Engineering Resource Strategy & Capacity Planning Manager

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At Alstom, we build what millions depend on daily - rail transportation systems that can't afford to fail. We're more than 85,000 people worldwide creating the industry's most diverse portfolio: high-speed trains, metros, trams, maintenance services and integrated systems.

More Than a Job: A Mission

Take on a strategic leadership role at the heart of Engineering performance, workload planning, and subcontracting management. Working closely with Engineering Directors, Project Teams, Métiers, HR, Finance, and external engineering partners, you'll drive workload visibility, capacity planning, and subcontracting excellence across the site.

As an Engineering Workload & Subcontracting Manager, you will act as the site authority for engineering workload forecasting and subcontracting governance, ensuring resource capacity aligns with project demand while supporting operational performance, quality, and cost objectives.

Your Role, Your Impact
• Act as the key site contact for Global Engineering Workload Management activities
• Consolidate, validate, and challenge engineering workload forecasts in accordance with the Workload Management Process
• Collaborate with Engineering Métiers and Project Teams to ensure workload assumptions and planning scenarios accurately reflect business needs
• Participate in workforce planning, scenario analysis, and workload balancing activities across engineering functions
• Identify opportunities for Best Cost Country (BCC) workload allocation and Shared Engineering Center (SEC) collaboration
• Monitor engineering capacity utilization and implement mitigation plans for overloaded or underloaded teams
• Prepare workload forecasts covering projects, tenders, R&D activities, sustaining engineering, and business opportunities
• Support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) activities through workload reporting and capacity analysis
• Report actual, committed, and forecast engineering subcontracting costs to Engineering Leadership and Projects
• Ensure compliance with engineering subcontracting policies, local regulations, and central guidelines
• Promote continuous improvement in subcontracting maturity and engineering services delivery

What You Bring
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• More than 10 years’ experience in workload planning, resource management & project planning
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to transform data into actionable insights
• Experience preparing workload forecasts, capacity plans, and performance reports
• Knowledge of project management principles and engineering development processes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple organizational levels
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken
• Experience with data visualization and performance reporting tools is an advantage
• Knowledge of railway products, projects, and engineering environments is considered an asset
• Proactive, collaborative, and results-oriented mindset

Alstom, A Great Place to Grow

This role offers significant visibility across the Engineering organization and the opportunity to influence critical workforce and subcontracting decisions supporting major transportation projects. You'll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Play a key role in shaping engineering capacity and resource strategies
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across functions, countries, and engineering centers
• Contribute to innovative rail transportation projects in a flexible and inclusive environment
• Grow toward senior engineering leadership, performance management, or operational excellence roles
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

La connaissance d'une autre langue que le français est un atout pour faciliter les échanges avec nos partenaires, fournisseurs, collègues et clients internationaux. Au Québec, le français reste la langue de travail principale de notre entreprise.

Ici, le progrès n’est pas toujours facile mais l’impact est réel. Parce que l’échelle est massive, les tâches sont complexes : quand le système fonctionne, le train avance, la ville se connecte, ce sentiment reste. Et l’héritage perdure.

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