Project Manager for International Rail Market

Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 160 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio in its core areas of rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, turnkey systems, intelligent traffic systems as well as related services. With digitalization, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability.

Mobility Management, Turnkey Projects & Electrification, Mainline Transport, Urban Transport and Customer Services. They have the know-how to make road traffic flow more smoothly and quickly, make trains more environmentally friendly and efficient, make train schedules and freight shipments more reliable. We work with our customers to develop optimal solutions to help overcome their challenges.

We want to join a Project Manager in the International Project Execution team focus on Turkish projects

• Acquisition and order negotiation

• Project organization and management

• Project controlling and project reporting

• Contract management incl. claim management

• Stakeholder management

• Opportunity and risk management

• Organization and management of project team

• Communication and knowledge management

Acquisition and order negotiation

• Participation in the sales / project initiation phase, by analyzing customer requirements and checking their technical feasibility and transferability into a bid or project cost plan

• Carry out or attend contract negotiations 

• Ensure the use of Siemens products, where available and applicable

• Ensure compliance with the corresponding LoA process, where applicable 

• Check the project costing for financial efficiency

• Involve the corresponding partners in the sales / project initiation phase

Project organization and management

• Ensure that the order entry calculation is done and documented

• Ensure that all plan elements (e.g. system structure, WBS, etc.) are taken into account in the sales / project initiation phase

• Handle all PM@Siemens-related plan elements and milestone results according to the project category

• Prepare and maintain the Siemens project management plan

• Manage the project within the defined financial targets (budget, target costing, target profit) 

• Prepare the project manager target agreement

• Optimize project profitability and ensuring business success

• Implement procedures to resolve questions and problems (identification, analysis, measures and monitoring) with all relevant internal and external partners

• Involve Procurement at an early stage in line with the applicable Siemens procurement guidelines

• Plan the procurement strategy (in local Procurement entity) with the business manager and procurement department of the respective organizational units

• Ensure that all procurement activities comply with the applicable processes and regulations

• Select subcontractors / partners 

• Select and involve subcontractors / partners in accordance with the defined criteria

• Monitor the performance of subcontractors / partners, escalate issues in good time (e.g. quality defects or problems in cooperation) and initiate appropriate measures in good time in the event of any non-conformities

• Initiate invoicing in accordance with project progress

• Organize acceptance testing and project handover to contracted partner(s)

• Define procedures and requirements for quality management (audits, quality seals, acceptance tests) in accordance with the applicable quality management regulations and standards

• Manage regular project review meetings and organize the milestone prerequisites

• Manage the acceptance of supplies and services, subject to quality checks

• Document all work results in line with the applicable standards

Project controlling and reporting

• Optimize the project cash flow and assets

• Ensure the regular controlling of finances and regular reporting on finances 

• Ensure compliance with the IFRS (International Finance and Reporting Standards)

• Continuously monitor project status, taking the IFRS into consideration, identify any non-conformities in good time and initiate specific counter measures where applicable

• Identify and minimize non-compliance costs

• Notify customers, management and the project team at an early stage in the event of any non-conformities

Contract management incl. claim management

• With international (cross-border) projects: Synchronize the contract structure with the tax action plan and delegation concept

• Identify, drive, defend and reduce claims in good time

• Fulfill the contract and close the project in accordance with contractual and in-house regulations

• Negotiate with subcontractors / partners on the basis of defined requirements and enter into compensation agreements according to the customer contract

• Define and agree the strategy to enforce / reduce / defend claims with stakeholders

• Involve the project team in the process of identifying changes and claims

• Evaluate contracts for claim relevance, ensure that they are checked by legal experts

• Implement the strategy to enforce / reduce claims 

Opportunity and risk management

•            Identify and assess all risk factors using the available risk assessment tools throughout the project

• Ensure that the results of risk surveys and compliance risk surveys are duly taken into consideration in contracts and calculations

• Elaborate suitable strategies for minimizing (eliminating, reducing) risks

• Ensure that all risks are identified and monitored (including Compliance)

• Identify opportunities for further business with the partner(s)

• Work together with line experts to exploit opportunities

• Communicate with internal contacts across organizational borders on opportunities for further improvements

• Identify / create additional opportunities from ongoing projects

• Ensure that risks are monitored in all project phases

• Identify, assess and implement all opportunities to improve results throughout the project

• Assess risks with respect to their impact on organizational units, define measures and ensure escalation in good time

Stakeholder management

• Ensure efficient communication with all stakeholders

• Negotiate with stakeholders on requests for changes and incorporate them into contracts

• Elaborate and implement strategies to strengthen customer relations and market position

• Actively collect information on the customer and customer requirements / goals

• Involve the customer in decision-making and provide information to customers on a regular basis

Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Comprehensive (deep and broad) professional know-how and experience in Project Management for International/multicultural teams railway projects. 

Proven experience with Microsoft project / Microsoft project OnLine.

Technical knowledge of signaling railways systems: knowledge on Main Line and Mass Transit systems solutions and fundaments. 

Knowledge of railway safety regulations: CENELEC 50126, CENELEC 50128 and CENELEC 50129.

5  years of experience in railway signalling company as a Project Manager.

Experience on Site works management.

Advance technical knowledge of Signalling interlocking, ERTMS, and Centralized Traffic Control systems. Main line and mass transit systems with different grades of automation 

Experience in global interaction with customers, partners, providers from multiple countries.

Experience on multinational/multicultural projects

Proficient spoken and written English and Turkish. Spanish will be valuated.

Frequent travel required

Soft Skills, Competences

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new! That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We recognise that building a diverse workforce is essential to the success of our business, therefore we encourage applications from a diverse talent pool. We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation. Flexibility is our main benefit. We combine remote and presence work because work-life balance and wellbeing are essential for our teams. We are convinced that stay at home allow us to focus on activities that need more time for concentration and being at the office enhance our creativity collaborating and learning from others.

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