Industrialization Manager_ALM_Gautrain Job Nigel South Africa,Engineering

Location: Nigel

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Date: 5 Oct 2026

Company: Alstom

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.

YOUR

FUTURE ROLE

Manage industrialization team during development phase of the product.
Ensure the process is designed and implemented in line with the industrial requirements and the QCD objectives of the project.
Is the main industrialization contact for all other functions of the project, and thus represent PME department within the project.

WE’LL LOOK TO YOU TO: DURING SPECIFICATION AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASES:

Make sure that Industrial requirements are well understood and taken into account by Engineering, during product specification and design.
Monitor co-engineering activities with his Engineering counterpart. Animate ICONE workshops.
Design the global macro-process, based on standard SMP.
Prepare introduction of new technologies if need be, with associated process validation plan.
Build the plan for tooling and other specific manufacturing equipment.
Contribute to build the IMP (Industrial Management Plan)
Set up the industrialization planning including all activities:
Co-engineering activities, P-FMEA, deliverables mile stones, FAR/FAI.
Build the IMFU (Industrial Maturity Follow-up)
Set up and monitor the Industrialization Work Package:
Man hours and manufacturing equipment budget. This according to the industrial Ref Lib, if any.

DURING DETAILED DESIGN PHASE AND BEFORE SERIAL GO:

Manage the industrialization activity using IMFU.
Perform P-FMEA.
Ensure that industrial documentation is issued in due time with the good quality level.
Monitor the process Method Time vs target.
ensure the availability of tools and workstations on schedule and consistent with EHS requirements, ergonomics and quality.
Perform detailed line balancing and ensure the successful completion of the task sequencings.
Lead FAR and FAI activities in order to validate product design and process industrialization.

AFTER SERIAL GO:

Manage industrialization of the retrofit after engineering changes.
Contribute to build continuous improvement action plan along with Production to achieve manufacturing QCD targets.

OTHER

ACTIVITIES:

Contributes to industrial costing during
Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative.
Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes.

KPI`s

Project QCD on industrialization scope:

On time FAI and Serial Go.

Fixed industrialization cost in line with target.

Method Time in line with target.

ALL ABOUT YOU

We value passion and attitude as much as experience. You do not need to meet every requirement; the following qualifications and experience will help you succeed and grow in this role:

Technical degree, preferably in manufacturing, mechanical or electrical
Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering background with 5 to 10 years’ experience preferably in the railway industry.
Technical experience of Process Engineering, writing manufacturing work instructions, line balancing, Lean Manufacturing.
Experience in project management.
Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, Routings, Configuration follow-up
Working knowledge in Quality, EHS standards and Ergonomics.
Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA…)
Familiar with IS common tools.
Process FMEA, QRQC.

THINGS YOU’LL ENJOY

Join us on a lifelong, transformative journey . The rail industry is built for the future, giving you opportunities…