OverviewPrincipal Engineer - Systems Safety role at Affordable Houses Ltd. Based in London, Birmingham, Bristol or Manchester. The purpose of this position is to lead the railway systems safety activities on major rail projects within the UK and in the International domain.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate the Safety assurance activities on projects

Develop project specific system safety strategies to comply with the projects processes

Coordinate with disciplines within the wider organisation; develop systems safety methodologies to comply with projects and clients requirements

Manage all aspect of system safety compliance, risk analysis and evaluation, preparation of safety products and ensures that there is suitably qualified professional oversight of all matters related to system safety

Co-ordinate system safety products, including systems definitions, Hazard Identification, system status records and system safety cases

Carry out hazard identification using hazard identification workshops (HazIDs), hazard and operability studies (HazOPs) and other methods

Manage System Safety Hazard Records to capture details of the identified hazards

Define the CSM-RA Risk Acceptance Principles to control the risk arising from each hazard and identifies potential Safety Measures to make the risk associated with the hazard acceptable

Provide compliance evidence and work collaboratively with the Client and the Assessing Body (AsBo) to achieve the required Authorisations under Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) (ROGS) Regulations, and the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011, through the Safety Assessment Reports produced by the AsBo

Provide compliance evidence to Approved Body (ApBo) and a Designated Body (DeBo) as independent assessors to ensure compliance with the RIR

Interoperability compliance is achieved by the obtention of an Interim Statement of Verification (ISV)

Ensure that associated products or systems, are fully compliant to the relevant and applicable National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs)

Develop Safety Case, Safety Process Management, Reliability analysis for all sub-systems

Lead the team issuing and maintaining reports and logs (Hazard Log, RAM Management and Assurance Plan, Failure modes classification, RAM modelling plan, Safety requirements)

Verify and Assess the design and construction requirements and the functionality of the design for reliability and safety purposes

Lead the team processing Capability performance analysis and Root cause failure analysis

Take ownership of and manage all System safety Assurance deliverables

Directly lead the issues, as well as follow-up on the related key performance indicators of the project

QualificationsEssential

Extensive years of experience in rail engineering, with experience as a Senior Engineer

Experience of delivering system safety assurance activities in a rail environment, in design and build projects

Experience in delivering in compliance with CSM, Interoperability and NTSNs, maintenance / operability requirements and standards for railway sub-systems

Understanding and application of Rail standards ROGS, CSM RA, TSIs/NTSNs, ENs and TPG

Experience of managing a team of System Safety Engineers is advantageous

Willingness to mentor and develop others

Excellent communication skills

You must have the right to work in the UK

Desirable

BSc or similar in bachelors degree (BEng, BSc) in a numerate, scientific or engineering subject or higher education/equivalent training and experience

Chartered status, or equivalent, from a recognised institution

Relevant experience in the design, specification and procurement of infrastructure

Wide knowledge of the rail environment appreciated

Details

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Engineering and Information Technology

Industries : Computer and Network Security

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