Alstom has been present in South Africa for more than a century. During these years the company provided a wide range of products and technologies which helped develop the country’s infrastructure. Alstom provided equipment for 12 of South Africa’s 13 coal-fired power plants and for the only nuclear power plant, but it also played a historical...
PURPOSE AND MISSION OF THE JOB:
- Representative of procurement on Site as member of the Site Management Committee: relays to Procurement/Site any information or decision that could impact respective activities such as organizational changes, supplier difficulties, local/global instructions, Make or Buy decisions.
- Liaise between Procurement Function and Site operational members
- Support tender preparation by supervising procurement cost commitment preparation
- Support project execution by managing suppliers QCD performances
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
TEAM FACILITATION AND MANAGEMENT :
- Secures compliance of its team to the Alstom code of Ethics
- Ensure team animation in close link with Cluster/ Country Procurement Directors
- Manage and develop procurement manager, Procurement Project Manager (PPM), Procurement Tender Manager (PTM), senior Buyer and Buyer
- Motivate, inspire and continuously develop his team in a multicultural interface to improve competencies
- Close link with Global Procurement (Commodity Manager (CM), Domain Director (DD)) to deploy Global strategies and have synergies
- Welcome the new resources, manages their local integration, and is responsible for their coaching by their senior colleagues
- Applies & support Alstom Transport Procurement rules, process & tools
- Management of its cost center, ensure the adequate sizing of his/her organization according to the business needs
PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE :
- Applies & support Alstom Procurement Golden rules, process & tools
- Bring Procurement expertise to support local buyer team
- Challenge global sourcing (Commodity Manager (CM) / Commodity Director (CD) to secure project execution and profitability in escalation phase
- Drive continuous improvement within whole local buyer team through APSYS Procurement
- Manage Supplier Local QCD performances
- Perform regular (min. Monthly) supplier QCD performance, solves major issues and secure objectives achievement
PROJECT EXECUTION AND PROFITABILITY:
- Support local team to face commercial and contractual negotiation during project execution phase
- Challenge site stakeholders (engineering, supply chain, quality...) to secure project execution and profitability
- Track procurement performance in project and issue action plan in case of deviation
- Analyses risks and sets appropriate mitigation plan
- Formalize and share return on experience on main issues
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE & CASH FOCUS:
- Support supply chain to monitor and secure raw material inventory and OTIF objectives
- Support quality on Non-Conformities Report (NCR) treatment and improvement, Cost of Non-Quality (CONQ) S1 management
- Support accounting department to align on invoice accounting and payable days
- Participate actively on industrial continuous improvement
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:
- Savings (actions aiming at securing and improving gross margin)
- Non-Conformities Report and On Time Delivery / CONQ S1 & coverage from Procurement
- Launch Gate Review (LGR) and Specification Gate Review (SGR) on time
- First Article Inspection (FAI) on time (RS&C)
- Tender ambition tracking (ASIP) & Sourcing action plan tracking from SPR including claims and ambition covering
- Purchase Order (PO) Go on time
- APSYS Procurement maturity roadmap improvement
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:
- Savings P&L and Cost to Complete
- Non Conformities Event and On Time Delivery
- Panel situation Supplier compliancy status rate
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR
- National Diploma in Purchasing or equivalent. BS or BA in Purchasing, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Information Technology or other business-related field.
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Procurement, or same/similar Industry work experience (e.g., quality/engineering/costing/ etc).
- Procurement professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background.
- Solid working experience, with sourcing/supply chain exposure (manufacturing / automotive / rail industries preferred), with at least 3 years in management
- Purchasing professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background
- Fluent English
- International mind-set
- Communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
- Internal and external influencing skills
- Pro-active, autonomous
- Ability to work in complex organization and to manage wide transversal network
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategic vision
- Ability to work independently
- Willingness to travel
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- International mindset
- Leadership
- Communication skills & Team spirit
- Internal and external influencing skills
- Ability to work in a matrix environment
- Ability to challenge
- Results oriented
- Team management
- Negotiation and strategic vision
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YOUR FUTURE ROLE:
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:
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 :
GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ANY OF ENGINEERING/PROJECT MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OR EQUIVALENT.
