Overview

The Technical Project Manager (TPM) in CAF US will act as a technical front face with the US customers, with the goal of accelerating the design approval and interface management processes. Engaging Customer and tender/project development needs to help the Company to deliver a design that fulfills the Contract on time and within budget. The TPM will lead together with HQ TPM and HoM in CAF USA the tender/project/product activities and the technical team to ensure the customer satisfaction and CAF targets.

Functional Description

• Plan and coordinate the project task with the customer, the CAF US engineering Team and the Engineering Department at HQ.
• Will be one of the CAF’s leading figures during the Design Reviews with the final customer guiding the Design team to obtain client's approval.
• Assess the impacts of the variations (costs and/or lead time) in the projects, as well as the possible effect of the risks and penalties, which in case of affecting the Program should be assessed in a coordinated manner with the PM.
• Encourage and guide the use of standardized solutions and monitoring of the defined methodologies.
• Track KPIs regarding the activities of the CAF US Engineering team in the project/tender/product within the Engineering Design Process and define actions for improvement.
• Review design solutions that are under design, revisit contractual requirements, applicable standards, to crosscheck the correct definition of these solutions.
• Active Participation in the Functional definition and revision process of the corresponding System, with customer and suppliers.
• Receive, analyze and provide first quick answers to the comments/questions received from customer.
• Technical management with the final customer: documentation exchange, requirements compliance, verification and validation process.
• Generate documentation for the design review of the train vehicle, and for the Homologation process.
• Participate/Lead the validation process of the train vehicle, check the compliance of applicable requirements and analyze the results, close requirements.

Training/Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3-5 years of proven experience in railway rolling stock Design Coordination/Management, either new build or refurbishment
• Knowledge in the US Railway sector and Approval process
• Knowledge in worldwide standards related with railways will be favourably considered, such as but not limited to: EN45545, EN61373, ASME RT-2, RT-1, EN50128, EN50121, APTAs
• Proven experience of technical leadership

Initial Training

• Quality system
• Occupational Hazards Prevention System
• Railway Safety Management System
• Environmental System
• Human Resources Policies

Qualifications/Requirements

• Very good interpersonal and organizational skills, open minded, excellent abilities for teamwork, proactivity, proven level of autonomy.
• Strong IT skills with Microsoft Suite, Excel, Word, Outlook, PPT, Microsoft Project.
• Being familiar with tools such as DOORs, CATIA, 3DExperience, TRELLO, Program Planner, Eplan
• Will be sited in CAF’s Boston Engineering Site and will need to be available to travel to CAF Headquarters and along the US for the possible projects/tenders.