We are Rail Power Systems
Our values
Integrity

Taking responsibility, maintaining resolve.    

For us, integrity means:   

  • We act responsibly.    
  • We are always fair and transparent.    
  • You can rely on our statements.    

For us, integrity means living by rules and values. Pragmatic approaches play an important role in our day-to-day work. In this process, we ensure the continuous adherence to all rules. 

RPS stands for reliability and responsibility. 

Teamwork

Strong together, successful together. 

For us, teamwork means:    

  • Success comes from working together: through shared knowledge and combined strengths.   
  • We act in the knowledge that we are part of a greater whole - beyond our team.   
  • Strong partnerships make us a team.     

As a team, we work together to achieve goals. We support each other across departments, leveraging our strengths and skills for mutual benefit. 

RPS stands for achieving goals together.   

Excellence

Focus on continuous development.   

For us, excellence means:   

  • Safety and quality have the highest priority.    
  • We work with passion and give the maximum.    
  • We actively seek future-orientated solutions.   

Excellence applies to our actions, our products and services. We see feedback as a potential for development.    

RPS stands for quality in order to deliver the best possible result to our customers.   

Respect

Appreciation and recognition for people and the environment.    

For us, respect means:    

  • We treat each other, our customers and suppliers with respect, cooperation and appreciation.    
  • We regard their diversity, competences and skills as an enrichment.    
  • It is important to us how our business activities affect interest groups and the environment.    

We understand respect to mean the way we treat each other, our customers and the world around us. Our activities affect the infrastructure and have an impact on the everyday lives of many people.  

RPS stands for a respectful employer, contractor and supplier.   

Entrepreneurship

Sharing responsibility, creating value, shaping the future. 

For us, entrepreneurship means:    

  • We stand behind our projects and results, create transparency, innovation and progress while maintaining efficiency.    
  • We utilise our potential and promote it.    
  • We consciously evaluate opportunities and risks in our projects in order to master them together, taking our values and profitability into account.

For us, entrepreneurship also means fostering a culture of learning from mistakes to enable continuous improvement.

RPS stands for healthy economic growth.   

Sustainability

Think holistically, respect resources, strengthen the community.

For us, sustainability means:   

  • We are pioneers for the shift in mobility.    
  • We are strategically shaping our economic future.   
  • We prepare for generational change, enable equal opportunities and employee development.

For us, sustainability also means taking on social responsibility.   

RPS stands for forward-thinking and proactive action.  

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Our history

In a company history spanning more than 135 years, we have gone through many different stages and company affiliations. Since 2015, we have been called Rail Power Systems. Discover the most important milestones.

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Management

Dr. Michael Bernhardt

Chairman of the Management Board

Rail Power Systems is headed by Dr. Michael Bernhardt. In November 2015, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Rail Power Systems GmbH, the successor company to Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH. Having obtained a doctorate in physics, he began his career in 1993 as a consultant with THOST Projektmanagement, where he worked on creating and launching project structures and management processes for major infrastructure-related projects. Between 1999 and 2008, he worked at Thales, an international technology company specialising in rail signalling technology, where he held various positions before being appointed head of projects in the domestic market. In 2008, he moved to Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH as Director of Sales and Marketing. From 2009 to 2015, he was also appointed Managing Director of InoSig GmbH. In April 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH. Since November 2011, Dr. Michael Bernhardt has been actively involved in the German Railway Industry Association (VDB) as spokesperson for the VDB Infrastructure Working Group and on the Executive Committee as Vice President Infrastructure.

Carsten Becker

Managing Director

After completing an apprenticeship as a banker, Carsten Becker studied business administration at the Universities of Regensburg and Maastricht. In 2002, he began his career at Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Munich, where he first qualified as a tax consultant and then as an auditor. In 2014, he moved to a large international tourism group, where he initially worked as Group Director Finance and later as Group Chief Financial Officer. As of 1 January 2024, Mr. Becker is Managing Director of Rail Power Systems GmbH, based in Munich.

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