WORK EXPERIENCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
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:
Fluent in English
- Full accountability of the end to end CCM process and deliverables in a High Criticality Project or Program (Level 3).
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and traceability of the delivered products and services to internal and external customers.
- Keep the Project/ Program configuration under control and manage changes during the whole lifecycle of the Project or Program.
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
- Is leading the CCM activities in a Project/Program or is collaborating with the Advanced PrCCM or the Senior PrCCM of the Project when applicable.
- Applies CCM procedures, instructions, templates etc. and ensures that project/ program team members are trained and apply them.
- Establishes Configuration Management Plan with the CCM activities and the associated roles & responsibilities.
- Ensures Configuration and Change Management applicable tools are applied and manages access rights.
- Escalates any risks / issues CCM related within the Project / Program organization and reports on CCM Performance Indicators, derives and manages actions (PDCA).
- Ensures the execution Development for Quality (DfQ) Gates for CCM deliverables.
Performs Configuration Management activities, such as:
- Identifies and monitors the accuracy and maturity of items under configuration control.
- Prepares a Configuration Strategy and publishes Release Notes accordingly (Configuration Baselines, Target Configurations), following review with technical stakeholders, ensuring the product consistency.
- Ensures Supplier Configuration Management incl. CCM requirement negotiation and requested CCM documentation.
- Supervises the correctness of Configuration Status Accounting Report (CSAR) for each unit (i.e. As Build/As Maintained/As Installed).
Performs Change Management activities, such as:
- Organizes and leads the Change Boards, while recording decisions and actions.
- Ensures all Change Requests are complete, clear, evaluated, assessed in terms of cost, schedule, quality and risk through all the stages, with the cooperation of the Change Boards participants.
- Monitors Change Requests progress end-to-end within the Change Process and ensures all involved stakeholders are informed at all times.
- Facilitates event management (e.g. electrical, software etc.) and transfer into the Change Management Process, when necessary.
- Knowledge from Configuration & Change Management
- Knowledge of Business Process Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Requirements Management Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrialization, Data Management and Document Control inter-related with CCM.
- Knowledge of Alstom configuration & change processes and related processes of contributing Métiers/ Functions
- Above 3 years of experience in a configuration and change management role.
- Experience in the entire CCM lifecycle of a Project/Program.
- Mandatory knowledge of railway products, railway solutions (signaling, telecom etc.), systems and components
- Knowledge of CCM tools (ALM, Clear Quest, Clear Case SAP, PLM, AEC-tpPLM, ERP, etc.)
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical project/program stakeholders
- Systematic, rigorous, proactive and organized with good attention to details.
- Is a team player and sets a good environment for team colleagues
- Driven for results with strong multi-tasking and influencing skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.
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Your future role
To take responsibility for Signalling and AFC related engineering issues focusing on asset life cycle, developing maintenance practices/strategies, auditing/analysing sub-system performances and proposing corrective actions/new technologies to improve sub-system performances and cost-effectiveness.
- Investigate daily arisings of Signalling and AFC issues from the internal reportings/Customer complains, drive IRR / MIR / ECP and technical reportings as per project requirements within defined time and ownership.
- Own the RCA investigation and 8D lead for key Signaling and Communication issues.
- Present key technical issues to Internal Stakeholders /Customers as and when needed.
- Own FRACAS management for the key Signaling and Communication issues.
- Contribute in Engineering CCB - Engineering Change and Configuration management and onw the change requests.
- Provision of systems engineering input into fleet modifications. Preparation of estimates of engineering effort to produce the modification, liaising with key suppliers, development of engineering modification documentation, including all necessary instructions, risk assessments, internal and external certification, approvals, and ensuring the change complies with Alstom’s processes for change and configuration management
- Provision of systems engineering input into ALM Projects. Preparation of estimates of engineering effort to the ALM project, development of engineering concepts and requirements, liaising with the key suppliers, provision of engineering deliverables to DfQ gate reviews, development of engineering modification documentation, including all necessary instructions, risk assessments, internal and external certification, approvals, and ensuring the change complies with Alstom’s processes for change and configuration management.
