JOB TITLE & PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Job Title: Engineering Metier/Domain Group Manager (GM)

Job Code: EN-SA-28

Purpose of the job:

Lead a team involved in a set of programs or projects, ensuring quality target and repeatable performances. Staff the team and follow-up program/project strategy definition and task execution, delivering as per QCD commitments. Identify, generalize and stabilize best practices, proposing deployment Alstom-wide. Lead continuous team improvement, plan trainings and coach the team, nurture skill growth and capitalization. Stand as reference in your domain, for both your team and your peers.

As a Group Manager, you will interact with all team members, so your communication as well as your motivation skills should be excellent. Ultimately, you should lead by being recognized as a domain authority, committed to achievement.

POSITION IN THE ORGANISATION

For Developments:

Organisation structure:

Development centers

Reports directly to:

Department Head

For Projects:

Organisation structure:

Project Engineering

Reports directly to:

Department Head

Other reporting to:

N/A

Direct reports:

Engineering team from his Group (Métier or Domain)

Network & Links

For Developments:

Internal

• ADM Engineering Community

• Sourcing

• Method & Tools Community

• Human Resource organization

For Projects:

Internal

• Project Engineering Community

• Sourcing

• Reference Library Managers

• Method & Tools Community

• Human Resource organization

External

• Suppliers (if any)

• Customer

• Auditors

• Authorizing Entities

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND AUTHORITIES

Key Accountabilities

• Agree and implement with the department head and the peer domain leaders the department guidelines (team profile and skills, growth plans, discipline evolutions in terms of technology, competitiveness, …)

• Develop and maintain Métier / domain competences, coaching the team and growing World Class Engineering Experts

• Set clear team goals, delegate tasks and set deadlines

• Provide support to team project/program execution

• Promote Alstom values to his/her team

• Continuously motivate, encourage, evaluate and recognize, train and develop resources, in cooperation with HR, as per approved performance evaluation process and targets

• Deploy ADM Process, Methods and Tools in Project Engineering team, providing feedback for Process reviews

• Collect REX from execution and innovation opportunities to feed Reference Library where applicable and share outcomes at department level

• Estimate / Validate activities quotations for tenders and projects

• Manage adequacy between estimated workload and capacity, taking into account subcontracting & business strategies; report status and issues to department head

• Commit in Project/Program/Tender QCD related to its Métier/domain

Key job authorities and dimensions:

• Staffing (hiring management, recruitment process)

• Budget (workpackages and capex)

• Department size can be assumed to range between 5-10 people/500-1000 k€

Performance management:

• KPI 1:  Staffing: Total Capacity versus Workload, analysis and action plan, in line with budget targets.

• KPI 2:  Métiers KPI 

• KPI 3:  Team maturity level and polyvalence

EXPERIENCE PREREQUISITES & REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements:  

Mandatory:

• Bachelors Degree of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or scientific subjects

• English, full proficient use

Desirable:

• Master degree in engineering or scientific topics

Experience:  

Mandatory:

• Engineering and processes background

• Experience in project/program execution and management

• Specific hands-on experience in his own Métier/Domain

• Experience and understanding in project effort estimation

• Knowledge of several Alstom platform

Desirable:

• Involvement in projects with teams in other Regional and Development Centers

• Established networking

Competencies & Skills:  

• Excellent communication and leadership skills

• Open-minded

• (Self) entrepreneurial

• Organizational and time-management skills

• Decision-making skills