Costing Engineer - CDS Interiors

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, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Job Title - Costing Engineer - CDS Interiors

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Realize an estimation of the technical cost of the parts / systems defined by the engineering team
• Support the engineering team in the development to cost way of working
• Participate at the creation of the target cost
• Support sourcing team in the negotiation with the suppliers

Network & Links

• Projet Engineering Manager and Train Design Engineer and DtC animator
• Lead Engineer and Designer
• Design to cost Network
• Industrial team
• Sourcing team

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Performance Measurement/KPI’s

• Apply or develop a methodology to calculate the technical cost of a component/system along the product development cycle (from parametric to analytic methodology)
• Apply or develop cost analysis method on the cost of a component/system
• Purpose improvements of the design or manufacturing process to reduce the technical cost.
• Promote the cost culture in the engineering team
• Provide the cost breakdown of the component to the sourcing team (negotiation support)

Responsibilities

• Based on the Specifications of a family of product :
  • Create a cost model on a family of product
  • Evaluate the technical cost of the component by using cost model approach
• Based on the Design of the component :
  • Take assumptions about the industrial processes
  • Calculate the technical cost of the component by using the appropriated tool
• Contribute to the improvement of the cost métier :
  • To be a referent on a process or a family of product
  • Share the feedback coming from the supplier
  • Formalize the saving opportunities

Educational Requirements

Mandatory: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Experience

Mandatory

• Good product knowledge
• Good industrial Process knowledge
• Curious
• Open-mindedness
• Rigorous
• Good communication with other people

Nice to have

• Able to use DMA/CATIA for basic work
• Able to use SAP to extract costing information

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.

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