Infrastructure Solutions Tendering Specialist

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 diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time IT Solution Architect – based in Villeurbanne (France) - we’re looking for?

Your future role

As an Infrastructure Solutions Tendering Specialist, your mission is to drive successful tendering processes and project assessments for onboarding workloads to Onexis, ensuring technical compliance, cost efficiency, and alignment with organizational standards. You will act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, enabling smooth transitions while continuously improving tendering frameworks and practices.

We’ll look to you for:

• Tendering & Project Assessment Analyze incoming project requirements and validate alignment with Onexis standards. Prepare technical and compliance inputs for tenders. Estimate costs and resources for onboarding workloads to Onexis.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as a trusted advisor for project teams during onboarding to Onexis.
• Conduct workshops to explain compliance requirements and security best practices.
• Continuous Improvement
• Stay ahead of infrastructure trends and regulatory changes. Propose enhancements to tendering frameworks and automation tools.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Educational Background: Engineering degree or equivalent in IT.
• Experience: +5 years of experience in infrastructure solutions, tendering processes, or project assessment.
• Tendering Expertise: Proven ability to manage bids, proposals, and tendering activities for infrastructure or cloud solutions.
• Technical Knowledge: Solid understanding of IT infrastructure (networking, compute, storage), cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and security compliance.
• Cost & Resource Estimation: Ability to prepare accurate cost models and resource plans for onboarding workloads.
• Analytical Skills: Strong capability to analyze project requirements and align them with organizational standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication and presentation skills to act as a trusted advisor for internal and external teams.
• Problem-Solver: Aptitude for resolving complex challenges in compliance, technical design, and project onboarding.
• Continuous Learner: Passion for staying ahead of infrastructure trends, regulatory changes, and tendering best practices.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English and comfortable working in an international, matrix environment.
• Mindset: Intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a results-oriented approach.

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and dynamic working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior technical leadership roles or other career paths

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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