Electrical Test Manager for Commuter Rail

4 weeks ago


Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Alstom Full time
Job Description:

Gibela, a leading train manufacturing and passenger trains maintenance company in Africa, is seeking an experienced Electrical Test Manager to join our team in Dunnottar.

About the Role:

  • Ensure the acceptance of the trains by PRASA following the PMS schedule.
  • Provide feedback to external stakeholders.
  • Systematic & Efficient handing over of trains from Manufacturing to Testing and ensure final Customer acceptance as per contract.
  • Ensuring that the Testing documents are submitted to the client and to all the relevant stakeholders timeously.
  • Ensure respect of EHS requirements, procedures and process.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Respect and promote strict compliance with EHS rules, local regulations and AZDP.
  • Deploy standards T&C processes.
  • Contribute to T&C team management.
  • Ensuring a good working relationship with the other departments (Engineering Industrial Quality, Supply Chain).
  • Provide technical support and expertise to the Serial Team.
  • Manage the project T&C QCD (Financial and operation targets).
  • Ensure that Customer Acceptance Criteria has been taken on board by Engineering.
  • Manage the interface with the customer with respect to all T&C part of the project.
  • Ensure commissioning execution on the customer site.
  • Handle Escalation from direct reports during the Testing & Commissioning phase of the project.
  • Ensure that Handing over process is defined and followed systematically and continuously reviewed and improved.
  • Develop appropriate risk analysis, mitigation plan and associated EHS procedures.
  • Manage the development of test documentation, procedures in configuration with the applicable configuration, among others for the project variants.
  • Manage the development of all necessary tools (physical and IT) required for test execution and test management.
  • Manage the development and/or adaptation of the facilities and infrastructure for test execution.
  • Ensure the timely deployment of test procedures, tools, infrastructure.
  • Ensure proper operation follow-up and establishment of relevant KPI.
  • Serial Testing.
  • Ensure timely execution of serial testing and associated troubleshooting.
  • Ensure delivery of proper documentation after test execution.
  • Ensure strict compliance with EHS rules and regulations within testing workshop and dynamic test track.
  • Other job functions as required by management.
  • Definition of the expected vehicles configuration and quality level at the 'Hand Over from Manufacturing line milestone.
  • To create contract T&C documentation (tests programs, tests description, delivery planning, acceptance criteria, jigs and special tools, records, associated workload and workstation organisation (TAKT)) based on contractual and design technical requirements.
  • To supervise the global customer acceptance performance, for the T&C scope of work, integrating components and sub-systems contributions.
  • To insure, by early contact with Engineering, the testability of the trains/vehicles.
  • To comply with project's T&C QCD commitments, acting as Work Package Owner, in compliance with SPR process.
  • Efficient and transparent interface with the Warranty Implementation teams working in customer's depots, to get the QCD data for the commissioning activities performed by WI.
  • Ensures EHS is fully considered in project T&C scope.
  • Reports Deviations, Near-misses and Accidents.
  • To capture and report non-conformities and ensuring they are properly managed and closed, liaising with engineering, validation, RAMS, manufacturing and site Quality.
  • To insure REX is fully taken into account.

About You:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in Testing & Commissioning of Electrical, Control, onboard communications & network systems within process industry, railways or factory automation.

What We Offer:

The estimated salary range for this position is between R1,200,000 and R1,800,000 per annum, depending on your experience and qualifications.



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