Transportation jobs in France

Date: 22 Mar 2025

Location: Saint-Ouen, J, FR

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

Take on a new challenge and apply your extensive electrical engineering expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated, innovative, and collaborative teammates. You'll lead the charge in shaping the future of power supply systems for transportation, ensuring projects are executed with excellence and adhere to the highest standards of quality. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Engineering, Project Management, Construction, Tests and Commissioning teams), manage critical interfaces with civil and partners/contractors, and much more.

We’ll look to you for:

1. Leading the Power Supply Traction project technical scope, ensuring the implementation according to the design for quality standards.
2. Managing the project power supply solution, writing and modifying calculation notes for High Voltage / Traction / Low Voltage Cable Sizing & Protection Coordination, short circuit calculation, CT VT sizing, earthing lightning UPS and charger sizing, and other substation equipment sizing calculations.
3. Performing the power supply basic engineering activities for high voltage/medium voltage/low voltage parts of a project.
4. Providing electrical architectures, technical specifications, functional specifications, Bill Of Quantities, interface specifications, and identifying gaps versus the reference solutions.
5. Identifying and managing the interfaces required between Power Supply subsystem and other subsystems, including coordination of transversal engineering activities with the sub-system like Earthing & Bonding (E&B), Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC), Electrical Simulations, Civil Works interfaces and topographical referential, etc.

All about you

Our ideal candidate has:

1. Master University Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
2. 10 years’ experience in electrical engineering in Metro or tram systems.
3. Senior Expert in Power Supply (SIF08).
4. Experience with BIM methodologies.

Know-how and skills:

1. Rigor, perseverance, analytical and synthesis skills.
2. Quality of verbal and written communication mandatory in English and if possible, in French.
3. Ability to communicate effectively internally, with customers and suppliers.
4. Logical and organized.
5. Ability to solve problems through collaboration, creativity, and analysis.
6. Ability to work independently and carry out assigned tasks in accordance with instructions, prescribed routines, and accepted standard practices.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.