Job Overview
We are seeking a skilled Technical Project Manager to lead our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have experience in railway signaling and project management, as well as training and certification in project management.
In this role, you will be responsible for managing the technical aspects of projects, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, cost, and quality. You will also lead the project technically, facilitating collaborative management among project team members.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage the technical aspects of projects, including ensuring compliance with defined scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
* Lead the project technically, facilitating collaborative management among project team members.
* Maintain effective communication with the team, project manager, and client.
* Properly manage the budget allocated to engineering and forecast reporting, monitoring, and reporting to engineering management and other departments involved in the project.
* Plan the project involving all specialties and intrinsic and extrinsic dependencies.
* Create technical reports/notes for formal communication with the client.
* Manage resource capacity with appropriate competence for project tasks, including conflict management and anticipation of training needs.
* Plan the engineering milestones of the project to achieve timely delivery, according to the overall project plan, through the definition of deliverables and coherent and detailed planning of each subsystem with the support of other specialty teams.
* Identify, monitor, and communicate the critical path with the team so that everyone can make priority-based decisions.
* Launch and supervise the correct use of Ms Planner, ProjectWise, and Ms Project (online) by all team members.
* Maintain effective and fluid communication with the Project Engineering Team, namely with the Delivery Managers of each specialty designated for the project, with the Project Manager, and with the Client.
* Manage conflicts in defining the technical solution adopted with the System Manager and the different Delivery Managers of various specialties.
* Approve the design generated by the different engineering collaborators involved in the project.
* Properly manage the budget allocated to engineering, monitoring and reporting to engineering management and other departments involved in the project.
* Manage with the team the necessary inputs for the supply and reservation of materials and ensuring timely launch by the different Delivery Managers.
* Generate technical reports for any variation order (technical solution, tasks, costs, deadlines, ...) during the project execution phase.
* Establish and maintain the basic meeting methodology, including holding the weekly project coordination meeting.
* Conduct weekly follow-up on the compliance with the dates of the different ongoing tasks and activities (progress of different techniques).
* Update project progress and making decisions/resolving incidents to ensure objectives are met.
* Develop various high-level plans associated with engineering:
Engineering Management Plan, Migration Plan, Test Plan, Commissioning Plan, corresponding to the project documentation list.
* Participate in system integration tests and generating associated reports, if necessary, by the Test Manager.
* Develop and coordinate client training plans with the support of different Delivery Managers.
* Generate and maintain the system version control and the roadmap of generic products involved in the technical solution for the project.
* Record and disseminate lessons learned to team members and the rest of the organization.
Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
* Registration with the Professional Order is a plus.
* 6-8 years of experience in Railway Signaling area.
* 2-3 years of experience in Technical Management roles.
* Training and certification in project management (PMI or IPMA).
* Experience with engineering applications and railway signaling design.
* Experience with Electronic Interlocking and ETCS technologies.
* Experience with IT systems and command and control centers.
* Familiarity with CENELEC 50126, 50128, and IEC 62443 standards.
* Advanced skills in Microsoft Office tools.
* Availability for site and international travel if necessary.
What We Offer
A flexible working model to promote a better work-life balance, health insurance, and access to our medical center. 2 volunteering days a year and additional bridge days per year. Access to exclusive discounts on Siemens brands and internal online courses.
If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your application. At Siemens Mobility, we believe physical barriers are not related to potential. Only the potential matters to us. We are dedicated to quality, equality, and valuating diversity. Therefore, we encourage applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which we work.