Senior Safety Assurance Engineer

Senior Safety Assurance Engineer

Date: 20 Sep 2024

Location: Hatfield, GB

Company: Alstom

Location: UK Flexible

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Excellent Salary + Benefits Include: Pension, Contributed Healthcare, Life Assurance, plus many flexible benefits.

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom has built, or is building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet.

Purpose of the Job:
The D&IS business is responsible for delivering application projects/schemes and introducing products across the UK rail industry. The UK Safety Assurance Team is responsible for assuring that these products and projects/schemes meet their legislative and customer requirements for safety across their operational life, from installation and commissioning through to eventual decommissioning.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support client requirements to meet Interoperability and Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM-REA).
2. Engineering Safety Management of product introduction and application project/scheme delivery for Alstom SS&I.
3. Ensure Alstom SS&I UK product introduction activities and application projects meet all applicable legislative and guidance requirements for Engineering Safety Management, Safety Assurance, Product Acceptance and Homologation.
4. Comply with the Alstom Safety Instruction and Safety Assessment Process.
5. Maintain product approval of technologies such as Interlocking, Control Centres or ETCS/ERTMS.
6. Manage, perform and ensure the activities related to safety assurance are applied in the Projects and Programs (products and systems).
7. Perform the role of Safety Assurance Manager (SAM) on ‘standard’ application projects/schemes or provide support to the SAM on large or complex projects.
8. Implement an Engineering Safety Management Lifecycle for product introduction and large or complex project applications’ compliance with the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment and CENELEC Standards.
9. Develop Safety Plans and apply safety assurance methodologies (risk acceptance criteria, safety analysis, verification and validation) defined for the project/system/product.
10. Conduct project hazard analysis/Safety Risk Activities, including chairing Hazard Identification activities.
11. Review RAM, VV&T, T&C activities from a Safety perspective.
12. Organize and attend periodic Safety Reviews.
13. Oversee Hazard Log/Record, Mitigation and Closure.
14. Develop safety cases/safety justification reports.
15. Present Safety Case arguments to internal and external assessors; define and follow-up action plans to close findings.
16. Plan and prioritize Safety Assurance activities to meet project and product approval deadlines.
17. Provide advice on Safety Assurance to project teams regarding issues that may prevent a project from meeting its safety requirements.
18. Engage in Engineering safety management liaison at all levels within Alstom SS&I and externally with customers and other stakeholders.
19. Prepare Safety Assurance inputs for Tenders and Tender evaluation.
20. Act on behalf of the Alstom UK RCSM or SAM for project and product introduction activities.
21. Provide Key Project Indicators for activities as required at Regional Centre or project level.
22. Develop and mentor other members of the Safety Assurance Team.

Educational Requirements:

Mandatory: Educated to HND or equivalent in an engineering related subject.

Accreditation of successful completion of Training in the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment.

Accredited (by Alstom) as a Senior Expert in Safety Assurance.

Experience:

Mandatory: Understanding and practical application of conventional UK signalling application projects.

Practical Railway industry experience in safety engineering or safety assurance and systems engineering.

Practical understanding and application of the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment and associated procedures.

Practical understanding and application of the CENELEC Standards including BSEN50126/8/9.

Experience in Safety or Software auditing.

Understanding of Reliability Availability and Maintainability Modelling and Failure Recording and Corrective Action System.

Understanding of Requirements Management.

Understanding of Verification, Validation and Test (VV&T).

Demonstrable ability and history of interfacing with the UK railway industry/safety leaders in a competent professional manner.

Chartered Engineer Status (or equivalent).

Competences and Skills:

Ability to work autonomously to timescales and prioritize work to meet deadlines.

Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Good style of concise written arguments and report preparation.

Mentoring ability.

What We Offer:

We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, including 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday. Contributed healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

Important to Note:
As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexible start and finish times, job sharing, or compressed hours.

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification.