Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

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Key missions of the position:

Lead as Brake System Project Engineering Manager with team of engineers reporting functionally in India and in other sites.Be the engineering point of contact for customer from business award till commissioning phaseSupport system level issues during warranty phase

Main responsibilities:

Ensure correct handover of brake system contractual technical specifications from tendering team after business award.Ensure that all technical requirements and demands by the Customer are fulfilled deliverables in the scope of Engineering.Ensure Technical risks are identified and covered throughout the project.To manage, control and report all non-recurring costs pertaining to engineering deliverables.Be single point of contact to customer for Engineering for specific project on Brake system.Prepare and discuss with the customer, about technical proposal in line with the Division strategy.Manage the engineering project plan, with focus on implementation, integration, verification and homologation. It shall cover all the products involved in the project, including software.Approve all changes to engineering budget, schedule, requirements and deliverables.Ensure system and product design reviews at specific project gatesManage customer gate reviews, ensuring a proper preparation by the project team and a positive achievement of the milestone.Ensure that Verification & Validation is properly planned, performed and documentedEnsure that that the delivered product, as the sum of all sub-functions and subsystems, performs as requested to fulfil the Customer contract, the internal Faiveley requirements and the safety requirements.Manage within the project team the brake system commissioning, ensuring the respect and the management of all homologation and certification requirements.Support to customer technical queries and product issues until the end of warranty phase

People Management: Yes; Indirect people management in a project organisation, multi-site; Number of people : Varies depending on the Project scope

Budget Management:  Yes; Project Budget management

Candidate Profile

Education/Training: Bachelor or Masters in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent domain

Professional Experience:

Minimum 6 – 8 years of relevant experience on brake systems & control, from Automotive / Rolling stock / Brake system manufacturerKnowledge of standards, application and customer requirements on automotive or rolling stock for braking systemKnowledge on Brake Control Electronics and Software is an advantageMinimum 3 years of experience of leading a team in projectsStrong communication skillsHigh customer focusMindset to work in global environment with interaction with counterparts across other sites in Europe.

Key Competences (Transversal/Professional)

Competence & Level (1 to 5, 1 – low, 5- high)

Relevant experience on Braking system in railway / automotive industry : 3 to 4

Communication skills : 4 to 5

Experience of leading people in project organisation with people in different sites in a global environment : 3 to 4

Languages

English – fully proficient

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