Team Leader

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA's unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India's comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for Semi High Speed Rail projects across India. The position of Team Leader/ Project Director is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Strategic Leadership & Delivery: Provide overall project direction, ensuring the construction and commissioning of the rail line is on time and within budget.
• Financial & Contract Management: Oversee the massive project budget, cash flow, and manage complex, high-value contracts with various contractors and suppliers.
• Technical Integration: Guarantee the seamless integration of all core systems: civil infrastructure, track laying, advanced signaling, and rolling stock (the trains).
• High-Level Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary liaison with government bodies, regulatory authorities, and international funding agencies.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and manage major risks, particularly complex challenges like land acquisition and obtaining statutory clearances.
• Quality & Safety Assurance: Enforce the highest safety and quality standards across all work phases for a high-speed operating environment.

Profile/Skills

• Qualification: Graduate in Electrical / Electronics / Electronics and Communication Engineering with working knowledge of reading, writing and speaking in English [additional marks for PG in above Engineering]
• Minimum Experience: 20 years post Bachelor's degree in any Rail based Passenger Transit system [additional marks for more experience in any Rail based Passenger Transit system*]
• Relevant Experience: 5 years' experience in Interface Management of Rolling Stock, Traction & Power Supply, Signalling etc., System integration, and Testing & Commissioning for Rail based Passenger Transit System as Dy. Team Leader or equivalent position [additional marks for more experience; experience in position one level below allowed with less weightage]

• Eligible Assignment**(see below): Must have experience of 1 Eligible Assignment as Dy. Team leader or equivalent position for full-time continuous deployment of not less than 2 years [additional marks for more Eligible Assignments; experience in position one level below allowed with less weightage]

• Rail-based Passenger Transit System shall mean

• High Speed Transit System / Regional Rail Transit System (with operational speed of 160kmh and above) OR

• Urban/Suburban/Intercity/Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) [excluding LRT with design PHPDT less than 20000/Tram/Monorail Systems]

• Shall mean experience of working as a personnel of General Consultant / Project Management Consultant / Employer's Personnel in a work / project in a Rail based Passenger Transit System with operational speed of 160 kmph or more comprising:

• Construction of Civil structures (at-grade/elevated/underground) AND

• Installation of Systems (Track, Rolling Stock, Traction & Power Supply, Signalling)

Including Detailed Design or Proof checking of designs; Bid Process Management; Project and Interface Management; Construction Supervision and System Installations and Testing & Commissioning

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It's not a job - it's a career