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Certification Engineer

Date: 25-Nov-2022

Company: Alstom

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.
With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.
 

Position: CERTIFICATION ENGINEER

Purpose of the Job/Objective:

The Certification Engineer supports the process to obtain the APOM “Authorization to Put On the Market” of a Rolling Stock, according to a defined Certification strategy.

She/He is part of the C&V EDU (Engineering Design Unit) and operates in a Rolling Stock project frame, according to European Regulation (IV Railway Package) internal procedures and reporting to the Train Validation Engineer or according to the Natianal authorization processes (not EC countries).

She/He is responsible for:

- Defining the Certification Process according to the strategy defined by the Certification manager and providing the Certification Management Plan;

- Managing the Certification planning in order to get the necessary authorizations in due time

- Selecting, clarifying Certification Requirements;

- Managing the process of selection of Notified Body/Designated Body (NoBo/DeBo)

- Defining the means of proof to demonstrate the compliance to Certification requirements;

- Managing the collection of Certification means of proof through standard tools and according to the Certification planning

- Evaluating document compliance, and obtaining expert opinion if necessary

- Managing the assessment processes with Authorities (NoBo, DeBo, AsBo)

- Preparing documentation and submitting it to Certification stake holders and managing Q&A with them (Authorities and assessors)

- Managing the (final) certification conformity table

- Managing process to obtain the Intermediate authorizations for test on National infrastructures

- Providing the different authorizations in due time.

She/he is also responsible for the performances of the Certification Process according to specific of QCD targets; she/he provides periodical progress KPI to the Certification Manager or to the Project manager.

Knowledge & Experience

- Mastering of Certification process (at least 3 years in Railways or Automotive or Aerospace domain)

- Train system and subsystem knowledge (at least 2 years)

- Customer and external stakeholders Technical Management

- Good capability to external relationship with Authorities

- Attitude to work in a dynamic context, in projects involving different sites

- Good attitude to work in team

- Availability to move for short period

Network & Links

- Job Internal Interfaces: Project team, RAMS Manager, TSE, Participating units, Country Regulator Officer.

- Job External Interfaces: Customer, Authorities, Independent Assessors and Notified Bodies, Operators and Maintainers.


Why Work for Us? At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.