Railway Design Coordinator

About this opportunity

Company Description

Egis has been working in Romania for almost 30 years, providing engineering and consultancy services in road and rail transport sectors as well as water and environment, energy, urban development and other institutional advisory services.

Egis is a global consulting and engineering firm working in construction, transport and mobility services. Our mission: create and operate intelligent infrastructure and buildings to further the transition to a low-carbon economy and contribute to more balanced and sustainable territorial development. To support our growth plan, we offer a wide variety of career opportunities.

We are committed to fostering a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome all qualified applicants and ensure fair consideration without regard to disabilities, medical conditions, race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, religion, political beliefs or marital status.

Job Description

• Manage the Railway design team and/ or bids ensuring the necessary resources and activity to deliver on time and to client satisfaction;
• Maintain relationships and regular contact with Clients, Partners, Subcontractors and attend and of technical meetings with them;
• Manage project budgets, ensuring they are accurately forecast, monitored and regularly reviewed. Also responsible for planning of project workload, invoices/payments etc under the guidance of the department manager;
• Sets the objectives for the Railway Design Team and oversees the design process;
• Defines tasks and deadlines;
• Actively participates in the development of design phases;
• Provides technical support to the Project Manager;
• Attends technical meetings with partners and/or beneficiaries;
• Evaluates the Railway Design team’s workload and resource needs;
• Promotes an inspiring team environment with a culture of open communication;
• Monitors team performance;
• Provides training to identify needs and offers coaching support;
• Proposes team-building activities;
• Maintains strong awareness of current issues and market trends, particularly those with a direct impact on projects.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of proven experience in a similar position in an international company in the field of infrastructure design in Romania;
• Strong sense of responsibility, high standards of ethical behaviour and ability to work independently and take decisions;
• Provide solutions to problems, based on evidence and justification and be able to simplify and cut through complexity as necessary;
• Flexibility and adaptability, including the ability to work under stress and extended hours and manage priorities and risks at high speed;
• Good skills in organising, scheduling, planning, able to delegate tasks and responsibilities where appropriate;
• Confident, clear and polite style of verbal communication one-to-one or in a group, including ‘active’ listening;
• Construction Engineering Degree;
• Strong computer skills (proficiency in recognised design software and Microsoft applications);
• Fluent in Romanian. Good spoken and written English.

Source: Egis Group — Romania careers