Special Process Engineer

Req ID:465879 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Purpose of the job:

• To coordinate the industrial control of the  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process - during tender phase, product development, industrialization, manufacturing.
• To support technology and activity transfers
• In this respect the person in charge complies with Ethics and Compliance policies

Organization structure: 

Reports directly to:

Special Process Manager 

Direct reports:

Depends -direct reports

Network & Links   

Internal

• Tender: Bid Technical manager
• Engineering: Design Engineer
• Industrialization: Industrialization Engineer / Method engineer / PIM
• Quality: Industrial Quality / SPQD/ SQA
• Supply Chain: Logistics Engineer
• Sourcing: Buyer / Sub-contractors
• EHS team

External

• Local suppliers
• Standards committee (unless responsibility is exclusively devoted to the central coordinator)

Accountabilities & Authorities

Activities by step of the industrial process

• Tender:
  • Contribute to tender phase, especially in product design and industrialization to take into account industrial constraints and requirements in order to optimize costs and minimize risks when needed
• Concurrent Engineering:
  • Contributes during specification and design phases to technical solution decisions associated to welding special process.
  • Build the Welding REX and interact with product engineering to redirect the design if necessary.
• Industrialization:
  • Manage industrial risk through Process FMEA and associated improvement action plan. Foster generic FMEA –  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
  • Define requirements and rules (Design for Manufacturing) for associated tooling necessary to start production
  • Qualify the product/process pair as well as industrial means to be put in place in line with the design.
  • Support sourcing and SQD teams in the suppliers’ qualification and in quality follow up for suppliers concerned by  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process process, Contribute to development of suppliers
  • Manage evolution of quality control process dedicated to Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
  • Ensure deployment and validation of new processes in line with product / project planning
  • Issue relevant documents in the Quality System
  • Manages technicians that are eventually under his / her responsibility
  • Support Transfer of Technology on Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process: documentation, process and means validation, training
  • Complies with EHS Alstom and external standards
• Transmission:
  • Train the workers and EPU managers to execute & Understanding the process knowledge & acceptance criteria of Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process
  • Ensure continuous training and qualification of the workers to Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
  • Train support functions to business rules linked to Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process (Engineering, PME, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality)

• Execution / Serial manufacturing:
  • Guarantees internal control and good application of process rules in line with customers’ requirements
  • Performs internal and external audits, workstation inspection, stage inspection, Internal & Customer Hold point inspection.
  • Ensure day to day monitoring of Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process domain business rules and solve issues 
  • In case of non-conformity or incident, investigate root causes, finds and implement repair solutions.
  • Demonstrate QCD and EHS improvement linked to SP through efficient action plans. Measure performance linked with site industrial objectives and through APSYS audit for instance.
  • Support Sourcing and Supplier Quality teams during quality crisis
• Transverse:
  • Lead and ensure EN 15085-2 and ISO 3834-2 certification for the company.
  • Propose improvement ideas and evolution of the business rules of their domain.

Key Job Authorities and Dimensions:(Expenditure/Hiring authorities, total budget resp., team size; etc.):

• In case of major  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting  quality crisis (major technical risk, safety or financial), the expert must provide to the project manager, factually, a clear problem analysis (root causes, associated risks) and the options to exit the crisis, to enable him taking serenely position
• He / She has the duty to control his / her external communication (written and oral) as it engages the responsibility of AT towards third parties

Performance measurements:(OTD, QCD, Sales, PMC, Orders, Gross margin, etc.)

• Manufacturing and Quality documents are available in due time and to the good quality level
• Qualification reports of operating modes are issued in line with the schedule
• Zero non-conformity during internal or external audits
• Level of deployment of  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process standards rules
• Contribution to site industrial QCD targets.
• Contribution to quality improvement through DPU reduction
• Reactivity and consistency during expertise during defect or incident
• FAR/FAI/ FMR/SMR validated for all installations involving SP and flagged as “technical or industrial risk”
• Reduction in training hours.

Experience Prerequisites & Required Competences

Educational Requirements:

• Engineering degree in mechanical or metallurgical engineering.

Experience:

Mandatory:

• 10 to 15 years’ experience in Relevant industrial method on Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
• Practice the concerned special process- Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process – On job Operations  from 5 to 8 years (execution, definition, qualification)
• Has been trained to Alstom Special Process standard or relevant Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process standards training

Desirable:

• Automation of Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
• Digital monitoring of  Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process.
• EN 15085-2, ISO 3834-2 certification/surveillance audits.
• ISO 9712 or ASNT level 2 in NDT methods- VT, PT, UT

Competencies & Skills  

• Autonomous, rigorous, good communication. Leadership, Team management, Digital innovation & analytical tools.
• Agile, Inclusive, Responsible, Problem Solving Skills.
• Design & Lead Internal Training Sessions.
• Good teaching skills (able to provide training to a group of trainees)
• Innovative, participative in business workgroups
• Able to read, write and speak proficiency English , & other applicable local Languages.
• Experience of troubleshooting of Torquing, Bobtailing & Riveting process related problems.
• Computer skills, MS Ofiice- Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Location: Sricity

Shift: General, 1st and 2nd Shift

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Important to note

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