Head of Engineering at Alstom

Purpose of the job: 

• Manage and organise Engineering Team according to business needs in-line Gibela guidelines
• Execute engineering Rolling Stock and Service project according QCD commitments through a strong engineering planning culture
• Manage workforce according to workload (firm projects, forecast projects, tender, sustaining and R&D) with focus to avoid any underload and high overload including appointment of engineering teams.
• Drive co-engineering specially with process engineering and co-development with supplier via sourcing
• Push improvement programs based on technical recommendations (e.g. new methodologies/tools and APSYS engineering) and local initiatives
• Develop on-site engineering staff including succession planning and competence matrix deployment
• Apply common processes, methods and tools and capture Return of Experience (RoE) for continuous improvement
• Supervise products, key technical decisions and safety critical issues and capitalise RoE
• Monitor project to cost programs such as Redesign to Cost (RDTC) and Maintenance Regime Optimisation
• Manage cost centre and budget preparation
• Support and promote innovation initiatives of the business

Measurement (Key Performance Indicators):

• KPIs monitored through Site Operation Dashboard (Rolling Stock and Service) and Engineering Dashboards, mainly
• DFQ Go-On-Time
• Project Cost
• OTIF
• OTIQ
• DR on-time
• Reliability in service
• No. of modifications
• U/O recovery,
• Subcontracting schemes per phase
• Resources vs. Workload
• APSYS

Accountable and Responsibilities for:

Accountable for:

• Engineering tender commitment and project/R&D engineering QCD
• Management of site engineering workload and workforce
• Ethic and compliance
• EHS in engineering
• People and resource management
• Respect of engineering processes, tools and methods
• KPI targets from RSC and Service dashboard
• Supervision of key technical decisions and safety critical issues
• Monitoring of engineering actions in project to cost programs such as Redesign to Cost (RDTC) and Maintenance Regime Optimisation
• Engineering cost centre
• Supporting and promoting innovations
• People management cycle (PMC) on-time and quality of data with associated Training and Development plans to reach target competence level
• Operational effectiveness/Accountability
• Collaboration/Teamwork
• Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to management

Responsible for:

• Management and organization of engineering department
• Manage interfaces with other stakeholders on-site for co-engineering specially with process engineering and co-development with sourcing/supplier
• Contribute to site strategy
• Engineering improvement projects including cooperation and change management
• Appoint Tenders/Pre-Project and Project Engineering teams
• Monitor site engineering activity and inform Site Executive and Site Engineering performance about major events
• Collaborate with Services Engineering and Platforms to improve Services portfolio of products and services
• Manages the technical performances of the systems and provide REX to relevant Services Platform
• Detects, defines and implements the modifications of the maintained products to improve the reliability and serviceability, in order to reduce project costs and improve the performances of the systems
• Manages Obsolescence Plan and execution
• Captures and ensures ownership of regulations and standards to be applied
• Interfaces with the stakeholders in the Certification processes
• Ensure Quality of Engineering Deliverables

Business understanding and desired knowledge/experience

Minimum education requirements

• BSc/B.Eng Degree (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Automotive, Mechatronics) or Equivalent Engineering Degrees
• Post Graduate Qualification in Management/Leadership 
• Registered a Professional Engineer with ECSA will be an advantage

Minimum work experience required

• More than 8 years’ experience  in Engineering Design
• More than 5 experinece in management of Engineering Personnel
• Project management incl. work package, risk and opportunity management

Minimum technical experience required

• Practical experience in diverse Engineering design processes (Electrical, Mechanical, Software Development and System Engineering)
• Practical experience in Product Development in railway environment
• Knowledge of tools applied in Electrical, Mechanical and software development (Autocad, programming languages, etc.)
• Knowledge of product maintenance strategies in railway environment
• Engineering planning and optimisation (Resource vs Workload balance)
• Experience on product Change and Configuration Management
• Problem solving methodologies

Profile:

• Communication and negotiation skills
• Good financial understanding
• Strong Leadership and people management experience
• Internal/ external customer and results oriented
• Ability to make decisions with sense of urgency
• Structured and organised