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Engineering Resource Strategy & Capacity Planning Manager Date:

22 Oct 2026

Company:

Alstom

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 versatile 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)

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