Testing and Commissioning Engineer (Service Academy_TOC Maintenance)

Alstom

Location
Gauteng
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**Overview** Alstom is seeking a Testing and Commissioning Engineer (Service Academy_TOC Maintenance) whose primary purpose is to provide field engineering leadership, assistance, and support to projects and the Product Introduction (PI) team. This role focuses on the investigation, troubleshooting, and resolution of technical and quality issues, collaborating extensively with various internal teams such as Participating Units, Customer Site PI team, RAMS Teams, Project Engineering, Quality, Installation and Test & Commissioning, and external stakeholders including train drivers and customer site teams. **What you will do** * Support any technical activity on Alstom products during the PI period as well as Commissioning, Warranty, and Validation & Certification phases. * Diagnose the cause of malfunction/failure of operational equipment and recommend preventative and corrective actions. * Define troubleshooting methodology. * Provide technical guidance and support to technicians in troubleshooting and repairs. * Provide feedback on technical documentation deficiencies. * Advise PI management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, and suggestions for product enhancements. * Drive Kx 8D issues with Quality and internal & external Suppliers as support of Project Product Introduction Manager (PrPIM). * Ensure completeness and quality of input to Failure Management database for RAMS exploitation. * Drive Reliability Growth through failure/event investigation and reliability forecast implementation with RAMS support. * Drive and support containment to avoid reoccurrence of failures. * Support as-maintained Alstom product configuration control and relevant documentation management. * Support technical reviews with internal and external Suppliers, partners, customers, and authorities. * Ensure & facilitate information flow within the PI Customer Site, PI functions, and project teams, providing status and transparency on PI activities and key technical issues to PrPIM. * Apply EHS requirements on site with the support of EHS team representatives. * Drive technical Return of Experience/reporting/feedback as support of PrPIM. * Support Obsolescence Management. * Support preparation and implementation of Field Modifications (FM). * Support Services team on preventative maintenance activities. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Educational Requirements:** * Graduate in Engineering or Industrial * Minimum IT knowledge * Internal EHS training * **Experience:** * Several years of technical experience, either mechanical or electrical / electronic engineering * Railway safety & RAM * EHS knowledge/exposure * Product knowledge * Data analytics * General Railway knowledge * Field Experience * Problem Solving skills * DFQ, Quality and Audit skills * Customer contact * **Competencies & Skills:** * Ability to read and understand electrical, pneumatical and mechanical diagrams **Who should apply** This role is suited for an analytical and proactive engineering professional with field experience, who excels at diagnosing malfunctions, troubleshooting, and resolving complex technical and quality issues within railway systems. The ideal candidate will be adept at providing technical leadership and guidance, focused on achieving contractual reliability and availability targets, ensuring data quality for RAMS exploitation, and driving continuous improvement in product performance. They should possess strong problem-solving, quality, and audit skills, with a commitment to EHS standards and effective communication with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including customers. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/testing-and-commissioning-engineer-service-academy-toc-maintenance-alstom Source: myjobmag

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Job description

PURPOSE AND MISSION OF THE JOB: * Provides field engineering leadership, assist and support to projects & PI team for investigation, troubleshooting and resolution of technical/quality issues KEY NETWORK & LINKS : INTERNAL: * Participating Units and/or Subsystem Managers * Customer Site PI team * PI Support team Back-office * Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety Teams * Project Engineering team * Quality team mainly Project Quality Safety Manager and Supplier Quality * Installation and Test & Commissioning team * Internal Supplier representatives Components/Participating Units * Sourcing and Contract Manager * Integrated Service Readiness ISR * Maintenance/Service team * Global System representatives EXTERNAL: * Train drivers * Customer site team * External Suppliers MISSION & RESPONSIBILITIES : KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: * Support any technical activity on Alstom products during PI period as well as Commissioning, Warranty and Validation & Certification phase * Diagnoses cause of malfunction/failure of operational equipment and recommends preventative and corrective actions * Define troubleshooting methodology * Provides technical guidance and supports technicians in troubleshooting and repairs * Provides feedback on technical documentation deficiencies. * Advises PI management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, and suggestions for product enhancements * Drive Kx 8D issues with Quality and internal & external Suppliers as support of Project Product Introduction Manager PrPIM * Ensure completeness and quality of input to Failure Management data base for RAMS exploitation * Drive Reliability Growth through failure/event investigation and reliability forecast implementation with RAMS support. * Drive and support containment to avoid reoccurrence of failures * Supports as-maintained Alstom product configuration control and relevant documentation management * Support technical reviews with internal and external Suppliers, partners, customers, authorities * Ensure & facilitate information flow within the PI Customer Site, PI functions and project teams. Provides status and transparence on PI activities, key technical issues, to PrPIM. * Apply EHS requirements on site with the support of EHS team representatives * Drive technical Return of Experience/reporting/feedback as support of PrPIM * Support Obsolescence Management * Support preparation and implementation of Field Modifications FM * Support Services team on the preventative maintenance activities MEASUREMENT * Achievement of contractual reliability milestone targets * Achievement of contractual availability milestone targets * Containment and solution of K1S/K2/K3 issues on time Considering K1S – safety relevant issue, K2 – issue causing major passenger service disruption, K3 – issue having impact on service availability and product reliability * Completeness and Quality of failure/event diagnosis/data and relevant documentation * Reliability improvement after FM implementation * Achievement of PI Dashboard * Achievement of configuration updates * Achievement of REX implementation * Audit results internal and external * Compliance with EHS rules and work-related processes THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE WILL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS * Graduate in Engineering or Industrial * Minimum IT knowledge * Internal EHS training EXPERIENCE * Several years of technical experience, either mechanical or electrical / electronic engineering * Railway safety & RAM * EHS knowledge/exposure * Product knowledge * Data analytics * General Railway knowledge * Field Experience * Problem Solving skills * DFQ, Quality and Audit skills * Customer contact Competencies & Skills * Ability to read and understand electrical, pneumatical and mechanical diagrams

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