Pierre-Yves Chantrel

Sub-Project leader for train control integration for France / Technical support specialist

Greater Toulouse Metropolitan Area

About

Industrial and technical projects with a high level of complexity. Open to all job proposals. Specialties: Quality Management, KPI, Continuous improvement, Signaling technologies - ERTMS, Rail operation, Rail maintainance, Process of SW development, Process of validation, telecommunication technologies, automated metro. Siemens Mobility France Depuis plus de 160 ans, Siemens Mobility est le leader mondial des solutions de transport. Nous utilisons la digitalisation pour permettre aux opérateurs de transport du monde entier de rendre leurs infrastructures intelligentes, d’améliorer l’expérience des passagers et d’assurer une disponibilité maximale de leurs réseaux. Sur nos centres de compétences mondiaux Siemens Mobility a deux centres de compétence mondiaux en France : - A Châtillon, en région parisienne, 500 ingénieurs conçoivent et développent les systèmes de conduite automatique des trains basés sur la technologie CBTC (communication based train control). - Avec près de 200 ingénieurs, Toulouse est depuis 2015 le centre de compétence mondial pour les métros automatiques sans conducteur, le système VAL.

Experience

  • Siemens (17 yrs 11 mos)
    • Sub-Project leader for train control integration for France
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      European rail transport is on the move – this enables us to prepare our customers’ vehicles to meet their current and future needs. • As a project leader I am responsible for the integration of train control systems in the existing Vectron platform for international traffic with a special focus on France. • In the platform, I am the interface to all relevant stakeholders such as sales, engineering, approval, authorities, commissioning, manufacturing, headquarter, service, procurement and quality. I am in regular contact with our European-wide customers (state railways, private operators, leasing companies). • I coordinate and manage our train control suppliers efficiently and develop a strategy and a schedule to determine the successful project execution within the specified timeframe. • With my technical expertise, I contribute to develop complete and intelligent technical concepts. That occurs hand in hand with Siemens team of experts in the engineering field. • I share the know-how gained from projects internally and use it for technical optimisations and further improvements of customer relations.

    • Expert in Project Management Shared Services department
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      Due to my long experience in project quality and engineering methods and tools, I support Project Management Shared Services of BU VAL as Expert.

    • Technical support specialist - Methods and tools
      Jun 2020 - Aug 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Inside VAL Business unit, responsible for full automated metro turnkey project, I'm Technical support specialist. Firstly I assume the consistency of PLM related processes use in projects and in engineering departments. Secondly I assume the teams trainings and key expert role for processes application. For that I define tools and processes, I shall verify the efficient use by Siemens teams and I shall ensure appropriate actions to level up the global quality of work execution.

  • Alstom Transport (On-site)
    • Customer Services Engineer
      Apr 2008 - Aug 2008 · 5 mos

      Design trade-off of electronical part of TER 2N NG intercommuter trains.

    • System Validation Engineer
      Oct 2005 - Mar 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      ERTMS - Trackside - Final integration and validation of trackside equipment ERTMS - Full system - Final integration and validation of Alstom ERTMS solution

    • Software Engineer
      Jan 2005 - Sep 2005 · 9 mos

      ERTMS - Trackside - Design and maintenance of Radio Block Center peripherals