Signaling Services Project Manager
Alstom ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Project management
- Company size
- 1000+
A project manager role at Alstom in Madrid leading railway signalling services projects — L2/L3 maintenance, system upgrades, contract execution, financials, risk control, and supplier/stakeholder coordination. Core focus is project governance in the rail signalling sector, with tools like Microsoft Office and advanced English required.
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
We’re looking for a Signaling Services Project Manager to lead critical signalling services projects that ensure safe, reliable, and high-performing railway operations. This is a high-impact role managing maintenance, system modifications, and upgrades that keep transport networks running efficiently. You’ll work alongside people who show up with ownership, passion, and dedication - because they know what’s at stake: the journey home.
Your role, your impact
• Manage signalling services projects, including L2 and L3 maintenance activities and system upgrades
• Oversee internal and external contract execution while ensuring compliance and financial performance
• Lead project governance, quality management, and risk control activities
• Coordinate suppliers and subcontractors to ensure delivery excellence
• Organise and lead project follow-up meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor project financials, cash flow, invoicing, and asset optimisation
• Identify, manage, and escalate risks, changes, and claims throughout the project lifecycle
• Support business growth by identifying opportunities for additional services and customer needs
• Oversee internal and external contract execution while ensuring compliance and financial performance
• Lead project governance, quality management, and risk control activities
• Coordinate suppliers and subcontractors to ensure delivery excellence
• Organise and lead project follow-up meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor project financials, cash flow, invoicing, and asset optimisation
• Identify, manage, and escalate risks, changes, and claims throughout the project lifecycle
• Support business growth by identifying opportunities for additional services and customer needs
You’ll work with sharp, committed teams across engineering, services and supply chain - solving complex challenges that shape the future of mobility.
What you bring
• Degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field
• Valuable experience managing multidisciplinary systems and/or infrastructure deployment projects
• Strong project management expertise, ideally within the railway signalling sector
• Customer-facing experience and stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge of railway signalling systems is highly valued
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Availability to travel when required
• Advanced level of English
• Valuable experience managing multidisciplinary systems and/or infrastructure deployment projects
• Strong project management expertise, ideally within the railway signalling sector
• Customer-facing experience and stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge of railway signalling systems is highly valued
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Availability to travel when required
• Advanced level of English
How success is measured
• Delivery of projects in line with contractual, quality, cost, and schedule commitments
• Effective cash flow and asset optimisation throughout project execution
• Successful management of risks, suppliers, and project stakeholders
• Quality and timeliness of project reporting, invoicing, and governance activities
• Identification of business opportunities and customer value creation
• Effective cash flow and asset optimisation throughout project execution
• Successful management of risks, suppliers, and project stakeholders
• Quality and timeliness of project reporting, invoicing, and governance activities
• Identification of business opportunities and customer value creation
Alstom, a great place to grow
• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our cooperative working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our cooperative working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage
Here, progress isn’t always easy - the scale is massive, the tasks are complex - but the impact is real. Because when the system runs, the train moves, and the city connects - that feeling stays with you. And the legacy lasts.