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As Principal IT Analyst, Release Train Engineer for the SAP S/4HANA implementation at Honeywell, you will lead the Agile Release Train/s to build S/4 HANA capabilities for all Strategic Business Groups (SBG’s) and Business Models across Honeywell. Reporting to the Director IT Program Management, this role owns the strategy, governance, and execution of S/4HANA Build for the Agile Release Trains at an enterprise level.
In this role, you will impact the organization's technology strategies and projects, aligning them with business objectives. Your expertise will lead to data-informed decision-making, enhancing operational efficiency, and contributing to the organization's technology roadmap. By analyzing complex IT systems and offering innovative solutions, you will play a key role in shaping the future of technology at Honeywell.
You will report directly to our Director, IT Program Management and you’ll work out of our Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA location on a Hybrid work schedule.
Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days, New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite M-F.
YOU MUST HAVE
- 7+ years of experience leading large / complex ERP transformation programs
- Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 HANA platform implementations leveraging SAFe
- Strong understanding of business processes in at least one of the process areas: Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
- Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA technology landscape, with SAP functional expertise in at least one of the process areas; Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
- Excellent Program Management skills and ability to orchestrate large cross functional teams
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills across global, matrixed organizations
- Strong knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
WE VALUE
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on measurable business impact.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change, standardization, and continuous improvement at enterprise scale.
- Certifications: Release Train Engineer / Leading SAFe
- Experience with internal consulting and demonstrated ability to influence without authority
- Knowledge in IT process development and implementation
- Quickly identifies interrelationships and patterns among a variety of problems and issues
- Conveys information with clarity, ensuring the message is understood
- Demonstrates ability to deliver on complex problems without guidance or supervision
- Excellent written and oral communication skills across a diverse range of cultures
- Highly team-oriented. Can operate effectively in global networks
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting date: April 15, 20206.
ABOUT HONEYWELL
Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the world's most critical challenges around energy, safety, security, air travel, productivity, and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state of the art technology solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based, attractive industrial end markets. Our products and solutions enable a safer, more comfortable, and more productive world, enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe.
THE BUSINESS UNIT
The Corporate Strategic Business Group (CORP SBG) at Honeywell is a division focused on corporate-level functions and initiatives that support the overall operations and strategy of the company. It is responsible for overseeing areas such as finance, legal, human resources, communications, and corporate governance, working closely with other business units and SBGs to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization. The CORP SBG plays a crucial role in the overall strategic direction and management of Honeywell's corporate functions and operations, supporting the company's business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Agile Release Train (ART) execution for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), partnering with senior leadership to define strategy and drive enterprise-wide Agile adoption
- Facilitate all ART level ceremonies, including Program Increment Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring alignment and successful delivery of Program Increments (PIs)
- Orchestrate and align cross-functional teams in the Agile Release Train across functional and technical teams, ensuring seamless integration and value delivery
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product management, system architects, and system integrators to prioritize program backlogs and align deliverables with strategic business objectives
- Coordinate across ARTs, ensuring clear communication of objectives, dependencies, and priorities between ARTs and with the Solution Train leadership
- Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance
- Define, track, and report ART level metrics, including program predictability, feature completion, cumulative flow, and business value delivery, providing transparency and supporting executive decision-making
- Monitor team level metrics, such as velocity, sprint burn-down, cycle time, and defect trends, to ensure predictable and high-quality execution at the team level
- Align and track Program Increment Objectives across ARTs and the Solution Train, ensuring teams understand business priorities, interdependencies, and commitment levels, while reporting on objective completion and planned business value achievement
- Manage dependencies across ARTs and with the Solution Train, Identify and track inter ART dependencies and integration points, Ensure early resolution of blockers affecting multiple ARTs, Maintain a dependency board or equivalent visual management system to highlight critical paths
- Optimize flow of value across ARTs by identifying process inefficiencies, removing impediments, and promoting continuous improvement in delivery pipelines
- Partner with Release Management and DevOps teams to plan, coordinate, and execute releases across all ARTs, ensuring high-quality, timely deployments across integrated SAP modules
- Facilitate ART retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned and implementing enhancements across teams, ARTs, and the Solution Train
- Ensure Agile delivery aligns with enterprise governance, compliance, and quality standards, while maintaining focus on value delivery across the program
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
INTRODUCTION
As Principal IT Analyst, Release Train Engineer for the SAP S/4HANA implementation at Honeywell, you will lead the Agile Release Train/s to build S/4 HANA capabilities for all Strategic Business Groups (SBG’s) and Business Models across Honeywell. Reporting to the Director IT Program Management, this role owns the strategy, governance, and execution of S/4HANA Build for the Agile Release Trains at an enterprise level.
In this role, you will impact the organization's technology strategies and projects, aligning them with business objectives. Your expertise will lead to data-informed decision-making, enhancing operational efficiency, and contributing to the organization's technology roadmap. By analyzing complex IT systems and offering innovative solutions, you will play a key role in shaping the future of technology at Honeywell.
You will report directly to our Director, IT Program Management and you’ll work out of our Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA location on a Hybrid work schedule.
Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days, New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite M-F.
YOU MUST HAVE
- 7+ years of experience leading large / complex ERP transformation programs
- Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 HANA platform implementations leveraging SAFe
- Strong understanding of business processes in at least one of the process areas: Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
- Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA technology landscape, with SAP functional expertise in at least one of the process areas; Innovate to Offer / Lead to Cash / Integrated Supply Chain / Record to Report
- Excellent Program Management skills and ability to orchestrate large cross functional teams
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills across global, matrixed organizations
- Strong knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
WE VALUE
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a focus on measurable business impact.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change, standardization, and continuous improvement at enterprise scale.
