Senior System Safety Interface Engineer - Phase 1
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Birmingham (pref) or London, Euston (pref) & Initially WFH |
| Area | London, UKMidlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | £60 - 65,580 + Pen(6:12) + heath + 25 hols |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | HS1063 |
| Job Views | 495 |
- Description
- Role Overview
A Senior System Safety Engineer is required to work directly for the client organisation who is responsible for building and operating the UK’s New High Speed Rail Network, the role reports to the Lead System Safety Interface Engineer joining a team of 7 System Safety Engineers who are working on Phase 1 of the project (Birmingham to London).
The role sits within the Construction Engineering system safety team ensuring compliance of the main contractors designs on Phase 1 (Stations, Civils, rail systems) – they will directly lead on risk assessments ensuring compliance with the Common Safety Method on Risk Evaluation an Assessment (CSM-RA). The Construction Engineering System Safety team will also co-operate with the central chief engineers (Technical Authority) team who are responsible for the development of system safety processes and procedures. The Team also works with the independent HS2 CSM-RA Assessment Body (AsBO) and the Approved Body formally NoBo (interoperability compliance) on the assessment of Phase One projects.
The successful candidate will be an engineer within the Construction Engineering system safety team responsible for the leadership of the system safety activities in Phase One of HS2, supporting the design and construction of a safe, technically integrated and compliant future operational railway. The team of 7 System Safety Interface Engineers are split between London and Birmingham they would prefer the candidate to be based in Birmingham, however, will also consider London.
Dimensions & Complexity of Role
As a member of the Construction Engineering system safety team, the role will interface with four Main Works Civil Contractors (MWCCs), four major stations, numerous railway system contracts covering track, OCS, M&E lineside and tunnel systems, etc., and multiple depots. The successful candidate will be making judgements of compliance of plans, risk assessments and designs against regulation and engineering best practice. Also judgement of compliance of the principles of system safety assessment and on the sufficiency of evidence to ensure that a safety requirement has been met. Complexities will include producing and/or reviewing detailed hazard records and potentially complex risk assessments and have the ability to interrogate and identify any non compliances to CSM-RA.
Working Situation
Due to the pandemic the role is initially based from home and then will be either Birmingham (Pref) or London Euston based. HS2 are a flexible employer and they will be an element of flexiabel working on offer.
Salaries
London (pref) £55 – 63,000 + pen (6:12) + 25 hols
Birmingham £60 – 65,580 + pen (6:12) + 25 hols
Duties & Responsibilities- Responsible for enabling the HS2 Phase One projects to ensure compliance with the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations and CSM-RA.
- Managing risk assessments for specific discipline areas, being able to self-sufficiently plan, run and write up risk workshops.
- Developing reports to be able to justify and explain safety assessment results within the organisation and to independent assessment bodies.
- Supporting the HS2 project wide Hazard Record, analysing hazards and compliance evidence to satisfy CSM-RA.
- Managing specific interfaces to the AsBo/NoBo, supporting contractors during independent assessments by the AsBo/ NoBo and supporting the flow of evidence to demonstrate CSM-RA compliance for the railway.
- Input to strategic plans such as HS2 Authorisation Plan and key governance documents such as papers to the System Review Panel.
Candidate Criteria
The ideal candidate will ideally have rail experience (CSM-RA is rail specific), however other industries like Aviation (Ait Traffic Management) has very similar framework so may be considered but Rail is definitely preferable as would knowledge of rail systems. You will be an experienced System Safety Engineer with major rail infrastructure (or comparable project) and in addition knowledge of requirements software Doors will also be helpful.
Skills- Ability to undertake qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk as part of railway safety engineering or similar.
- Awareness of interoperability compliance.
- Ability to present safety arguments to independent assessment bodies and regulators.
Knowledge:- Knowledge of the CSM-RA regulation or a similar application of engineering safety management.
- Knowledge of hazard identification and analysis techniques and management of hazards through hazard records.
- Working knowledge in HAZOP, Fault Tree and Event Tree analysis in a railway environment or similar.
- Knowledge of engineering safety management and compliance with EU and UK law relating to engineering safety
Type of experience:- Experience in engineering safety management and compliance with EU and UK law relating to engineering safety.
- Experience of working in major rail infrastructure upgrade projects or alternatively, a level of consultancy experience in producing assessment and deliverables for a project of HS2 scale and scope.
- Experience of delivering evidence of system safety / engineering safety within a safety critical environment, e.g. aviation, rail, maritime, oil/gas, nuclear or military applications
