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About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

The Deployment Bid Technical Lead is responsible for supporting bid activities on behalf of the Solutions Deployment organization.  They coordinate with functions within Solutions Deployment organization during the Bid to achieve company objectives of securing the new opportunity in terms of meeting agreed program duration, financial and quality targets. This role requires a solid understating of site activities and managerial foundation to lead the Solutions Deployment effort in a bid to ensure the following:
- Defined/planned and estimated accurately for Bids within the Bid schedule timeline and cost agreed with the Bid Manager
- Delivered according to approved schedule and budget with PMO for the project
 

The Deployment Bid Technical Lead is the focal point to manage the Solutions Deployment deliverables on bids as well as to consolidate the estimates from the various entities around the world within Solutions Deployment for the entire signaling system. They also ensure consistency of cost estimates including HOD validation.

Key Accountabilities 

• Drive the deployment bid activities and manage all the deployment milestones for the Bid

• Consolidate and review the functional Solutions Deployment estimates including labour hours, risks and opportunities, assumptions, conditions of offer and 3rd party estimates

• Support the Bid Manager for milestones through contributing slides, participation in milestone meetings (BKO, BBR, BCR, BLR, BSR and CSR)

• Support capture lead and sales team through interfacing with customers to present / clarify the solution and attend workshops

• Review and assess requirements

• Prepare Installation Statement of Work (SOW) for subcontractor quotation during Bid process

• Develop scope split matrix for the project for Deployment activities

• Organize estimate validation with various HODs within Solution Deployment organization prior to submission to Bid Manager

• Organize handover review of successfully awarded Bids with other functions within the Solutions Deployment organization to

• review schedule, estimates, key assumptions, and deliverables submitted during the Bid process

• Liaise with the other functions for the following activities:

• a) Project schedule development

• b) Technical solution feasibility

• c) Scope split responsibility for the project

• d) Development of the HW List

• e) Technical Description document creation

• f) Compliance matrices to be submitted to the customer

• Solutions Deployment consolidated estimate and sign-off sheet

• • Installation Scope of Works (SOW)

• • Migration Plan (for brownfield opportunities)

Key Requirements

• University graduate (Bachelors degree is minimum) with an engineering or science background

• At least 8 years of experience in the urban railway industry (specifically CBTC)

• At least 5 years of experience on deploying a CBTC solution on a project

• At least 2 years of experience working on Bids and Proposals

• Experience leading multidisciplinary team

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English

• Proven customer communication management skills

• Work package management experience

• Familiar with requirement analysis tools (such as Polarion, DOORS)

• Excellent knowledge of current and legacy desktop publishing software (e.g. MS Suite, Visio, DOORS, Adobe Acrobat, JIRA)

Base Salary :  $109,040 – $140,016

The Company provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid

• Retirement Savings Plan with a company match

• Company paid holidays - 3 weeks of vacation

• Company provided Life and accident Insurance,  LTD

• Worklife programs such as Flextime and a variety of Development and Training opportunities

This posting relates to an existing vacancy.

 Our hiring process uses both human and technology‑assisted (AI) tools to support candidate screening and assessment. All results are reviewed by people, and all hiring decisions are made by people. 

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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