Senior/Principal Safety Risk Management Consultant
Manchester or York
Permanent Role
Salary £NEG

My Client is currently looking for a Senior/Principal Safety Risk Management Consultant to be based out of Manchester or York if you’re an experienced Safety Risk Management (SRM) Consultant working in the rail sector and ambitious to achieve your career potential, read on.

As a member of our Strategic Environmental Consulting (SEC) team, you will be required to undertake and provide consultancy on Engineering Safety Management (ESM) associated with the design of mainline and metro railway schemes.

The initial assignment will be to work on a major railway project, determining the Engineering Safety Management arrangements required for the project, and to ensure that all suppliers provide high quality ESM deliverables which will demonstrate a fit-for-purpose and safe railway in accordance with the requirements of the Common Safety Method.

Whilst the successful applicant will work predominantly within the rail sector, opportunities to carry out Engineering Safety Management activities in other sectors may arise from time-to-time.

Who We are Looking For:
Within SEC we pride ourselves on our ability to provide Clients with Strategic Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Business Advice, which helps our Clients not only to manage risk, but to drive excellence in their EHS performance.

As such we seek individuals who combine: strong quantitative and analytical skills; deep technical knowledge; a sharp commercial focus; and, who are passionate about their work to advise our Clients on strategic business decisions. Our mission is to improve quality of life around the world, by creating places of distinction and providing sustainable solutions that enhance the built and natural environment.

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills and the ability to actively identify and pursue innovative and sustainable solutions to problems.
• Commitment to building relationships with clients & colleagues, networking via industry events and seminars, and actively engaging in profile raising through e.g. internal/ external presentations or speaking at events.
• The ability to add value to a client relationship and develop client accounts
• Strong commercial skills including the ability to understand a client’s key risks and drivers, and the commercial context in which Clients operate.
• Commitment to actively nurtures talent in others by helping people build their networks, and coach and mentor others and share knowledge

Your Day-to-Day:

• Safety Assurance
• Project Safety Management
• Engineering Safety Planning
• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HAZOP/HAZID/FMECA)
• Detailed Safety Analysis
• Safety Risk Quantification
• Hazard Logs / Registers
• Identification of Safety-Critical Items
• Safety Cases / Justifications
• RAM (Reliability Availability Maintainability) - from top-level RAM Management and the development of RAM Plans to detailed RAM Analyses
• Systems Engineering – including Requirements Management and Verification & Validation activities

What You have to Offer:

The applicant shall have recent experience of the application of Engineering Safety Management knowledge and skills (as described above) in the rail sector in a number of environments including:
• Main Line railways
• Metro / underground railways
• Subsurface (‘section 12’) stations
• Tram routes
• Train tunnels
• Multi-modal transport hubs
• Major station areas with retail facilities
• Control centres
• Heavy train-maintenance facilities

Experience in other sectors such as Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Chem/Pharma, Defence, Energy, Aviation would be useful.