Project Manager - Railway Signaling

Careernet; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careernet in Bengaluru is seeking a senior project leader to head end-to-end delivery of railway signaling and train control systems. You will oversee project governance, planning, cost control, quality, risk management, and delivery against contractual requirements.

You will coordinate multi-site teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to manage scope, milestones and change requests, while protecting margins and cash flow across the program lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of overall experience, including at least 5 years in project management or subsystem/operational scope leadership.
• Strong project management experience in railway signaling or train control system programs.
• Ability to manage project governance, planning, cost, quality, and delivery across multi-site or multi-functional teams.
• Experience handling customer interfaces, contractual alignment, variation orders, and project change control.
• Exposure to CBTC or related rail signaling systems with experience in project execution and commissioning environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project execution for railway signaling and train control system scope, ensuring delivery against contractual requirements.
• Drive project governance, planning, cost control, quality, and risk management across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate internal teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to maintain alignment on scope, milestones, and change requests.
• Manage variation orders, claims, and contractual changes while protecting project margin and cash performance.
• Track project progress, prepare status reporting, and support gate reviews and senior management reviews with clear visibility on delivery performance.

Skills

Project Management

Railway Signaling

Train Control Systems

CBTC

Project Governance

Project Planning

Cost Control

Quality Management

Risk Management

Change Control

Contract Management

Variation Orders

Customer Management

Project Execution

Education

B.E., B.Tech, M.E., or M.Tech in a relevant engineering discipline.

Job description

Key Skills:

Project Management, Railway Signaling, Train Control Systems, CBTC, Project Governance, Project Planning, Cost Control, Quality Management, Risk Management, Change Control, Contract Management, Variation Orders, Customer Management, Project Execution

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end project execution for railway signaling and train control system scope, ensuring delivery against contractual requirements.
• Drive project governance, planning, cost control, quality, and risk management across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate internal teams, partners, and customer stakeholders to maintain alignment on scope, milestones, and change requests.
• Manage variation orders, claims, and contractual changes while protecting project margin and cash performance.
• Track project progress, prepare status reporting, and support gate reviews and senior management reviews with clear visibility on delivery performance.

Experience:

• 14+ years of overall experience, including at least 5 years in project management or subsystem/operational scope leadership.
• Strong project management experience in railway signaling or train control system programs.
• Ability to manage project governance, planning, cost, quality, and delivery across multi-site or multi-functional teams.
• Experience handling customer interfaces, contractual alignment, variation orders, and project change control.
• Exposure to CBTC or related rail signaling systems with experience in project execution and commissioning environments.

Good to Have:

• Metro project experience.

Education:

• B.E., B.Tech, M.E., or M.Tech in a relevant engineering discipline.