Project Manager

Les Transports Publics Neuchâtelois SA (transN) originate from the successive mergers of companies in the canton of Neuchâtel. Specialising in the operation of a network of rail and road public transport, both urban and regional, we carry 27.5 million passengers per year on 38 lines and 293 km of network.

We are nearly 600 professionals who work daily as a team to provide a quality service aimed at satisfying customers. We put our capacity for innovation at the service of regional development and are motivated by the ambition to be the main player in mobility in the canton of Neuchâtel by offering a reliable and efficient mobility chain between the different modes of public and individual transport.

To complete our team, we are looking for a Project Manager

Purpose of the role

- Responsibility for the entire data flow (mainly concerning passenger information but also video surveillance and passenger counting) and the interface with other companies, such as BERNMOBIL, SKI and SBB.

- On-site fault support, mainly but not exclusively concerning passenger information systems

- Support function in financial monitoring and overall project planning

- Execution of specific missions in the form of projects within the technical department

- Eventually: commercial negotiation with suppliers of passenger information systems

- Eventually: construction of the architecture of a new set of databases to collect, in a coherent and synchronised system, information concerning passenger information and energy consumption of future electric buses

Tasks and responsibilities description

- Take over the development project of the TMS (Train Management System) railway system at transN

- Creation and updating of guidelines and procedures to organise knowledge in a simple and rational system

- Ability to act (diagnose and correct) on the 24V system onboard the vehicles

- Participate in specialised SKI sessions for legal monitoring - Develop strategies to improve data flow (mainly passenger information) between the different parties

- Technological watch of passenger information systems, with participation in conferences in Switzerland and Europe

Education / Technical skills

- Tertiary education (ES, HES, UNI, EPF) in technical fields, particularly in industrial systems (Systems Engineering) or automation

- Skills in project management, planning and reporting

- Holder of training or basic experience in passenger information in public transport

- Ability to complete change management

- Strong sense of responsibility and proactivity to anticipate problems

- Holder of a category B driving licence

- Category D driving licence is a plus

- Knowledge of French and English. Knowledge of German is a plus.