Job Description

Riga

Latvia

Entry date: 01.10.2026

DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Civil engineering and architecture

Part Time (Temporary for 24 months)

Job no. 582431

Academic Professionals

Introduction

Railways for the world of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

Deutsche Bahn’s expertise is in high demand all around the world. As a leading engineering and consulting company in the rail sector, DB Engineering & Consulting offers that knowledge – starting with an idea and continuing all the way to operations. We advise our customers in Germany and around the globe, develop technically sophisticated and customized infrastructure, mobility and transport solutions. With sustainable concepts, we ensure the future success of economic regions, make important contributions to the protection of the environment and help shape the world of the future.

Since 1966, DB Engineering & Consulting has implemented thousands of projects of any size and complexity in over 100 countries. About 5,000 employees from 84 nations are currently realizing the projects of our customers with professional knowledge and intercultural experience.

We are currently looking for a Quality Manager in Latvia to help us in our Rail Baltica ENE Electrification project. Rail Baltica is a joint project of three EU Member States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and concerns the development of a fast conventional double-track 1435 mm gauge electrified and ERTMS equipped railway line with overall length of 870 km on the route from Tallinn through Parnu (EE), Riga (LV), Panevezys (LT), Kaunas (LT) to the Lithuania/Poland state border (including a Kaunas - Vilnius spur) with a design speed of 249 km/h.

Responsibilities:

• The Quality Manager is responsible for project-wide quality assurance and control processes;
• The Quality Manager is authorised to represent the Project Manager on all quality matters and to delegate as necessary to ensure the project QMS is effectively and efficiently implemented;
• Prepare and submit this ENE Contractor Quality Management Plan (QMP) for approval;
• Prepare, submit review the procedures for System Review, System Audit, Corrective and Preventive Plan, control of nonconforming action, continual improvement;
• Schedule and conduct Project Quality Audits (PQAs) including where applicable the ENE Contractor and the subcontractor of ENE Contractor;
• Oversee the corrective and preventive action processes; establish an effective action tracking system for non-conformance reports, corrective action;
• Requests review, comment and acceptance of the design ENE CONTRACTOR QMPs and the subcontractor of ENE Contractor QMPs;
• Ensure to review, comment and agree with Method Statements, Inspection and Test Plans, Test Reports and material submittals provided by the subcontractor and supplier of ENE Contractor;
• Prepare, review, when appropriate, the monthly report summarizing project quality activities over the past month for all the obligation ENE Contractor has including its own supplier, design ENE CONTRACTOR and subcontractors.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 8-10 yrs. with proven and verified experience as Quality Manager in railway project for OCS, TPS, ECCS.
• High level of office knowledge in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Latvian (native or fluent) of advantage, English (fluent) required

Disclaimer

Working Schedule:

Starting from October 2026; 2-3 days/week (50%); duration: 2 years, extension possible

Place of work:

Latvia, Riga and remote

In case you match the profile and are interested in a complex task within the transport sector, we are looking forward to receiving your application.

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