Site Welding Manager

Could you be our next Site Welding Manager in Mátranovák?

This is a unique leadership opportunity to drive welding excellence at a strategically important manufacturing site undergoing significant modernization, including investments in robotic welding and laser-cutting technologies.

Reporting directly to the Site Managing Director, you will lead all welding activities and play a key role in ensuring our frame production meets the highest standards of quality, safety, delivery, and performance.

You'll inspire and develop a team of approximately 30 professionals, including Welding Engineers, Welding Monitors, and Welding Trainers within our Welding School. Working in a highly collaborative industrial environment, you'll partner with cross-functional teams while championing innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

As Site Welding Manager, you will:

• Lead and continuously improve welding processes, methodologies, and ways of working in line with Alstom industrial standards and project requirements.
• Oversee welding operations, ensuring compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Define and drive the site's welding strategy to achieve ambitious objectives in Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Safety (QCDS).
• Develop, coach, and mentor your team, building technical expertise and ensuring capability aligns with site workload and future needs.
• Provide expert welding support to projects and manufacturing teams.
• Drive industrialization best practices, including EHS, ergonomics, work instructions, and method-time optimization.
• Manage and develop the Welding School, ensuring new welders are fully qualified and production-ready.
• Lead welding qualification testing, analyze results, and validate welding processes.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Build and maintain an external network of welding experts, industry forums, and professional organizations to stay at the forefront of welding technologies and trends.

What We're Looking For

We value passion, leadership, and potential as much as experience. To succeed in this role, you'll ideally bring:

✅ Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline

✅ International Welding Engineer (IWE) certification

✅ Minimum 5 years of experience in heavy manufacturing, mechanical industry, or industrial production environments

✅ Strong knowledge of welding technologies and welding process management

✅ Experience in manufacturing engineering, industrialization, or production environments

✅ Proven leadership experience with the ability to motivate, develop, and engage teams

✅ Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills

✅ Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities

✅ Fluency in English & Hungarian

✅ A collaborative mindset and a passion for developing people and driving continuous improvement

What you'll enjoy:

🚀 A stable, long-term career in a growing and future-focused industry

🤖 Exposure to modern manufacturing technologies, including robotic welding and advanced industrial processes

🌍 Opportunities to collaborate with international teams across functions and countries

📈 Exceptional learning and development opportunities through award-winning training programs

💡 The chance to contribute to innovative projects that are transforming mobility worldwide

🤝 A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment

🎯 Clear career progression opportunities into senior leadership or expert roles

💙 A competitive compensation and benefits package

Req ID:508959

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails and trams to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our customers the broadest portfolio in the industry.

Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues worldwide are driving greener and smarter mobility solutions, helping connect communities, reduce carbon emissions, and transform the way people travel.

Why Join Alstom?

At Alstom, you're not just joining a company—you're becoming part of a global movement toward sustainable transportation.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can succeed. We celebrate diversity across the more than 60 countries where we operate and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

Ready to Make an Impact?

You don't need to be a train enthusiast to thrive at Alstom. But once you see our products moving people and connecting communities around the world, you'll be proud to be part of something bigger.

If you're an experienced welding professional ready to lead, innovate, and shape the future of manufacturing excellence, we'd love to hear from you.