We now have an exciting opening for a Systems Safety Assurance Engineer with one of the leading Transport and Engineering companies.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on one of the major UK Rail projects.

Principal responsibilities:

• Deliver system safety-related training packages both internally and externally
• Undertake regular monitoring and inspection of company projects to report on levels of compliance and identify areas to be improved.
• Sitting in and providing input to focus groups
• Promote effective Design Risk Management and System Safety throughout all disciplines within the business
• Facilitation of Hazard Identification, Hazard Review and other risk workshops
• Securing repeat business through managing and maintaining existing relationships
• To win work by assisting proposals with the technical input into bids/estimates and proposal

Key skills/experience required:

• 5+ years experience within the railway industry
• Knowledge in Risk Assessment process and techniques
• Competent practitioner in system safety
• Strong communicator and ability to lead
• Able to manage and plan your own workload effectively
• Able to audit and inspect internal projects and processes
• Good knowledge of engineering design and construction principles and standards
• Experience of general construction activities and methods
• Good understanding of Common Safety Method and the Railway Interoperability Regulations and how it is applied in a Rail environment with respect to design and compliance.
• Good knowledge of CDM, its application and its principles

Qualifications:

• Ideally membership of or working towards membership of a relevant professional institution eg. IOSH, ICE, APS