Head of Project Engineering Management

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 74,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Head of Project Engineering Management in Västerås we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Site Engineering Director, and manage a team of approximately 20 Project Engineering Managers (PrEM).

Together with your team of PrEMs you'll contribute to projects QCD (Quality Cost Delivery) execution through allocation of adequate team (skills & quantity) and ensure that standard engineering methods & tools are deployed. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, contribute to projects efficiency, based on REX (Return of Experience) from projects and continuous improvement of methods and tools.

You’ll specifically take care of defining and deploying the site Engineering Delivery Plan, consistently with the site and central engineering strategic plans, but also managing the engineering team in full alignment with the Traction footprint strategy.

We’ll look to you for:

• Ensure that Traction Project Engineering methods & tools are applied and contribute to their improvement to maximize efficiency.

• Ensure, with the support of Engineering department heads, that best practices and REX are identified and shared within Project Engineering teams.

• Coordinate engineering resources allocation to tenders and projects and ensure their optimal utilization.

• Manage, plan, supervise and report on workload for the Site Project Engineering.

• Collaborate with the organizations to align and get the right support for specific project requirements & Baselines strategy.

• Support the bid team for the definition of bid strategy, technical solution, return on experience, process and optimizations.

• Represent Alstom Engineering locally, in the local working groups on Traction Engineering, or at customer tender or project meetings

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

• Experience or understanding Projects or Project Engineering management.

• Leadership skills.

• Good communication skills.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career

• Work with new project standards for railway industry

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilize our agile working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior roles

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension) 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.