Who we are

Schlummer Management Consulting combines - thanks to our excellent professionals - valuable railway technology competencies in one team. We assign bespoke teams to your consulting mandate offering optimal support by manpower at its best. We have engineers of various disciplines such as electrical, mechanical or systems engineering and cybernetics working with us. Furthermore, there are industrial engineers, lawyers and physicists with us. The connecting link between our consultants: All of them gained vast experience in well-known rail sector companies such as Bombardier, ABB, Alstom, Knorr Bremse and Deutsche Bahn.

You can rest assured that we offer comprehensive industry expertise, ensuring the best possible support for your specific requirements. This has been our standard ever since SMC was founded by its namesake and long-standing Managing Director, Edmund Schlummer, and remains true following the strategic tracks we laid for our future in 2025.

Image

Tim Mönkedieck

BORN 1980

EDUCATION

  • Studied Industrial Engineering and Management at TU Braunschweig and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Graduated as Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur

CONSULTING FOCUS

  • Rolling stock procurement: conceptual design, coordination, and implementation
  • Expertise in bid management: conceptualization, submission, and negotiation of tenders
  • Procurement and project management
  • Establishment and management of appropriate project structures post-award, operationalizing procurement projects at the end-customer interface
  • Technical sub-project and overall project management
  • Support of the engineering process during the requirements specification and design review phases
  • Monitoring of manufacturing progress and quality control
 

EXPERIENCE

In the railway industry and with railway operators (> 12 years)

  • Extensive industry experience in the conceptual design, coordination, and implementation of EBO and BOStrab rolling stock procurements
  • Manufacturer/OEM-side support of procurement and project phases, from industry dialogue to Final Design Review, including interface responsibility for sales, engineering, manufacturing, and maintenance
  • Focus on the conceptualization, submission, and defense of tenders, as well as the post-award establishment and management of project structures required for operationalization
  • Technical project management for procurement projects with individual volumes sometimes exceeding EUR 750 million, including leadership of the associated interdisciplinary project teams
  • Several years of experience as Overall Project Manager with direct personnel responsibility
Carsten Paeßens Geschäftsführer SMC

Carsten Paeẞens

BORN 1985

EDUCATION

  • Studied Project Engineering – Technical Management in Mannheim, graduating as Diplom-Ingenieur (DH)
  • Certified Project Manager Level C according to IPMA (GPM)

CONSULTING FOCUS

    • Procurement of rolling stock and special-purpose vehicles
    • Introduction of new production systems
    • Technical overall and sub-project management
    • Strategic development of the procurement process in requirements management
    • Procurement and project management
      • Expertise in bid management: conceptualization, submission, and negotiation of tenders
      • Establishment and management of appropriate project structures post-award, operationalizing procurement projects at the end-customer interface
    • Expansion of the service portfolio for railway operators in rail freight transport
    • Implementation of change management projects within rail freight operators
    • Maintenance processes and maintenance optimization
    • Rolling stock analyses
    • Interface management between operations and rolling stock systems
    • Support during manufacturing, acceptance, commissioning, and maintenance of electric rolling stock
    • Studies on the use of alternative traction systems
 

EXPERIENCE

In the railway industry and with railway operators (> 18 years)

  • Project Engineer for rolling stock procurement projects and project implementations:
    • S-Bahn rolling stock: Drafting of technical specifications and the requirements specification for new vehicles. Requirements management, design reviews, type tests, and manufacturing supervision ensured that the complex multi-system trains with high operational demands were executed in accordance with the contract and specific needs.
    • S-Bahn rolling stock: Development of the technical requirements specification and ensuring compliance with operational particularities for the procurement of new vehicles for a sub-network of an S-Bahn system. Incorporation of local specificities regarding the train protection system within the framework of the requirements.
    • Technology-neutral procurement of new rolling stock suitable for high-speed lines for regional transport, in close cooperation with the transport operator and the railway industry to evaluate suitable vehicle concepts.
  • Vehicle Type Manager for a long-distance rolling stock project: Overall technical system responsibility as well as the implementation of operational adaptations necessary to maintain safe vehicle operation
  • Rolling Stock Engineer for long-distance transport: Data-driven analysis of the door subsystem and evaluation of main fault areas using diagnostic data from the door control units and SAP maintenance data