- Provision of systems engineering input into obsolescence issues. Providing inputs into the fit, form and function assessment, development of supporting engineering modification documentation, including all necessary instructions, risk assessments, internal and external certification, approvals, and ensuring the change complies with Alstom’s processes for change and configuration management.
- Provision of systems engineering input into the resolution of safety issues. Provision of engineering knowledge into incident investigation, containment and mitigation actions, root cause analysis, and, where required, development of fleet modifications.
- Provision of systems engineering input into the resolution of reliability issues. Provision of engineering knowledge into investigation, containment and mitigation actions, root cause analysis, and, where required, development of fleet modifications.
- Provide systems engineering input to the development of PABs and R&D initiatives. Preparation of estimates of engineering effort to the workstream, development of engineering concepts and requirements, liaising with the key suppliers, provision of engineering deliverables to DfQ gate reviews, development of engineering modification documentation, including all necessary instructions, risk assessments, internal and external certification, approvals, and ensuring the change complies with Alstom’s processes for change and configuration management.
- Contribute to the wider Alstom cluster, including regional and global engineering communities, sharing best practice, contributing to the resolution of issues, and sharing key projects and R&D initiatives.
- Contribute to the capture and sharing of Return On Experience.
All about you
- 6+ years of experience in Railway system/application engineering
- Knowledge of rolling stock equipment, Signalling, AFC and maintenace
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and registerable as a Professional Engineer with ECSA
- Working knowledge of safety management systems and safety risk assessment
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.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and supportive colleagues.
- Contribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobility.
- Utilise our structured and inclusive 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 programs.
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
- Integrated in the Subsystems, the Buyer will deploy commodities strategy of its perimeter (ex: Propulsion and electrical systems, Braking system, compressed air systems, Suspensions, Bearings, Cooling Systems etc) and ensure project executions are in line with QCD objectives.
- Facilitate the sourcing activities in supplier selection, supplier performance management, risk management and to support securization of the project execution within budget
- Localization to support local content targets agreed with customers
- Required to pilot contractual relationships with suppliers
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Support Sourcing Manager in leading the team
- Play in leading role in Sourcing Projects (RFx) supporting the Buyer
- To execute day-to-day buying at a specific region and ensure that purchasing transactions are directed through the correct procure-to-pay channel (e.g., emergency order vs pre-sourced order).
- Integrated in each domain team, the Buyer will deploy commodity strategy to serve local requirements while keeping in line with the Global Strategy at Central (ALSTOM)
- The Buyer will also be required to manage the contractual relationship with suppliers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Understand subsystem domain strategies and sourcing plans to support
- Ensure a full understanding of commodity buying needs
- Identify future supply and/or demand issues to ensure a proactive and effective response
- Provide intelligence on potential or existing issues
- Check accuracy of Purchase Request data
- Where contracts are not in place, select suppliers by getting quotations or executing local tender process (with support from Commodity Leads and Commodity Managers)
- Raise POs & contract agreements to selected suppliers
- Track the orders and report on the order status
- Assist supply chain to secure supplier On Time in Full performance
- Ensure that supplier pricing is in line with the market indices and Inform relevant Commodity Manager/Analyst if there are discrepancies
- Understand and keep up with macro-trends and regulations in the region and communicate findings with Commodity Managers/Analysts
- Communicate supply and demand issues/changes with relevant Commodity Managers/Analysts
- Ensure the KPI agreed between Sourcing Management and internal stakeholders are achieved as per SLA
- Link local end users to sourcing actions to ensure new supply agreements are developed and implemented appropriately
- Proactively manage operational risks and challenges stemming from regions
KPIs:
- Support Local Communities through identification of opportunities
- Business Award (supplier selection) and Purchase Order placement on Time
- First Article Inspection on Time (for components only)
- Cost reduction vs. Budget (savings)
- Local Content and Preferential Procurement (spend with SMEs, QSEs, BWOs and local-local suppliers) performances
- Internal customer satisfaction
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR
- National Diploma in Purchasing or equivalent. BS or BA in Purchasing, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Information Technology or another business-related field.