- Certifications: Release Train Engineer / Leading SAFe
- Experience with internal consulting and demonstrated ability to influence without authority
- Knowledge in IT process development and implementation
- Quickly identifies interrelationships and patterns among a variety of problems and issues
- Conveys information with clarity, ensuring the message is understood
- Demonstrates ability to deliver on complex problems without guidance or supervision
- Excellent written and oral communication skills across a diverse range of cultures
- Highly team-oriented. Can operate effectively in global networks
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting date: April 15, 20206.
ABOUT HONEYWELL
Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the world's most critical challenges around energy, safety, security, air travel, productivity, and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state of the art technology solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based, attractive industrial end markets. Our products and solutions enable a safer, more comfortable, and more productive world, enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe.
THE BUSINESS UNIT
The Corporate Strategic Business Group (CORP SBG) at Honeywell is a division focused on corporate-level functions and initiatives that support the overall operations and strategy of the company. It is responsible for overseeing areas such as finance, legal, human resources, communications, and corporate governance, working closely with other business units and SBGs to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization. The CORP SBG plays a crucial role in the overall strategic direction and management of Honeywell's corporate functions and operations, supporting the company's business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Agile Release Train (ART) execution for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), partnering with senior leadership to define strategy and drive enterprise-wide Agile adoption
- Facilitate all ART level ceremonies, including Program Increment Planning, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring alignment and successful delivery of Program Increments (PIs)
- Orchestrate and align cross-functional teams in the Agile Release Train across functional and technical teams, ensuring seamless integration and value delivery
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product management, system architects, and system integrators to prioritize program backlogs and align deliverables with strategic business objectives
- Coordinate across ARTs, ensuring clear communication of objectives, dependencies, and priorities between ARTs and with the Solution Train leadership
- Coach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance
- Define, track, and report ART level metrics, including program predictability, feature completion, cumulative flow, and business value delivery, providing transparency and supporting executive decision-making
- Monitor team level metrics, such as velocity, sprint burn-down, cycle time, and defect trends, to ensure predictable and high-quality execution at the team level
- Align and track Program Increment Objectives across ARTs and the Solution Train, ensuring teams understand business priorities, interdependencies, and commitment levels, while reporting on objective completion and planned business value achievement
- Manage dependencies across ARTs and with the Solution Train, Identify and track inter ART dependencies and integration points, Ensure early resolution of blockers affecting multiple ARTs, Maintain a dependency board or equivalent visual management system to highlight critical paths
- Optimize flow of value across ARTs by identifying process inefficiencies, removing impediments, and promoting continuous improvement in delivery pipelines
- Partner with Release Management and DevOps teams to plan, coordinate, and execute releases across all ARTs, ensuring high-quality, timely deployments across integrated SAP modules
- Facilitate ART retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives, capturing lessons learned and implementing enhancements across teams, ARTs, and the Solution Train
- Ensure Agile delivery aligns with enterprise governance, compliance, and quality standards, while maintaining focus on value delivery across the program
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Train Engineer
Verify your credentials meet specialty occupation
The E-3 requires a bachelor's degree directly related to the role. Australian rail engineering or mechanical engineering degrees satisfy this, but a general trade certificate alone won't qualify. Confirm your qualification maps to the specific engineering classification DOL uses for the LCA.
Target freight and commuter rail operators
Focus your search on Class I freight carriers and major commuter rail authorities, which have established HR processes for sponsoring specialty occupation visas. Smaller regional operators often lack in-house immigration expertise and may not know the E-3 exists.
Raise E-3 sponsorship before the offer stage
Bring up visa sponsorship during the second or third interview, not after the offer. Explain that the E-3 has no lottery and requires no PERM labor certification, which removes the two biggest employer objections to sponsoring Australian engineers.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for your LCA
Once you have an offer, your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with DOL before your consulate appointment can be scheduled. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork so the process moves without delays or errors.
Get your Australian license formally recognised
U.S. rail operators require FRA-compliant certification, not an Australian locomotive license. Confirm with your prospective employer which FRA certification pathway applies to your role before signing an offer, as some require completion before your start date.
Confirm your I-94 matches your employment start date
After entering the U.S. on your E-3, check your I-94 admission record on the CBP portal immediately. Your authorised stay period must align with your LCA validity and employment start date to avoid any status gap on day one.
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Find Train Engineer JobsTrain Engineer E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Train Engineer jobs in the U.S. with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. It filters opportunities by employers who are familiar with or have previously filed specialty occupation visas, saving you from cold-pitching companies that have never navigated the process. Start your search there rather than sifting through general job boards that don't filter by visa type.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Train Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
It depends on how the role is defined. A train engineer position that requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, systems engineering, or a directly related field qualifies. Roles where the degree requirement is listed as preferred rather than required, or where the job duties don't draw on a specific body of engineering knowledge, may not meet the DOL specialty occupation standard and would not support an E-3 application.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Train Engineer roles?
The E-3 is available only to Australian citizens but has no annual lottery and no cap that is ever realistically reached. The H-1B has an 85,000-slot annual cap and a randomised lottery that many qualified applicants don't survive. For a Train Engineer with Australian citizenship, the E-3 is a far more predictable path: your employer files an LCA with DOL, you attend a consulate interview in Australia, and there's no waiting to see if you're selected.
Can I change employers while working in the U.S. on an E-3 as a Train Engineer?
Yes, but you can't simply transfer your existing E-3 to a new employer. Your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll generally need to obtain a new E-3 visa stamp at a U.S. consulate before starting the new role, unless you apply for a change of status from within the U.S. Plan for a gap between roles if consulate appointment wait times are long.
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