Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock)- BID Position

SYSTRA; Delhi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA India is seeking a Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock) in Delhi. You will lead core technical specifications, oversee global vendors, and ensure seamless integration of signaling and rolling stock systems for major metro projects.

The role requires 20+ years of experience, with at least 15 years in relevant projects, and involves steering multi-year procurement timelines and safety authorizations for commercial operations.

Qualifications

• Graduate in relevant Engineering.
• Required total 20+ years of experience.
• 15+ years of experience in relevant projects.

Responsibilities

• Design Authorization: Defining core technical specifications for car-body structures, propulsion systems (VVVF), and bogie dynamics to ensure crashworthiness and stability.
• Manufacturing Oversight: Leading global vendor management, including quality audits at assembly plants and the approval of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
• System Integration: Managing the critical "Kinematic Envelope" with Civil/Tunnel teams and ensuring Signaling (CBTC) equipment is flawlessly integrated on-board.
• Contract Management: Steering multi-million dollar procurement timelines, ensuring train delivery aligns with track and signaling readiness.
• Safety & Commissioning: Leading high-speed stability trials and service drills to secure final CMRS (safety) authorization for commercial operations.
• Maintenance Strategy: Developing long-term maintenance manuals and specifying the heavy machinery required for the Depot's 30-year operational lifecycle.

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for Metro projects across India. The position of Chief Rolling Stock Design & Specification Engineer & Project Manager (Rolling Stock) is the key position in these BIDs

Missions/Main Duties

• Design Authorization: Defining core technical specifications for car-body structures, propulsion systems (VVVF), and bogie dynamics to ensure crashworthiness and stability.
• Manufacturing Oversight: Leading global vendor management, including quality audits at assembly plants and the approval of Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
• System Integration: Managing the critical "Kinematic Envelope" with Civil/Tunnel teams and ensuring Signaling (CBTC) equipment is flawlessly integrated on-board.
• Contract Management: Steering multi-million dollar procurement timelines, ensuring train delivery aligns with track and signaling readiness.
• Safety & Commissioning: Leading high-speed stability trials and service drills to secure final CMRS (safety) authorization for commercial operations.
• Maintenance Strategy: Developing long-term maintenance manuals and specifying the heavy machinery required for the Depot's 30-year operational lifecycle.

Profile/Skills

• Graduate in relevant Engineering
• Required total 20+ years of experience
• 15+ years of experience in relevant projects.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!

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