Track CAD Designer

Job description

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: With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom  develop & market 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.

This position reports hierarchically to the Track Design Manager

Purpose of the Job

Support the Track Design Team in his obligation in production of Design, Construction and As Built Trackwork drawings for submission to the client or partners

Responsibilities

Technical missions:

Accountable for:

·  Understand and analyse requirements in contractual technical documents
·  Understand a horizontal and vertical railway alignment
·  Under supervision prepare track alignment and track design documents
·  Under supervision prepare the required track documents for construction team (drawings, listings…)
·  Assimilation and Deployment of track installation principles so as to carry out proper design

Responsible for:

·  Respect of drawing codification and submission process
·  Prepare the track material quantities 
·  Position Track components in the alignment and design all track  interfaces
·  Design mechanical assemblies for trackwork
·  Provision of the track services for the CSDs,
·  Design typical and “for construction” track sections
·  Issuing construction drawings (reinforcement, interface installation, track installation layout, turnouts and special trackworks installation, road crossing phasing …)

During track installation:

Accountable for:

·  Follow up track installation on site and traceability of installation in order to update construction drawings into “as-built” drawings
·  Revision of design or construction drawings in case of modifications
·  Providing Return of experience to be implemented in Reference Solutions. Contribute to the RoE committee and documentation update.

QCD and reporting:

Accountable for:

·  Supports to Design Manager in improvement proposals in term of QCD and during the change order process.
·  Perform reporting at project level

Job Specifications :

Knowledge & Experience :

Mastery of AUTOCAD and technical drawing/industrial design basics.

3 years’ experience with preference in the fields of railway (LRT / metro) and track alignment design.

If not direct experience on those fields, highway and urban insertion experience could be accepted

Preferably some knowledge of track construction and maintenance.

Computering skills : Autocad (preferably) or Microstation

Behavioural and Technical Skills :

Good team spirit and communication skills

Initiatives, self-motivated for technical matters and speed learning

Autonomy and rigour

At Alstom Transport, 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.  More information about Alstom can be found at:www.alstom.com