Chief of Development

Key accountabilities:

• Act as main technical focal point for the customer
• With Project Manager / Director and project team (e.g. quality, costs, contracts, planning)
• Implements contracts and project requirements
• Is responsible for Train level Performance & Architecture WP QCD
• Reports on project technical execution, as well as on the impact of technical decisions on full Project QCD
• Escalates project technical level issues and decisions and take key project decisions
• With project development team (i.e. sub-systems team)
• Set and allocate technical and QCD objectives leveraging existing Alstom platforms
• Coordinates and monitors cross-functional objectives, activities and deliverables, Development Planning and Configuration Management
• Performs key cross-functional or technical decisions and trade-offs
• Represents the design authority and ensures product liability and compliance with Alstom standards
• With sites/mtiers
• Reports on project technical and QCD status to Project Engineering Director / Project Manager
• Interacts with sites and mtiers to secure efficient and compliant project delivery

Performance measurements:

• Achieve project QCD objectives
• Perform technical arbitrages & escalate when necessary
• Engineering WorkPackage costs at completion
• On-Time Design Reviews
• Gate Review Go on Time (as a project management core team member)

Experience

• Extensive technical and Rolling Stockplatforms (ALSTOM platformspreferred) knowledge and project/company background