Services Projects Manager

Alstom; Katowice; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life and medical insurance

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Services Projects Manager in Katowice to lead the Project Management team and oversee delivery on railway projects. You will conduct board and client meetings, monitor project performance, and drive governance and continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.

The role requires rail industry experience, strong leadership, and willingness to travel; Polish fluency and English at B1+ are expected, with MS Project and MS 365 experience regarded as advantages.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering or managing projects within the railway, rail infrastructure, rolling stock, or transportation sectors is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 2 years of people management experience, including leading, coaching, and developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the Project Management team, including task delegation, project allocation and supervision on ongoing projects.
• Lead construction board meetings and client meetings, ensuring effective communication and alignment of project objectives.
• Conduct regular project reviews, monitor performance, and prepare status reports for senior management.
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage and continuously improve project governance processes, actively contributing to product and process change initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with project management standards, policies, and best practices across all projects.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Polish language

English language

Travel willingness

Driving licence

Rail knowledge

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft 365

Job description

Req ID: 526817

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your project management expertise in a new cutting-edge field.

If you’re ambitious, driven and team-spirited, this is your opportunity to build a career as Services Projects Manager. We have a diverse team with people from various backgrounds, and a great team spirit in place, waiting for you to join them:

We’ll look to you for:

• Manage and support the Project Management team, including task delegation, project allocation and supervision on ongoing projects
• Lead construction board meetings and client meetings, ensuring effective communication and alignment of project objectives
• Conduct regular project reviews, monitor performance, and prepare status reports for senior management
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks to ensure successful project delivery
• Manage and continuously improve project governance processes, actively contributing to product and process change initiatives
• Ensure compliance with project management standards, policies, and best practices across all projects.

All About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Proven experience delivering or managing projects within the railway, rail infrastructure, rolling stock, or transportation sectors is highly desirable
• A minimum of 2 years of people management experience, including leading, coaching, and developing team members. Experience does not necessarily need to be within a Project Management environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications; experience with MS Project is considered an advantage
• Valid category B driving licence and willingness to travel as required
• Fluency in Polish is a must, English – min. B1
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic project environment
• Strong change management mindset and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our multicultural environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards Quality Management or Project Management
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud.

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.