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Overview

Role: Senior or Principal Safety Consultant ( Safety Assurance and/or Certification)- Rail & Transit

Location: London, Bristol, Derby - Hybrid

Role ID: 2024- 2930

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior or Principal Safety Consultant to join our team. If you are aiming to progress in your career and embrace a leadership position, this is a great opportunity for you.In this role, you will play an important role in leading safety engineering and assurance services to a range of rail engineering projects. Your expertise and insights will directly contribute to the enhancement of safety protocols, risk assessment methodologies, and overall project quality. This role not only offers you the chance to further your technical knowledge in rail safety but also to mentor and guide junior consultants, sharing your wealth of experience to foster their growth. It's a unique chance to exhibit your leadership qualities while expanding your skill set in a collaborative and innovative environment. Applicants with varying levels of experience in the listed capabilities are encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading complex rail safety engineering and assurance services to engineering projects, applying methods and tools aligned with key standards such as EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, and/or CSM-RA.
• Leading the bidding, winning, and successful delivery of complexed commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives and desired outcomes for each project.
• Contributing to a diverse range of exciting projects, including safety assurance management, safety approvals, and CSM work for major infrastructure projects such as the National Train Control Centre in Dublin, Crewe Hub remodelling, and East Coast Mainline.
• Providing support to contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station works.
• Leading in safety assurance for new rail products, including high-speed points systems, axle counters, and other signalling systems.
• Working on global projects spanning Australia, the US, Canada, Asia and the Middle East. You can contribute to these projects from the UK, without the necessity of travel.
• Demonstrating flexibility by effectively managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects and customers.
• Leading interactive workshops with clients and stakeholders.
  
  

• Experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to rail projects, utilising methods and tools aligned with standards such as EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, and/or CSM-RA.
• Background in risk management, systems engineering and/or safety engineering.
• Prior experience in major rail infrastructure projects is highly desirable, especially if gained within the UK or consultancy sector.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and proactively prioritise workload.
• Support business development efforts by writing proposals, developing client relationships, and engaging with industry stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• If you have experience in cyber security, we’d be keen to hear from you and explore opportunities. This skill is not pertinent to this role.
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales

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