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Procurement, or same/similar Industry work experience (e.g., quality/engineering/costing/ etc).
- Procurement professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background.
- Solid working experience, with sourcing/supply chain exposure (manufacturing / automotive / rail industries preferred), with at least 3 years in management
- Purchasing professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background
- Fluent English
- International mind-set
- Communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
- Internal and external influencing skills
- Pro-active, autonomous
- Ability to work in complex organization and to manage wide transversal network
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategic vision
- Ability to work independently
- Willingness to travel
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- The main purpose of this role is to conduct preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, calibrations, testing and cleaning of communication systems [ Including Close Circuit Television Visual (CCTV), Public Address/Voice Alarm, Telephones/Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX), Virtual Local Area Network, Public Information Systems, Fibre Optic Communications, SCADA)].
- This role will be based at the Gautrain Maintenance Depot in Midrand, Johannesburg.
YOUR ROLE:
- Works order management: Perform preventative maintenance in accordance with laid down schedules, approved procedures and technical methods. Assess work orders to determine work required and schedule the following week’s plan (Engineering hours). Form the interface between Comms Maintenance team and relevant contractors.
- Incident and disaster management: Respond to emergencies/breakdowns/failures in accordance with established procedures and restore within the shortest possible time to normalise the revenue earning service. Investigate to find root cause of the damage,coordinate and mobilise resources and put plans in place to avoid future occurrences.
- Trouble shooting and fault finding: Establish root cause of failures in order to reduce breakdowns – includes testing, calibration and component replacements and repairs etc. Recommend changes and submit to Signal and Communications Supervisor
- Inspections on communications and IT systems: Undertake regular reactive and proactive inspections to ensure condition of equipment throughout the network is in accordance with standards. Create CPM’s for any deviations and ensure that deviations are rectified. Liaise with relevant stakeholders to determine compliance to standards and needs for improvement. Conduct first line inspections on signalling and radio system as and when required
- Effective management of safety compliance: Ensure that all safety regulations and compliance requirements are adhered to at all times
- Internal and external stakeholders relationship management: Use influence and negotiation to achieve win-win outcomes. Proactively communicate and share information and encourage discussion and debate (share successes and highlight challenges with internal stakeholders).
- Effective teamwork and self-management: Continually model Alstom's values. Demonstarte accountability for tasks by being proactive in anticipating potential problems and continually monitor progress to ensure small details are not missed.
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum Electronics Engineering Diploma
- Minimum 5 years experience in maintenance environment within one of the above sub-systems
- Strong administration skills and management of production outputs and planning
- Basic knowledge of hand tools and fault finding techniques
- Sound knowledge of relevant safety regulations (Act 85 of OHSA)
- Valid Driver’s license
- Ability to work independently
- Certificate of Medical Fitness
- Capable of working at heights and ability to see in colour (cannot be colour blind)
- Knowledge of various communication systems (beneficial)
- Report writing experience (advantageous)
- Flexibility to work shifts and be on standby (including weekends and public holidays)
Technical Pre-requisites:
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of operating systems e.g Linux, Microsoft (advantageous)
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YOUR FUTURE ROLE:
- To participate to some system activities (system design, system sizing).
- To define and manage some interfaces between Subsystems either within Alstom contract or with other contractors or partners
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Project team, Construction manager, Subsystem’s engineering managers and installation managers Customer, Consortium Partners, Subcontractors, Consultants
WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:
- Participate to the System definition and the system sizing
- Participate to the railway system analysis through a MBSE approach
- Write some system specifications and make them approved by all the stakeholders.
- Participate to system sizing by gathering the track, Power supply, signalling and Rolling stock data required for this activity and support the performances optimisation
- Participate to the requirement analysis and development
- Participate to the change analysis
- Produce or update some Interfaces documents in coordination with the subsystems and make them agreed by both subsystems and approved by the client
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 :
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT
- Graduate Of University Degree in any of Engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Knowledge of railway systems, operating requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Engineering / Technical functions including 3 years in Railway projects
- A good level of English and contract Language
- Knowledge of the rail environment and engineering practices
- Good co-ordination and communication
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
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and
- potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.
