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Principal Safety Consultant

Ref no. BHN549588
Location London, England
Start date ASAP
Job type Permanent
Job status Closed

Job summary

Matchtech are working with a key client in the Railway industry to recruit for Principal Safety Engineers to support on major railway infrastructure projects globally. Offering hybrid working and numerous office locations.. click apply to discuss!

Key skills required for this role

Principal Safety Consultant - Engineer - EN50126/29/IEC 61508 - CSM-RA - Railways - Transit

Important

Principal Safety Consultant - Engineer - EN50126/29/IEC 61508 - CSM-RA - Railways - Transit

Job description


Due to continued growth, currently in infrastructure change projects in particular, Ricardo Rail are looking to strengthen their team to support the delivery of existing and new projects.


We are seeking to recruit a Principal Safety Consultant to work on a wide range of safety engineering projects as part of the Safety, Security and Human Factors Team.

The person we are looking for is someone who is passionate about delivering excellent service to customers but also who will take a lead in developing team members technically and commercially preparing the next generation of safety consultants and assessors.

Ideally you will have 15+ years' experience either in risk management, systems engineering or safety engineering.
You will be part of our rapidly growing and dynamic team of experienced safety engineers delivering high quality work to clients, sometimes to demanding timescales. If you are enthusiastic, curious, self-motivated and willing to work hard this is the role for you!


You will ideally have experience of working in major rail infrastructure upgrade projects ideally within the UK or consultancy experience in producing assessment and deliverables for large projects. You need to have delivered safety engineering and assurance to complex engineering projects with a pragmatic approach based on in-depth experience of applying the methods and tools aligned to key standards such as EN50126, EN50129 or IEC 61508 and/or CSM-RA.

You will be working on a wide range of exciting projects such as:

  • Safety assurance management, safety approvals and CSM work for major infrastructure projects such as National Train Control Centre in Dublin, Crewe Hub remodelling and East Coast Mainline
  • Supporting contractors to complete CSM and approvals for station works such as Birmingham New Street, Darlaston and Willenhall and Coventry Station.
  • Safety assurance for new products such as high speed points system, axle counters and other signalling systems
  • Safety management systems consulting such as RM3 auditing and safety strategy development

The UK is a Centre of Excellence for Safety and therefore they will provide expertise to projects world wide including Australia, US, Canada, Asia and Middle East.


You will have to work in a flexible consultancy environment, understanding client needs and issues, developing requirements and solutions, managing client expectations and delivering high quality outputs.


As well as delivering project work you will need to meet and develop relationships with key engineering leaders and rail decision makers as well as enhancing your own and the teams technical capabilities. In a client facing role, you will be expected to combine sound engineering knowledge and judgement, with excellent communication skills, to deliver high-quality technical service to clients. Also leading proposals with novel solutions to technically challenging client needs, drawing upon your formal engineering training and your experience to-date.


In return you will receive:

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday plus usual bank holidays,
  • Buy and sell 5 days holiday,
  • Company Pension
  • Life Cover
  • Permanent Disability Insurance
  • Access to employee discount site
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • Access to private GP services
  • Udemy Learning
  • Ability to purchase flexible benefits such as dental insurance, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, medical cash plan, computer lease scheme, lease car etc.

Matchtech is a STEM Recruitment Specialist, with over 35 years’ experience

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