Matchtech are seeking an experienced CSM-RA Safety Manager to lead the application of the Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment (CSM RA) on a major rail infrastructure programme based in Central London. You will ensure robust safety justification for system changes, new system elements, and operational interfaces across a complex, multi‑disciplinary environment.
This role is central to demonstrating that safety risks are identified, assessed, controlled, and documented in line with UK railway safety standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the full lifecycle of the CSM RA process, ensuring safety justification for project changes and system-level modifications.
- Identify hazards across technical, operational, and environmental domains, ensuring all potential sources of harm are captured and assessed.
- Assess risks by evaluating severity, likelihood, and potential impact on passengers, workforce, and operations.
- Control risks using the Hierarchy of Controls, ensuring appropriate mitigation measures are proposed, implemented, and verified.
- Conduct structured safety assessments including hazard analyses, HAZOP, FMEA, and Bowtie reviews.
- Produce clear, robust safety justification documentation, safety arguments, and supporting evidence.
- Maintain and manage hazard logs, ensuring full traceability of causes, consequences, controls, and verification evidence.
- Document and communicate all findings, assessments, and safety decisions in a consistent and auditable manner.
- Review and update risk assessments, safety evidence, and hazard records to ensure ongoing effectiveness, particularly as designs evolve.
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, project controls, assurance, and regulatory teams to ensure consistent and integrated safety management.
- Contribute to change control, verification & validation, and readiness processes from a safety assurance perspective.
Skills & Experience Required
- Strong experience in rail system safety, safety assurance, or application of the Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment.
- Proven ability to apply structured hazard identification and risk assessment techniques in complex engineering environments.
- Working knowledge of industry‑standard safety tools and methods including:
- Risk Matrices (likelihood vs severity prioritisation)
- HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Studies)
- FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis)
- Bowtie Analysis (causes, consequences, and controls modelling)
- Experience producing and reviewing safety justification, safety case documentation, and structured safety arguments.
- Familiarity with managing hazard logs and safety evidence within large, regulated infrastructure programmes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to convey complex safety concepts clearly and confidently.
- Comfortable working with multidisciplinary engineering teams, suppliers, and assurance bodies.
Contract Details
- Inside IR35 - PAYE or umbrella
- Central London office base with hybrid working
