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Description
Project Engineer is the technical leader for the project , responsible to guarantee completion of activities through coordination of Work package leaders for subsystems.
Main responsibilities are:
* 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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