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Artelia

Global engineering and project management firm

Railway Studies Coordinator

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMarseille, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold an engineering-school qualification or a Master 2 in civil engineering, public works, railway systems, signaling, or electrical engineering.
  • Have at least 3 years of experience in project management or PMO, ideally on railway projects or in complex technical environments such as infrastructure, signaling, telecommunications, or energy.
  • Have advanced proficiency with planning tools such as MS Project, Tilos, Primavera, or Coplann.
  • Be familiar with project-management methods and have a good understanding of SNCF’s organization.
  • Demonstrate autonomy, technical rigor, adaptability to unforeseen events, communication skills, and service orientation.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in defining the multidisciplinary technical scope, covering railway platforms, earthworks, drainage, structures, track, and signaling systems such as ERTMS and ARGOS.
  • Prepare and monitor study contracts, technical quotations, and related contractual documents.
  • Collect, analyze, and consolidate input data, including topographical surveys, geotechnical information, railway standards, safety requirements, and operating constraints.
  • Manage technical interfaces among track, civil engineering, geotechnics, structures, hydraulics, and railway systems such as signaling, telecommunications, energy, and overhead contact lines.
  • Ensure overall technical consistency of deliverables and anticipate interface, compatibility, constructability, and operational risks.
  • Coordinate work by internal teams and external engineering consultancies.
  • Facilitate technical meetings, track action plans, and distribute meeting minutes.
  • Prepare, update, and monitor multidisciplinary study schedules for preliminary design, detailed design, and execution design phases.
  • Anticipate technical and operational risks, including construction phasing, operating constraints, and critical interfaces.
  • Optimize technical solutions against cost, schedule, and overall performance objectives.
  • Monitor technical and financial progress and propose adjustments.
  • Contribute to monthly reporting on cost, quality, schedule, and risks.
  • Participate in project reviews and the financial closeout of study contracts.
  • Provide technical support for solution selection, particularly for signaling systems such as ERTMS and ARGOS.
  • Escalate sensitive issues and propose decisions or trade-offs.
  • Draft and structure multidisciplinary study proposals, including methodology, schedules, and cost estimates.
  • Prepare technical specifications for infrastructure and signaling work.
  • Analyze proposals and provide reasoned technical assessments.
  • Manage service providers and ensure compliance with railway and safety requirements.
  • Conduct project satisfaction surveys.
  • Capture and document project lessons learned.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of study methods and processes.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in project management or PMO on railway projects or in complex technical environments involving infrastructure, signaling, telecommunications, or energy.
  • Familiarity with project-management methods and a good understanding of SNCF’s organization.

About the Company

Artelia

Global engineering and project management firm

Overview: - What it does: A European engineering and project management group formed by COTEBA and SOGREAH, offering multi-disciplinary services in building construction, infrastructure, and environment. - How it works: Combines 1300 engineers and skilled staff with 45+ years of practice, operated as an independent, employee- and management-owned group, delivering client-focused engineering, consulting, and project management across more than 30 locations worldwide through the Artelia network. - How it differs from competitors: 100% employee- and management-owned independence, broad international reach, and a culture centered on ethical behavior, health, safety, and environmental consciousness, with an integrated, cross-disciplinary approach. - Goal: Provide global, multi-disciplinary engineering and project management solutions that help clients successfully plan, design, build, and operate projects in construction, infrastructure, and environment.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Saint-Ouen, France
Founded
2010

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