Certification Engineer

Certification Engineer Date: 8 Oct 2024 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 develops & markets 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 & AUTHORIZATION ENGINEER The Certification Engineer collaborates with the C&A manager in the application of the C&A process to obtain the necessary certificates and authorizations for a Railway Vehicle, according to a defined C&A 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), National Rules and laws and internal procedures.
Functionally, she/he reports to the Project C&A Manager; hierarchically to the C&A Site Leader.
She/He is responsible for: Carry out dedicated activities within the C&A processes in accordance with the project C&A management plan during all project phases.
Support the C&A Manager in the identification and preparation of Certification and/or Authorisation requirements.
Support the C&A Manager in the preparation of evidence documents plan (e.g. for TSIs or National Rules) with the project team.
Collect and compile the C&A evidence documents to be submitted to independent assessors and/or the authorising entities.
Organise periodic reviews of evidence documentation and assessment reports.
Maintain the certification related data in the requirement management tools (e.g.
Doors/Excel).
Compile and keep track of C&A relevant reporting (e.g.
KPI, Cost overview).
Be a key partner of the project team for: Engineering, RAMS, Quality, Planning, Validation, Maintenance, Sourcing.
Prepare the selection material and collaborate with independent assessors (e.g.
NoBo, DeBo, AsBo) and authorising entities (e.g.
ERA or NSA’s).
Compile the Certification and Authorisation application file(s).
Participate to the modifications follow-up of the certified/authorised vehicle configuration(s).
Act on behalf of the C&A Manager upon requests for a specific scope of a project.
She/he is also responsible for the monitoring of the performances of the Certification Process according to specific QCD targets; she/he provides periodical progress KPI to C&A Manager.
Knowledge & Experience Mastering of Certification process (at least 2 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 periods 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr