Industrialization Manager, Rail Product Lifecycle

ALSTOM Gruppe; Nigel; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom in South Africa seeks a Product Industrialization Manager to lead the industrialization team during development, ensuring processes meet QCD targets and industrial requirements. You will be the main industrialization contact across functions, driving IMFU, P-FMEA and FAR/FAI activities.

You will coordinate tooling plans, manage work packages and budgets, and contribute to continuous improvement while collaborating with engineering, quality and EHS teams in a multinational rail context.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering background with 5 to 10 years’ experience preferably in the railway industry.
• Process Engineering experience, writing manufacturing work instructions, line balancing and Lean Manufacturing.
• Experience in project management and with ERP systems (SAP) for BOMs, routings and configuration follow-up.
• Familiar with IS common tools, Quality and EHS standards, and CAD/PLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage industrialization team during development phase of the product.
• Ensure industrial requirements are understood by Engineering during design and specification.
• Lead IMFU, P-FMEA, FAR and FAI activities to validate product design and process industrialization.
• Set up and monitor industrialization planning, tooling, budgets and work packages.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering

Project management

Lean Manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Technical degree (manufacturing, mechanical or electrical)

Tools

SAP ERP

CAD/PLM (CATIA, DELMIA)

Job description

Alstom in South Africa seeks a Product Industrialization Manager to lead the industrialization team during development, ensuring processes meet QCD targets and industrial requirements. You will be the main industrialization contact across functions, driving IMFU, P-FMEA and FAR/FAI activities.

You will coordinate tooling plans, manage work packages and budgets, and contribute to continuous improvement while collaborating with engineering, quality and EHS teams in a multinational rail context.