Systems Safety Assurance Engineer

York (Manchester also an option)

PERMANENT

£55000 - £60000

INTERVIEWING IMMEDIATELY

My client is a global leader in public transport infrastructure who manage over 3,000 projects for high-speed systems, traditional rail lines, metros, and tramways on a global scale.

They are now urgently looking to hire a Systems Safety Assurance Engineer to join their growing team, based in either York or Manchester, to ensure and promote the effective Systems Safety throughout all Engineering & Infrastructure Projects.

The Role will Involve:

• Monitor and audit projects to ensure compliance with the CDM Regulations (Construction Design and Management) and the Common Safety Method
• Deliver system safety related training packages
• Report on levels of compliance to identify lessons learned and opportunities for improvement
• Providing input to focus groups
• Promote effective Design Risk Management and System Safety
• Facilitation of Hazard Identification, Hazard Review, and other risk workshops
• Work collaboratively with other disciplines to aid the company with regards business development and continual improvement
• Provide Advice and Management on issues involving CDM, CSM and Interoperability
• Proactively manage existing clients to secure repeat business
• To win work by assisting proposals with the technical input into bids/estimates and proposal

The Ideal Candidate has:

• Extensive Rail industry experience
• Working exposure to the Risk Assessment process
• Previous experience as a practitioner in system safety
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to audit and inspect internal projects and processes
• Ideally membership of a relevant professional institution e.g., IOSH, ICE, APS
• Good knowledge of engineering design and construction principles and standards
• Good understanding of how CSM is applied in a Rail environment with respect to design
• Experience working with Assessment Body, Notified Body and Designated Body
• Good knowledge of CDM, its application and its principles
• Good knowledge of engineering design standards for the UK Rail Network
• Commercial awareness
• IT Computer literate – specifically Microsoft Office packages

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