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Principal Architect - Rail and Transportation

Bangalore, Karnātaka, India | Gurgaon, Haryana, Haryāna, India

Overview

Your role

  • High level of accountability. Drives the strategic direction of an aspect of the business to achieve desired business outcomes.
  • Influences clients and stakeholders at a high level. Confidently work with business leaders and has a reputation for helping clients to solve significant problems and meet their strategic goals, adding tangible value to Atkins' business, as a result.
  • A disruptor with good business acumen – challenges the status quo and influences the business to implement change and take risks where there are measurable gains to be made. Able to make tough decisions.
  • An integrator – steps across the boundaries of other businesses and integrates and leads work, streams, and capabilities.
  • Innovative and creative. Can devise multiple solutions to any problem.
  • Leads and manages the use of BMS for their area of work. Takes the critical friend role at amber level bids.
  • Provides significant overall thought leadership and technical capability(ies) and sets the professional standards in their area.
  • Can function as the Professional Head of Discipline, Technical Authority or Fellow, while actively leading coordination with other disciplines.
  • Involvement in international policy setting.
  • Chairs relevant industry committees or is a highly influential member of the same.
  • Leading strategy(ies) within the business unit
  • Fully integrated with counterparts in different regions of Atkins and actively identifying cross-application of skills
  • Trusted to represent GTC whenever input is requested on technical matters.
  • Works as a Project Technical Reviewer on our riskiest projects and or programmes. Driving the right behaviours within the organization for digital initiatives to improve business performance and productivity.
  • Anticipates internal and/or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues; recommends process or service improvements.
  • Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.
  • Contributes to the development of functional strategy.
  • Anticipates business and regulatory issues and recommends process or service improvements.
  • Leads initiatives with considerable risk and complexity; develops the related strategy for execution.
  • Demonstrates conceptual and innovative thinking to develop unprecedented solutions.
  • Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections, and persuades others, often at senior levels to adopt different points of view.
  • Balances multiple perspectives when setting directions or reaching conclusions.
  • Establishes a framework for empowering where people at all levels can make and implement timely decisions, unhindered by unnecessary bureaucracy and other organizational obstacles.
Architecture & Planning

Location

Various locations

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-149175

Salary range

-

About you

  • Recognized national expertise in one or more fields.
  • Leading cutting-edge research in one or more areas.
  • Consistently produces concept and feasibility solutions that clearly differentiate us from our competitors.
  • Project Technical Leader on large or complex multidisciplinary projects.
  • Professional Head of Discipline or possibly leading a subset technology as Technical Authority.
  • Recognized as an influential member of the business unit.
  • Tracks record of delivering projects of increasing complexity to time, cost, and quality.
  • Ability to lead multi-disciplinary bids as bid manager/coordinator.
  • Managing multiple teams in a variety of locations.
  • Growing reputation for reliability, breadth, and depth of delivery.
  • Influential member of relevant national industry committee.
  • Frequent presenter at national conferences; generates opportunities for others.
  • Known to large number of key national clients as their "first choice" for advice; showcasing capabilities, through their in-depth personal involvement.
  • Integrated with key clients, familiar with their current R&D'objectives and able to influence them.
  • Coordination and development of innovation on a divisional basis
  • Able to drive technical input to bids and provide clear USPs in technological field.
  • Detailed knowledge of the fundamental concepts, principles, and theories of system integration as applied to multi-disciplinary designs.
  • Comprehensive understanding of management processes related to technical integration and associated analytical / investigative approaches.
  • Detailed understanding of principles of assurance and compliance as defined and applied within the relevant industry environment.
  • Comprehensive understanding of supporting pan design disciplines such as Engineering Safety Management, Human Factors and Sustainability.
  • Works as a Project Technical Leader on large complex projects / Project Technical Reviewer on large complex projects through Engineering Management Competency Framework (EMCF). Driving the right behaviours within organization for digital initiatives to improve business performance productivity.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
  • Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Generous annual leave balance.
  • Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
  • Remote work opportunities outside of country.
  • Company gratuity scheme.
  • Discretionary bonus program.
  • Relocation assistance.
  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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