Senior Rail Test & Commissioning Lead

hitachi; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Test & Commissioning Manager to lead planning, readiness, and execution of test regimes for railway systems. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage witnesses, and ensure safety and quality across commissioning activities.

The role requires senior T&C leadership with multi-system integration experience and a strong focus on risk management and compliance. A flexible hybrid work arrangement with on-site presence is provided alongside pension and

Qualifications

• Senior T&C experience in railway systems, SCADA, telecoms, IT/OT, electrical, station or PLC-based systems.
• Strong knowledge of test readiness, permits, witness management, defects and evidence control.
• Ability to coordinate multiple systems in constrained railway access windows.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during commissioning failures, retest pressure and customer witnessing.
• Safety-first and evidence-driven leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define T&C strategy, test stages, commissioning sequence, permits, access needs, resource plans and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate T&C supervisors, engineers, technicians, suppliers, laboratories, installation teams, IVVQ, safety, quality and customer witnesses.
• Ensure test procedures, calibrated equipment, approved configurations, prerequisites and risk controls are ready before execution.
• Track test progress, defects, retests, deviations, evidence quality and commissioning certificates.
• Lead safe energisation, integration testing, SAT/site commissioning and handover to operations/maintenance.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Lead test planning, readiness criteria, execution Governance, evidence packaging, commissioning coordination and defect triage.
• Owns test strategy, readiness and commissioning Governance within supplier scope.
• Can hold back release to test or service if prerequisites are not satisfied.

Skills

Senior T&C Experience

Railway Systems

Coordination Leadership

Safety Leadership

Job description

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Test & Commissioning Manager to lead planning, readiness, and execution of test regimes for railway systems. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage witnesses, and ensure safety and quality across commissioning activities.

The role requires senior T&C leadership with multi-system integration experience and a strong focus on risk management and compliance. A flexible hybrid work arrangement with on-site presence is provided alongside pension and