Project Architect

ALSTOM Gruppe; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in transport solutions is seeking a Project Architect for their Montreal office. This position involves overseeing system activities, ensuring successful project deployment, and defining design choices that are customer-focused and cost-effective. The role requires strong technical coordination and communication skills, with a commitment to an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Good technical coordination (meetings, reviews).
• Rigorous, autonomous, good analytic and synthesis skills.
• Good written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Define all design choices and propose the best solutions.
• Elaborate the System Design of the Project, ensuring customer needs are met.
• Coordinate closely with verification and validation activities.

Skills

Analytic skills

Communication skills

Technical coordination

Job description

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Project Architect

Date: 25 May 2025

Location: Montreal, QC, CA

Company: Alstom

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, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

• In the frame of deployment activities for Signalling Projects, the Project Architect is the technical referent of the Project. He / She is in charge of all System activities and is responsible of the QCD on System deliveries.
• He / She contributes to the project deployment strategy and defines the baselining of the Project. He / She is accountable to define all design choices and to propose the best solution (Customer Oriented and Cost Effective), considering a maximum re-use of existing solutions.
• In full coordination with the System Application Architect, he / she is the Project technical interface between Platforms and the Customer in order to provide fluidity in the implementation of the delivered System (Project solution).

Organisation structure (job belongs to..)

Regional Center Project Engineering

Reports directly to:

Engineering Department Head, according to the RC Project Engineering organization.

• According to RC Project Engineering organization, the Project Architect can be named as “System Leader” or “Lead Engineer”.
• In the case where there is only 1 subsystem, the Domain Leader is taking the role of Project Architect.

Other reporting to:

Dotted report line to Project Engineering Manager (PrEM) (during project execution)

Key accountabilities:

• At project launch, check with SAA the gap analysis performed during tender phase
• Present and promote Alstom solutions to Customers, participate to Questions & Answers sessions proposed by Customers, organize technical meetings with Customer to present and get approval on the additional/rewritten requirements
• Capture and analyze the Project Technical Requirements
• Elaborate the System Design of the Project, with the support of SAA and Platforms teams. Ensure that the design choices fulfil the Customer needs, and optimize deployment and maintenance costs.
• Write the Project System specifications and documents, taking into account architectural, functional, operational, performance, safety, quality, cost and maintainability constraints
• Define Project Baselines Strategy, by delegation of the PrEM, check that the System Delivery Plan is consistent with the Project Strategy and Platform roadmap, alert and propose mitigation plan.
• Organize Kick-Off Meeting for each Baseline, by delegation of the PrEM, in order to validate Baseline Scope Freeze
• Coordinate closely with verification and validation activities, support integration, tests and validation phases.
• Be the front office of the Project for troubleshooting / root cause identification in all phases of the project
• Organize Design Reviews with Platform Technical Director for every new Design Choice and provide key elements to demonstrate Design Freeze (through checklists) at PGR. Organize Peer Reviews.
• Capture Return of Experience and formalize feedback to Platforms to contribute to System evolutions and provide input to improve Reference Library.
• Support Customer Trainings
• Optional role: Project Architect may support bids team during the tend er phase.
• Rigorous, autonomous, good analytic and synthesis skills.
• Good technical coordination (Meetings, CCB, Reviews).
• Good communication and reporting skills.

English: written and verbal.

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.