Type of contract: Volontariat International en Entreprise (VIE). To learn more about the VIE program and the eligibility requirements, please, click here

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the Project Quality & Safety Manager we’re looking for?

Your future role

Represent quality within the project team to promote customer satisfaction through project safety and quality assurance by coordinating all quality and safety activities from the offer phase to contract closure (SQCDP).

We’ll look to you for:

Customer Quality

• Act as the independent voice of the customer within the project organization.
• Interface with the customer’s quality and safety teams.

Project Quality

• Guide project teams in understanding their contributions to project quality.
• Serve as the interface within the project team for all aspects of project quality (Engineering Quality (EQ), Industrial Quality (IQ), and Supplier Quality (SQ)).
• Manage, coordinate, and synchronize the community of all quality disciplines supporting project execution (systems and subsystems, PUs).
• Support project audits, reviews, and approvals of supplier quality management systems and their compliance (upon customer request).

Project Execution Control

• Support the project team and project manager in preparing DFQ gate reviews and tracking related action plans.
• Report quality and safety alerts and manage non-conformities and safety issues.
• Ensure the quality of technical modifications (change requests, CR) made during the project, compliance with the design change procedure, and quality of implementation, while analyzing financial impacts (Cost of Non-Quality, CoNQ).
• Ensure that feedback from experience (REX) from all functions is considered in risk and opportunity assessments and closely monitored to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with IQ, Industrial, SQ, EQ, and Engineering to ensure a customer inspection acceptance criteria book is created and agreed upon with the customer.
• Support the Project Manager/Director (PM/PD).
• Promote problem-solving during the project phase to ensure timely management and reduce costs of non-quality (8D, QRQC, REX).
• Support periodic progress reporting through quality indicators and identify improvement opportunities.
• Depending on the local organization, the PrQSM may also oversee industrial quality, QMS, and SQ activities.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum requirement)
• Language skills: English (minimum B2 level); German (minimum B1 level)
• Experience or focus on Project Management and/or Quality Management
• Interest in technical subjects and the railway industry
• Strong communication and management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with managers and team members at all levels
• Critical thinking and analytical skills for evaluating data and processes
• Problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges

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:

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.