DB Group

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Railways for the world of tomorrow.

Arbetsuppifter

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:

• Develop and oversee the Verification and Validation process, verifying adherence of design activities to safety regulations and customer requirements.
• Coordinate design readiness activities, analyzing performance against defined milestones and reporting on progress, flagging potential issues and proposing corrective action where needed;
• Establish and maintain a systematic, documented, comprehensive, and verifiable approval and authority engineering management process to be applied throughout the project;
• Identify design issues and ensure that all works are performed according to the contractual and technical requirements (taking into consideration international standards);
• Ensure design conformance to customer’s and affected parties’ requirements, to secure rail authorities’ approval and to successfully apply for building permits;
• Support the Requirements Manager in maintaining alignment between requirements, design, and configuration items. Supervise the requirement management process to ensure Customer Requirements will be floating down to Component Requirements;
• Assist with interface management ensuring that all the interfaces are properly considered by the different stakeholders;
• Detailed knowledge of EN50126, EN50128, EN50129 and IEC61508 and IEC 62839;
• Creation and ensuring compliance of the Configuration Management Plan; 
• Checking compliance of the Software Configuration Management Plan and of the company adjusted Configuration Management process and standards;
• Assuring effective communication with all levels and disciplines; Coordinate with System Engineering, System Integration, RAMS, and V&V teams to ensure CM compliance across subsystems.
• Accountable for Document and Data Control;
• Contribute to and assist in Change review meeting together with the client´s Engineer;
• Manage Safety Assessments & technical audits (functional/physical configuration audits) throughout the lifecycle of the Project;
• Reporting changes to design and baseline as part of the Change Management Process; 
• Managing documentation requirements from the Customer;
• Ensuring all team members understand and apply the rules defined in the Documentation Management Plans (DMP);
• Contribute to Change Review Meetings together with the Client;
• Ensure project handover includes a complete, accurate, and validated configuration record for operations & maintenance.
• Maintaining minimal process times between Engineering Change Requests receipt and the Engineering Change Notification.

Kvalifikationer

Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field,
• Minimum 8 - 12 years of relevant experience in the transit & rail industry. More experience is desirable,
• International working experience in multicultural teams advantageous.
• Experience or understanding of project management principles and practices,
• Familiarity with documentation management systems and best practices,
• Knowledge of change & configuration processes in a project environment,
• Proven track record of adaptability in dynamic project settings,
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure projects is highly desirable,
• Able to interface with domain specialists, design managers in a competent professional manner,
• Good understanding of European railway standards,
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
  
  

Software skills:

• MS office suits (including MS Project) & Relevant IT Skills,
• Proficient software skills in DOORs, or similar tools,
• Familiar with various database tools such as Maximo, etc.