Project Engineering Manager - Traction

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, 80,000 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 Project Engineering Manager – Rolling Stock / Component (PrEM) in Bangalore,  Hyderabad, Vadodara we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your engineering and project management expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dynamic, collaborative, and innovative teammates.

You'll play a pivotal role in managing engineering activities and ensuring the successful delivery of engineering work packages, all while upholding Alstom's values of Team, Trust, and Action. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, including Project or Sub-System Managers, Engineering Metier Leaders, and customer technical representatives, to manage interfaces, provide regular reporting, and ensure quality delivery. You’ll also contribute to risk mitigation and cost-saving initiatives.

You’ll specifically take care of technical decision-making and the functional management of the project engineering core team, but also oversee engineering work packages, design reviews, and gate reviews.

We’ll look to you for:

• Managing project engineering activities and ensuring compliance with QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) commitments
• Representing Engineering within the project core team and managing key interfaces
• Providing regular reporting and performance analysis using the PrEM cockpit
• Defining and enforcing the Engineering Management Plan
• Managing engineering risk mitigation and savings action plans
• Ensuring timely design and gate reviews
• Representing Alstom Project Engineering:
  • In front of customer for design progress, issues, risks.
  • In front of partners in case of consortium for timely inputs/outputs and design reviews.
• Defining and enforcing the Engineering Management Plan.
• Managing functionally the project engineering core team (TxEs, RAMS, CV).
• Providing workload updates and escalating staffing issues.
• Owns engineering work package and updates baseline regularly.
• Validates Variation Orders and ensures traceability.
• Approves product modifications as part of CCB.
• Manages scheduling convergence and operational quality.
• Plans and ensures timely Design Reviews and Gate Reviews.
• Animates engineering issues and ensures closure of C1/C2 issues.
• Provides prognostic for DFQ Gate Reviews and mitigates No-Go risks.
• Manages engineering risk mitigation and savings action plans.
• Provides inputs for RAMP/SAMP updates.
• Communicates and escalates critical paths internally and externally

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:

• Electrical Engineering / Master in power electronics and drives or equivalent with experience in engineering teams
• Experience or understanding of product development and management positions (minimum 5 years for large projects preferred)
• Extensive technical knowledge and project/company background
• Knowledge of engineering work package management
• Familiarity with risk mitigation and savings action plans
• A structured, organized, and hands-on approach
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer focus and management skills
• Fluent in English and local language

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 free from boring daily routines
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and supportive colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our agile and flexible 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 leadership roles or other career paths within Alstom
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises 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 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.