Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. 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.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Systems Safety activity for major rail projects including as the client representative and for the supplier;
• Develop strategies and plans to implement the Safety Assurance activities for a project through all or some project life cycle stages;
• Develop associated safety cases and SFAIRP arguments.
• Provide guidance and support on Engineering Safety and Systems Assurance to engineering staff within Transport Engineering and to client and supplier representatives;
• Represent Safety Assurance concepts and arguments to stakeholders including regulatory, operations and other asset management bodies;
• Develop and maintain relationships with regulatory agencies and industry groups.
• Prepare assurance arguments and documentation to support configuration change submissions;
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations as well as industry standards.
• Provide input into the development of tender responses in conjunction with other team members;
• Abide by applicable workplace health and safety policies and procedures; and
• Any other duty assigned to you having regard to your skills, training and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in prior Safety Assurance Engineer positions with at least 2 years specifically in rail.
• Strong knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations related to safety, environmental, security, and asset management.
• Experience developing and implementing safety, environmental, security, and asset management policies and procedures.

SKILLS

• Demonstrate a mature and reliable attitude to your work and a willingness to learn.
• Excellent communication skill both written and verbal with the ability to work effectively with a diverse team.
• Passion for engineering and hands-on field-based work.
• Ability to focus on a number of varied tasks with drive, enthusiasm and energy.
• High level of computer literacy.

Working here

Ricardo is an exciting and rewarding place to work and you have the opportunity to make a difference. You will work with teams of talented, dedicated, and supportive individuals. Alongside having a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with us through our broad range of projects, mentoring opportunities and a personalised approach to your learning and development. We are always keen to hear from people who have drive, ambition and a flair for innovative thinking.

Wellbeing and work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that's working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our Employee Assistance program.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can.

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

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