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YOUR FUTURE ROLE:
- To participate to some system activities (system design, system sizing).
- To define and manage some interfaces between Subsystems either within Alstom contract or with other contractors or partners
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Project team, Construction manager, Subsystem’s engineering managers and installation managers Customer, Consortium Partners, Subcontractors, Consultants
WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:
- Participate to the System definition and the system sizing
- Participate to the railway system analysis through a MBSE approach
- Write some system specifications and make them approved by all the stakeholders.
- Participate to system sizing by gathering the track, Power supply, signalling and Rolling stock data required for this activity and support the performances optimisation
- Participate to the requirement analysis and development
- Participate to the change analysis
- Produce or update some Interfaces documents in coordination with the subsystems and make them agreed by both subsystems and approved by the client
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 :
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT
- Graduate Of University Degree in any of Engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Knowledge of railway systems, operating requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Engineering / Technical functions including 3 years in Railway projects
- A good level of English and contract Language
- Knowledge of the rail environment and engineering practices
- Good co-ordination and communication
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
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and
- potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.
go to method of application »
YOUR FUTURE ROLE:
- To participate to some system activities (system design, system sizing).
- To define and manage some interfaces between Subsystems either within Alstom contract or with other contractors or partners
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Project team, Construction manager, Subsystem’s engineering managers and installation managers Customer, Consortium Partners, Subcontractors, Consultants
WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:
- Participate to the System definition and the system sizing
- Participate to the railway system analysis through a MBSE approach
- Write some system specifications and make them approved by all the stakeholders.
- Participate to system sizing by gathering the track, Power supply, signalling and Rolling stock data required for this activity and support the performances optimisation
- Participate to the requirement analysis and development
- Participate to the change analysis
- Produce or update some Interfaces documents in coordination with the subsystems and make them agreed by both subsystems and approved by the client
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 :
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT
- Graduate Of University Degree in any of Engineering
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Knowledge of railway systems, operating requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Engineering / Technical functions including 3 years in Railway projects
- A good level of English and contract Language
- Knowledge of the rail environment and engineering practices
- Good co-ordination and communication
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
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and
- potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.
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YOUR FUTURE ROLE:
- Full accountability of the end to end CCM process and deliverables in a Low Criticality Project / No Criticality Project or Program (Level 3).
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and traceability of the delivered products and services to internal and external customers.
- Keep the Project/ Program configuration under control and manage changes during the whole lifecycle of the Project or Program.
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO:
- Is leading the CCM activities in a Project/Program or is collaborating with the Advanced PrCCM or the Senior PrCCM of the Project when applicable.
- Applies CCM procedures, instructions, templates etc. and ensures that project/ program team members are trained and apply them.
- Establishes Configuration Management Plan with the CCM activities and the associated roles & responsibilities.
- Ensures Configuration and Change Management applicable tools are applied and manages access rights.
- Escalates any risks / issues CCM related within the Project / Program organization and reports on CCM Performance Indicators, derives and manages actions (PDCA).
- Ensures the execution Development for Quality (DfQ) Gates for CCM deliverables.
Performs Configuration Management activities, such as:
- Identifies and monitors the accuracy and maturity of items under configuration control.
- Prepares a Configuration Strategy and publishes Release Notes accordingly (Configuration Baselines, Target Configurations), following review with technical stakeholders, ensuring the product consistency.
- Ensures Supplier Configuration Management incl. CCM requirement negotiation and requested CCM documentation.
- Supervises the correctness of Configuration Status Accounting Report (CSAR) for each unit (i.e. As Build/As Maintained/As Installed).
Performs Change Management activities, such as:
- Organizes and leads the Change Boards, while recording decisions and actions.
- Ensures all Change Requests are complete, clear, evaluated, assessed in terms of cost, schedule, quality and risk through all the stages, with the cooperation of the Change Boards participants.
- Monitors Change Requests progress end-to-end within the Change Process and ensures all involved stakeholders are informed at all times.
- Facilitates event management (e.g. electrical, software etc.) and transfer into the Change Management Process, when necessary.
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 :
GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ANY OF ENGINEERING/PROJECT MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OR EQUIVALENT.
- Knowledge from Configuration & Change Management
- Knowledge of Business Process Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Requirements Management Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrialization, Data Management and Document Control inter-related with CCM.
WORK EXPERIENCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- Knowledge of Alstom configuration & change processes and related processes of contributing Métiers/ Functions
- Above 3 years of experience in a configuration and change management role.
- Experience in the entire CCM lifecycle of a Project/Program.
- Mandatory knowledge of railway products, railway solutions (signalling, telecom etc.), systems and components
- Knowledge of CCM tools (ALM, Clear Quest, Clear Case SAP, PLM, AEC-tpPLM, ERP, etc.)
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical project/program stakeholders
- Systematic, rigorous, proactive and organized with good attention to details.
- Is a team player and sets a good environment for team colleagues
- Driven for results with strong multi-tasking and influencing skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
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
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and
- potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB
- The APSYS Specialist will drive and coordinate To Coordinate and Standardize APSYS & continuous improvement initiatives. APSYS Deployment - Animate, coordinate and challenge improvement actions to reach APSYS targets, APSYS toolbox to deliver operational performance & develop local best practices that will be share with the steering committee.
ORGANISATIONAL REPORTING
- This position shall report hierarchical and functionally to the APSYS Lead.
RESPONSIBILITIES
APSYS Deployment:
- Work with Function HOD’s on strategic transformation using site SQCD objectives and APSYS roadmap.
- Train people on APSYS program, methodologies and tools in his site / project.
- Training & setup of APSYS Visual management boards & KPIs + Audit progress
- Support each department in APSYS deployment by providing on field expertise on lean & continuous improvement tools
- Facilitate and coordinate all improvement actions to reach APSYS targets defined with each métier based on APSYS roadmaps
- Consolidate and report deployment status to Site APSYS Leader
APSYS assessment:
- Is responsible of self-assessment consolidation and APSYS assessment week / support mission’s preparation (logistics / accommodation, agenda, people availability)
- Perform APSYS assessments in other sites / projects
APSYS Network
- Participate to APSYS events (webinars, APSYS award)
- Contribute as trainer to Site training program deployment (eg: AIM for PT & AT, 5’s, VSM, SWIP etc)
- Share good practices & benchmarks (internal / external) within APSYS network)
Continuous Improvement
- Launch, lead and support functions with the Kaizen & Creaction digital program
- Coordinate, manage & participate to Kaizen & Creaction events (Quarterly Creaction & Annual KAIZEN events, ASCEA (Africa Supply Chain Excellence Awards) program participation, APSYS award...)
- Manage CI OPEX workshops on the shop floor and warehouse/ logistics areas
- Data analysis and report structuring to support CI projects
Performance measurements:
- Successful Lean impact on the métier
- Progress from Y-1 to Y on APSYS maturity
- Site KPI improvement
Desired Knowledge / Experience
- High energy, high exposure.
- Master lean principles (5S, Standard, Gemba, VSM, problem solving, performance and kaizen mindset)
Desired Knowledge / Experience
- Degree (technical/engineering)
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing
- In-depth knowledge on APSYS Roadmap is an advantage
Experience
- Lean DNA would be appreciated
- Ability to develop a network across all site
Competencies & Skills - (Technical & Behavioral)
- Rigor, Communication, experience in operational activities and results driven.
- Data driven and courageous - Ability to manage teams in cross and multicultural relationships,
- Collaboration and team working, critical thinking and problem solving
Behavioural Competencies
- Be AGILE, Conscientious and Commits to deliver.
- Rigor, Communication, experience in operational activities and results driven.
- Data driven and courageous - Ability to manage teams in cross and multicultural relationships,
- Collaboration and team working, critical thinking and problem solving
- Decisive. Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate
- Self-Motivation. Is inspired by the job in hand and inspires others to achieve agreed goals
- Logical and organized
- Good communication.
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