Senior Rail Safety Consultant

ARUP; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Consultant in technical safety, risk, and reliability engineering. This role offers the chance to work on sustainable development projects across diverse industries, providing technical safety risk management and fostering client relationships. You'll lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions, ensuring safety and reliability in complex systems. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, the company provides a supportive environment where your contributions matter. Embrace the opportunity to make a positive impact in a collaborative setting while advancing your career.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Accident Insurance

Income Protection

Flexible Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in managing technical safety and risk management projects.
• Proficient in risk analysis techniques and safety assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical safety and risk studies for sustainable projects.
• Facilitate risk-based workshops and manage project teams.

Skills

Technical Safety Management

Risk Assessment

Client Relationship Management

Business Development

Functional Safety Assessment

Hazard Identification

Education

Degree in Engineering or Related Field

Tools

Risk Analysis Software

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup's purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach have set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

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The Opportunity

Our built environment and engineering systems are becoming increasingly complex due to changing use, new legislation, emergent development, or disruption from new technologies. The risks to society from complex technical and engineering system failures are constantly evolving. Our risk, security, and resilience practice has helped organizations understand their exposure to threats and make better risk-informed decisions since the mid-1990s. Our team of experts is trusted by private and public-sector clients, providing strategic risk management, technical risk assessment, operational planning, security engineering, and counter-terrorism design measures tailored to their needs.

You will join Arup as a Senior Consultant in our technical safety, risk, and reliability engineering team, focusing on sustainable development across various markets and industries. You will be a technical specialist, promoting our service offerings, developing, and growing our team of Technical Safety, Risk, and Reliability consultants. Your projects will range from advisory to engineering solutions across different project lifecycle stages.

Your role will be client-facing, fostering relationships through project delivery and work winning. You will guide project teams to advise clients and deliver better solutions, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to address unique client challenges. You will be part of a passionate team dedicated to managing technical safety, risk, and reliability to shape a safer, more reliable, and sustainable future.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective that encourages individuality. Our strength comes from respecting, sharing, and connecting diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas. You will have opportunities to do meaningful work that benefits Arup, your career, our members, and the communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

You will provide technical safety risk management on sustainable development projects across various industries. Your responsibilities include conducting technical safety and risk studies such as hazard identification, hazard management, functional safety assessment, failure modes and effects analysis, fault tree analysis, and safety evaluations. You will facilitate risk-based workshops with clients and stakeholders and manage projects, support and mentor junior consultants, and conduct peer reviews and technical due diligence studies.

Requirements:

• Experience managing and delivering technical safety and risk management projects, with a track record in client relationship management and business development.
• Leading technical safety and risk assessments in regulated industries (e.g., chemical, nuclear, railway, built environment).
• Proficiency in risk analysis techniques such as hazard identification, functional safety assessment, FMEA, and fault tree analysis.
• Background in safety assessment across the project lifecycle in complex systems, infrastructure, or major hazard facilities.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and guidelines (e.g., DSEAR, ATEX, COMAH, RIDDOR, NFPA, API, IFC, CSM RA, ROGS).

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What We Offer You

At Arup, we prioritize each member's success, providing a competitive total reward package, including benefits supporting health, wellbeing, learning, and career growth. We are owned in trust, allowing us to set our own direction and choose impactful work. Profit Share is part of our rewards, sharing the results of our collective efforts. Additional benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, accident insurance, income protection, and flexible benefits to support your wellbeing.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds. We promote an equitable environment and support our inclusive culture through employee networks. We aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive impact. For accessibility support, contact Kylie.O'[e-mail].

Our Application Process

Learn what to expect at https://www.arup.com/careers/recruitment-process/. Stay safe online—Arup will never ask for your bank details during recruitment.

Recruitment Agencies

We work with trusted partners and do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies not on our preferred supplier list.

Closing Date: 19/05/2025