Principal Engineer - Safety Assurance in York, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Principal Engineer; Safety Assurance
Predominantly based in Birmingham but would need to be based in Bristol twice weekly.
A global leader in the world of rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies, employing approximately 2,000 people at over 20 different locations in the UK & Ireland. A major supplier & maintainer of tramways, main line trains, metro cars, electrical renovation & signalling systems and responsible for delivering application projects and introducing products across the UK rail industry. The UK Safety Assurance Team is responsible for assuring that these products and projects / schemes meet their legislative and customer requirements for safety across their operational life, from installation and commissioning through to eventual decommissioning.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Reporting to the Regional Centre Safety Manager the successful candidate will join a small team of other Principal Safety Assurance Engineers responsible for the Engineering Safety Management of product introduction and application project / scheme delivery
Each Principal Safety Assurance Engineer is responsible for a linked set of projects / schemes; this linkage may be based around a common technology type or a geographically common area. In addition each will lead on maintaining product approval of a technology, such as Interlocking, Control Centres or ETCS/ERTMS.
In order to support our client's requirements to meet Interoperability and Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment; Engineering Safety Management, Safety Assurance, Product Acceptance and Homologation are central to the way or working. Principal Safety Assurance Engineers ensure allocated projects and UK product introduction activities meet all necessary legislative and safety requirements and responsibilities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Activities will involve the candidate in all aspects of Engineering Safety Management including:
* Provide engineering safety assurance to application projects or product introduction
* Manage the Safety Assurance Activities for a series of Line of Route Projects, Technology Introduction or Discipline (such as Signalling (including Design), Interlockings, ETCS Trackside or Train-borne technology, Control Centres)
* Practical Implementation of an Engineering Safety Management Lifecycle for compliance with the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment and CENELEC Standards including;
o Development of product introduction and project application Safety Plans
o Project hazard analysis / Safety Risk Activities
o Hazard (Log/Record) Management, Mitigation and Closure
o Development of product introduction and project application safety cases / safety justification reports
* Strategic planning and prioritisation of Safety Assurance activities in order to meet project and product approval deadlines, including the ability to respond effectively to change
* Provision of advice on Safety Assurance to project teams in relation to issues that may prevent a project meeting its safety requirements for commissioning or achieving safety acceptance. Such advice may arise from, attending project meetings, audits, IDR and project stage and commissioning gate reviews
* Engineering safety management liaison at all levels (especially Project Manager, CEM and CREs) and externally with customer, appropriate Assessment Bodies (such as AsBo, DeBo and NoBo), other parts of the company as well as subcontractors and suppliers
* Preparation of Safety Assurance inputs for Tenders and Tender evaluation
* Acting on behalf of the Safety Manager as instructed for project and product introduction activities
* Supporting the UK Regional Centre Safety Manager in all areas of integration, development and improvement of Safety Assurance processes, procedures and working practices
* Provide regular KPI updates for 'On Time Delivery' of Safety Assurance documentation and Hazard Log/Record Statistics
* The candidate will be office based but expected to travel regularly to other office locations as well as project/site offices related to their project responsibilities
* To comply with, undertake and promote all relevant Environment, Health & Safety measures, responsibilities and activities.
Candidate requirements;
Essential:
* Educated to HND or equivalent in Systems Engineering or equivalent related subject.
* Practical understanding and application of the Common Safety Method and associated procedures and application.
* Practical understanding and application of the European committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) Standards including 50126/8/9 and associated procedures and application.
* Understanding and practical application of conventional UK signalling application projects.
* Understanding (and preferably practical application) of European Train Control System (ETCS)/ European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) in both trackside and train borne applications.
* Ability to interface with the railway industry/safety leaders in a competent professional manner, whilst maintaining safety and commercial interests.
* High attention to detail.
* Manage and coordinate personal activities and those of others against conflicting timescales and priorities.
* Ability to work autonomously to timescales and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
* Ability to travel within the UK and possible international with occasional overnight stays required.
Desirable:
* Experience and practical application of RAM Modelling and DRACAS.
* Understanding and development of database related applications.
* Experience in Safety or Software auditing.
* Railway industry experience in safety engineering or safety assurance and systems engineering.
* Chartered Engineer Status (or equivalent).
* Good interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to create safety reports to the required standard.
Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
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