Technical Project Leader Rail Projects

Siemens España; Tres Cantos; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Remote and on-site balance

Job summary

Siemens Mobility in Madrid is seeking a Technical Project Leader to ensure successful deployment of Siemens Mobility Solutions, incorporating lessons learned and ongoing innovation.

You will lead the engineering strategy, planning and management for the project scope, coordinate with the Project Manager and the Commercial Project Manager, and drive continuous improvement, reporting on progress, risks and budget to the leadership team.

Qualifications

• Experience in international rail signaling projects.
• End-to-end signaling lifecycle knowledge.
• Ability to travel.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leader of the project for the engineering activities, facilitating the collaboration between the different member of the engineering project team.
• Responsible of the strategy, planning, organization and steering of the project for engineering scope.
• Responsible of the engineering technical management of the project assigned, ensuring the fulfillment of the project delivery in terms of scope, milestones, cost and quality.
• Responsible of the assignation of the different team members.
• Responsible of the correct budget management of the engineering portion assigned to the project.
• Responsible of the interface with the Project Manager and the Commercial Project Manager for engineering matters.
• In charge of creating technical reports involving engineering matters, required by client or Project Manager
• As part of the continuous improvement, identification of problems, their analysis and distribution of the lessons learnt to the members of the team, improving also the internal processes of the department.
• In charge of reporting of projects in terms of completion, status, risks, opportunities and budget to the Technical Project Lead Management and other departments of the company.

Skills

Rail signaling

Project leadership

Team management

Communication skills

Planning tools

Continuous improvement

Multidisciplinary teams

Travel willingness

English fluency

Spanish fluency

Job description

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Mainline Transport, Urban Transport and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. We work with our customers to develop optimal solutions to help overcome their challenges.

We want to get onboard a Technical Project Leader to ensure successful deployment of project Siemens Mobility Solutions, incorporating lessons learnt from existing projects and innovation in the process for ensuring delivery of the projects

He or she will ensure a proper technical overall strategy, planning and steering of the project under his or her scope.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Technical Leader of the project for the engineering activities, facilitating the collaboration between the different member of the engineering project team.
• Responsible of the strategy, planning, organization and steering of the project for engineering scope.
• Responsible of the engineering technical management of the project assigned, ensuring the fulfillment of the project delivery in terms of scope, milestones, cost and quality.
• Responsible of the assignation of the different team members.
• Responsible of the correct budget management of the engineering portion assigned to the project.
• Responsible of the interface with the Project Manager and the Commercial Project Manager for engineering matters.
• In charge of creating technical reports involving engineering matters, required by client or Project Manager
• As part of the continuous improvement, identification of problems, their analysis and distribution of the lessons learnt to the members of the team, improving also the internal processes of the department.
• In charge of reporting of projects in terms of completion, status, risks, opportunities and budget to the Technical Project Lead Management and other departments of the company.

Requirements:

• + 5 years of experience in international rail signaling engineering projects.
• Experience in the whole signaling project lifecycle phases and related activities, from the requirement specification to the commissioning, including the warranty support after commissioning.
• Experience controlling project tasks and deliverables according to project schedule.
• Leadership, coaching and developing other abilities.
• Knowledge in team management and with communication skills
• Advanced knowledge in planning tools
• Continuous improvement oriented
• Experience working in international and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to travel.
• English and Spanish fluent

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new! That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation. Flexibility is our main benefit. We combine remote and presence work because work-life balance and wellbeing are essential for our teams. We are convinced that stay at home allow us to focus on activities that need more time for concentration and being at the office enhance our creativity collaborating and learning from others.