Project Engineer

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Piossasco; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global technology company is seeking an experienced Project Engineer in Piemonte, Italy. The role involves leading project activities, ensuring timely delivery and budget management, and coordinating with various teams. Ideal candidates will have at least 5 years of project engineering experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in both Italian and English.

Competenze

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as project engineer or lead systems/software engineer.
• Very good knowledge of German Railway signaling and control systems.
• Experience with software development lifecycles and hardware/software integration.

Mansioni

• Lead project delivery on schedule and budget.
• Coordinate activities and monitor project performance.
• Conduct regular meetings with clients and document project progress.

Conoscenze

Project management

Budget control

German railway signaling knowledge

Microsoft Office suite

Scheduling software

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Formazione

Bachelor’s Degree

Strumenti

MS Project

Primavera

Descrizione del lavoro

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Description

Project Engineer is the technical leader for the project, responsible to guarantee completion of activities through coordination of Work package leaders for subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Achievement of the delivery of design work packages on schedule and in accordance with the planned budget
• Responsible for leading work packet Project Monitoring and Control activities including maintaining schedule, MPR updates, meeting minutes, risk register, and change orders
• Prioritization and monitoring of software problem report status, and execution of tasks within functional areas that includes engineering and software development activities
• Track performance and analyze the completion of key goals
• Conduct regular meetings with clients to ensure clarification and meet specific requirements in a timely manner
• Collect KPIs to monitor the status of the project
• Maintaining and monitoring of the project budget
• Management of TXCR for the project through monitoring of proper creation by WPLs
• Design review planning during the lifecycle of the project to define GO/NOGO steps
• Facilitates scope/requirement discussions with technical teams and customer
• Document and report project progress to stakeholders and clients
• Active participation in optimal overall project technical solution
• Ensure that project objectives are communicated to the project team and monitors that all technical project activities are aligned with the project schedule
• Ensure that correct Configuration Management (including document management and transmittal process) is always in place
• Delegate tasks to team members according to their individual skill sets, experience and abilities to ensure efficient completion of the project
• Actively follow up requirement specification and integration compliance within the project and system disciplines

Required Skills/ Knowledge

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as project engineer or lead systems/software engineer for large software control system applications
• Very good knowledge of German Railway signaling and control systems
• Prior experience with basic Project Management
• Maintaining and controlling budget
• Schedule monitoring/development
• Maintaining risk register
• Resource and task management
• Extensive understanding and/or prior experience with software development lifecycles, delivery, and HW/SW integration lifecycle
• Strong prior experience with Microsoft Office suite, scheduling software (MS Project or Primavera), requirements management systems, and software configuration tools
• Prior experience managing small-medium sized projects and project teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead, engage, and manage tasking of cross-functional teams of varying skills/experience
• Success with multi-tasking across multiple projects at given time
• Builds effective relationships and has exceptional communication and leadership skills
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills

Desired Skills/ Knowledge

• Prefer rail or rail transit domain experience, but not required
• Prefer prior experience supporting Bids and Proposals for new work
• Experience with overall systems architecture design
• Experience with robust, mission critical control systems
• Experience with providing leadership in either a functional management or project management role

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Languages

• Italian and English Proficiency

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