DB Group

Introduction

Railways for the world of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Stakeholder Manager (f/m/d) for our Electrification project of a high-speed line in Riga, Latvia.

The electrification project of the 870 km (ENE), double-track high-speed line is the world’s largest electrification project. DB E&C and its partners will provide a wide range of consulting and engineering services, including FIDIC engineering services, and will be responsible for the overall management of electrification in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Deutsche Bahn’s expertise is in high demand all around the world. As a leading engineering and consulting company in the rail sector, DB Engineering & Consulting offers that knowledge – starting with an idea and continuing all the way to operations. We advise our customers in Germany and around the globe, develop technically sophisticated and customized infrastructure, mobility and transport solutions. With sustainable concepts, we ensure the future success of economic regions, make important contributions to the protection of the environment and help shape the world of the future.

Since 1966, DB Engineering & Consulting has implemented thousands of projects of any size and complexity in over 100 countries. About 5,000 employees from 84 nations are currently realizing the projects of our customers with professional knowledge and intercultural experience.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage all stakeholder engagement activities for the project, ensuring effective communication and relationship-building with local authorities, statutory/non-statutory bodies, industry, land/property stakeholders, communities, and other relevant parties.
• Lead the Stakeholder Management team, including Stakeholder Managers for each Baltic country, providing guidance, support, and direction.
• Develop and implement comprehensive stakeholder engagement plans aligned with the overall engagement strategy.
• Manage stakeholder mapping, communications, and responses to stakeholder inquiries, ensuring timely and accurate interactions.
• Facilitate collaboration between the project team, Stakeholder Managers, and the Project Management Office (PMO).
• Supervise Stakeholder Engagement Coordinators, ensuring their activities meet project timelines and requirements.
• Provide briefings and support to technical teams during stakeholder meetings, ensuring feedback is effectively communicated and addressed.
• Organize and manage logistics for stakeholder workshops, roundtables, and forums, including agenda development, minute-taking, and report production.
• Analyze, review, and monitor all processes, documents, and activities managed by the Stakeholder Managers throughout the electrification service lifecycle, from design to testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Ensure Stakeholder Managers comply with Employer Requirements, providing necessary instructions and follow-up to ensure adherence.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of Stakeholder Managers to ensure they are effectively supporting stakeholder engagement and minimizing resistance.
• Drive performance improvements where necessary, ensuring contributions to issue resolution are well-documented.
• Maintain an accurate audit trail of all stakeholder engagement activities, ensuring all contacts and activities are recorded in the stakeholder database.
• Prepare and submit regular reports on stakeholder engagement status, planning, outstanding issues, mitigations, and schedule impacts.
• Attend client-facing meetings and collaborative planning workshops, providing progress updates to the client.
• Document all meetings, ensuring that minutes of meetings (MOM) are reviewed and finalized with no objections from attendees.
• Provide instructions and follow-up on compliance with stakeholder management requirements, ensuring all stakeholders are identified, engaged, and their performance monitored.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 10 yrs. with proven and verified experience and background in working within construction or transportation industry as a Project Manager/ Lead Engineer or Bid Manager, Tender Manager, Business Development Representative or Official Representative of the governmental institutions (for example, as a Project Manager).
• 10 yrs. with proven and verified professional experience with collaborating within governmental institutions (for example, local railway institutions).
• Understanding of current political situations within the Baltics region.
• Latvian (native or fluent), and English (fluent) language skills.