Project Manager for Signalling & Telecommunications subsystems

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Responsible to manage and deliver the Signaling, Telecoms, and other Low Voltage sub-systems within the Haifa Nazaret Railway System (RSY) Turnkey Project.
• Responsible for the management and successful completion of all cross-functional activities leading to the delivery of one set of complex sub-systems in Haifa-Nazareth turnkey project, fulfilling both customer needs and committed Quality Cost & Cash Delivery Performance (QCCDP) objectives. Manage cross-functionally sub-system level stakeholders, activities and deliverables and make needed arbitration (engineering, product x process, Make or Buy, Costs, Milestones, Interfaces, …) to reach QCCDP commitment.
• Coordinate sub-system activities with other project stakeholders including integration teams’ of other sub-systems and from turnkey project level functions to deliver the whole Haifa-Nazareth Light Rail Transport (LRT) line
  
  

• Contribute to and apply the Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.
• Actively contribute to the overall Project performance, by timely alerting in case of deviations happening at the sub-system/s level, which could impact the project objectives and also by actively contributing to the management of risks, savings and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable rules, instructions and standards, process & tools: Code of Ethics & Compliance, Environment Health & Safety, Railway Safety, Quality, PMM and all Métiers involved in sub-system scope.
  
  

• Achieve QCCDP objectives of its sub-system,
• Cascade and allocate sub-system requirements and QCDP objectives to sub-system team members,
• Implement and execute the scope of work according to the respective Sub-system Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), as defined at Project level at the beginning of the project,
• Plan, monitor, control and manage sub-system end-to-end activities (scope, schedule, resources, cost, risks, savings, opportunities),
• Coordinate and support consistent cross-functional execution of sub-system objectives, activities and deliverables (Engineering, R&D, Procurement, Supply Chain, Indus when applicable, Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety …)
• Lead teams in successful achievement of project objectives, synchronize stakeholders at sub-system level and ensure stakeholder alignments,
• Perform sub-system level decisions and trade-offs,
• Re-baselining and change management at sub-system level, based on alignment and authorization from the lead unit Project Manager,
• Manage sub-system situation and Key Performance Indicators, and report with transparency,
• Upon request from PM, is delegated to represent Alstom towards Customer and external stakeholders.
  
  

• Actively contribute to the resolution of overarching/transverse optimizations or issues,
• Manage interface with project-level team members & project office (e.g., industrial, control of configuration management, procurement, quality…) and ask, if necessary, for PM arbitration,
• Manage interface with train-level teams (in charge of architecture and integration) and other sub-system teams and ask if necessary, for arbitration of RSY PD, RSY PrEM or Urban Platform VP.
  
  

• Delivery of sub-system in accordance with QCD targets (QCD KPIs) and all contractual requirements
• Sub-system gate review on time
• Compliance with Project Strategy according to defined contractual and Project commitments and targets, as allocated on sub-system.
  
  

• Minimum 5 years of experience as Project Manager in CBTC or other Signaling for tramway or metro projects,
• Experience of working in and with multi-national companies and in different business cultures.
  
  

• Knowledgeable of ALSTOM way of working for efficient process execution,
• General knowledge on the sub-systems (telecoms, SCADA, etc.)
  
  

• Demonstrated Project management skills (certifications & references)
• Good communication skillsin English, and Hebrew if possible
• Leadership, entrepreneurship problem-solving and result oriented mindset
• Good Knowledge of Project management processes
• Capacity to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multi-functional teams located in different sites.