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Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Teamleiter - w/m/d, Bauüberwachung Bahn Leit-und Sicherungstechnik

Telecommunications EngineeringUpdated on Nov 8
Full-timeCologne, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed university degree in electrical engineering, communications engineering, transportation engineering, railway engineering, civil engineering, or a comparable qualification.
  • Completed functional training as a railway construction supervisor in signaling and safety technology (BÜB LST).
  • Extensive professional experience in construction supervision and execution on rail infrastructure projects, with a focus on signaling and safety technology.
  • Sound knowledge of the relevant Deutsche Bahn regulations and applicable railway-sector rules, standards, and guidelines.
  • Demonstrated experience in the technical and disciplinary management of employees.
  • Experience managing complex infrastructure projects and working with diverse project participants and stakeholders.
  • Strong decision-making and assertiveness, combined with a cooperative and appreciative leadership style.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and accountability skills.
  • Confident use of digital work and documentation systems.
  • Willingness to travel within Germany for projects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team, including responsibility for team management and employee development.
  • Manage and coordinate all construction supervision services in signaling and safety technology for complex rail infrastructure projects.
  • Ensure proper construction execution in compliance with quality, cost, schedule, legal, technical, and railway-specific requirements.
  • Perform railway construction supervision duties in signaling and safety technology on complex projects and support project teams with technical questions.
  • Plan, manage, and optimize team resource deployment and ensure cost-effective project delivery.
  • Coordinate with clients, infrastructure operators, planning offices, construction companies, inspection organizations, and public authorities.
  • Monitor and assess construction processes, track possession periods, and commissioning concepts, and implement measures when deviations occur.
  • Ensure compliance with safety requirements and contribute to risk, claims, and quality management processes.
  • Support acquisition of new projects, customer service, and preparation of proposals and service specifications, and contribute to the strategic development of the rail infrastructure construction supervision discipline.

About the Company

Drees & Sommer

Global consulting for real estate and infrastructure

Drees & Sommer delivers partner-managed, global consulting and implementation services for the real estate, infrastructure and industrial markets. Its teams provide sustainable, economically viable solutions tailored to each client’s needs, combining consulting with hands-on execution. Work flows through interdisciplinary groups led by Partners who are personally responsible for projects, guided by the “the blue way”—a holistic approach that balances economy, ecology and functionality and blends analytical rigor with creative thinking. The main differentiators are a partner-owned, intrapreneur-driven structure, a worldwide footprint (more than 6,500 people across 80 offices) and a commitment to uniting opposing concepts—tradition with the future, analog with digital, efficiency with well-being—into actionable outcomes. The goal is to help create a livable future by integrating sustainability, digitization and practical feasibility across projects.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Founded
1970

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