engineering
Experience with systems integration
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent combination of training

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

Experience with North American Freight Railroads
Experience with Electric Propulsion and alternative energy sources (i.e. batteries, hydrogen, …)
Experience with systems software design and associated processes or standards (ISO/IEC 15288)
Knowledge of Alstom Design for Quality processes
Alstom est un employeur garantissant l’égalité des chances et s’engage à créer un environnement de travail inclusif dans lequel tous nos collaborateurs sont encouragés à réaliser leur plein potentiel et où les différences individuelles sont valorisées et respectées.
Tous les candidats qualifiés sont considérés pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de couleur, de religion, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, d’identité de genre, d’âge, d’origine nationale, de statut de handicap ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi locale.
Alstom is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our people are encouraged to achieve their full potential and where individual differences are valued and respected.
All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other reason. other characteristic protected by local law.
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IN THIS ROLE YOU:

• Lead a team of system engineers in the development and integration of railway vehicle systems.
• Define the physical and functional train system architecture in line with the customer requirements. You ensure each applicable function is properly allocated to a system or to conventional train control. You ensure compliance to engineering processes and regulatory standards to provide high quality solutions.
• Develop action plans and coordinate resources with the Train Systems Manager to resolve problems and define mitigation plans as applicable.
• Are accountable for the train global performance, systems functional integration and report progress to the Project Engineering Manager. You ensure the Train System project deliverables are provided in compliance with budgeted hours and defined deadlines through task scheduling.
• Support the system engineers in the definition of system and sub-system requirements as well as the management of external vendors. You ensure that clear expectations in terms of technical deliverables, schedule and responsibility are defined.
• Work with Train Control and Schematics engineers to ensure that electrical functions and systems interfaces are adequately integrated.
• Liaise with engineers and technical experts to ensure compliance with appropriate industry and regulatory standards. You work with multi-disciplinary engineering functions to ensure a fully integrated, safe & compliant design. You also provide support to the Production Line, Procurement, Quality & Testing teams.
• Additionally, you report the project technical progress and conduct design reviews for train systems with the end customer. In this regard you are the customer’s technical interface and provide support to the Project Engineering Manager and Project Manager.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Defining the train system physical and functional architecture, allocating train functions to vehicle systems or conventional train control, ensuring systems functional integration and train performance including vehicle dynamics.
• Providing technical leadership to ensure the design cycle from conceptual solution to train validation is properly followed, according to engineering processes and applicable standards.
• Supporting system engineers with the definition of system requirements, but also with the management of subsystem vendors.
• Reporting project progress to customer, conducting design reviews and being overall the technical interface of the project.
• Providing technical support to teams operating in the field such as Production Line, Quality, Testing and Validation.
• Applying Train System metier processes with associated methodologies and tools to ensure domain efficiency within project execution.
• Challenging project peers while improving processes and proposing optimizations. Promoting continuous improvement initiatives.