Rolling Stock Lead Engineer

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, 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 Power Supply expertise in a new cutting-edge field.

To take responsibility for Power Supply & Distribution (PS & D), Track Switch Beams, and Power Rail related engineering issues focusing on asset life cycle management, leading the Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process, developing maintenance practices/strategies, auditing/analyzing sub-system performances and proposing corrective actions/new technologies to improve sub-system performances and cost-effectiveness

We will be looking to you to:

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment

• Manage safety systems and processes.
• Manage quality systems and processes together with QA.
• Conduct accident/safety investigations.

Development and management of the implementation of asset life cycle strategies

• Establish useful life of PS&D, Switches, Power Rail equipment, and a replacement program for assets through analyzing the maintenance management information system.
• Conduct trend analysis to determine performance requirements improvements of assets.
• Provide updated maintenance practices and strategies.
• Manage the configuration management information for the assets.
• Determine the most cost-effective strategy that has minimal negative impact on safety and quality.
• Provide inputs for the maintenance budget.
• Study and follow design documents, manuals, and drawings.

Condition monitoring and failure trend analysis

• Lead the FRACAS process.
• Investigate and analyze equipment failure trends and condition monitoring in order to improve maintenance performance and cost-effectiveness.
• Review component failure data to identify trends, take ownership of specific components failure modes and proposing mitigating actions / solutions.
• Propose corrective actions to eliminate failure trends.
• Provide Field Maintenance Engineering and direction in support of the delivery of cost-effective maintenance plans and reliability growth.
• Liaise with production team, analyzing information (problem, cause, remedy analysis).

Configuration management of manuals and drawings

• Establish, update and maintain maintenance manuals and drawings.
• Evaluate proposals and changes and determine impact on cost, safety, quality and other areas.
• Raise change request and liaise and consult with various stakeholders and design authorities for approval.

Technical audits

• Conduct regular technical field audits to ensure compliance to standards and specifications.
• Report on findings, making recommendations and suggestions for improvement.
• Liaise with relevant Group stakeholders (e.g., OEM, design authorities, infrastructure manager, Systems Manager) to determine compliance to standards.

New technologies

• Compile and implement instructions, specifications and standards relating to safety aspects, technical clarification, implementation of new technology, work methods, commissioning and testing.
• Anticipate technological requirements and propose the use of new technologies and ensure alignment to best practices.
• Raise change request and liaise and consult with various stakeholders and design authorities for approval

Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering

Knowledge:

• MV, LV, and DC Traction Power Supply System
• Track Switches
• Decision making
• Safety Management
• Advance technical knowledge
• Document Review cycles
• Advance technical knowledge
• EAM such Maximo/ GSI

Experience:

• At least 7 years’ relevant experience in infrastructure maintenance environment.
• Rail Experience is plus.

Fluent in Arabic & English Language.

• Management skills
• Efficiency and Effectiveness Oriented.
• Communication skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Analytic thinking, rigorous mindset.
• Teamwork and leadership.
• Negotiation and decision-making ability.
• Innovative, creative, and strategic thinking.