Senior Rail System Safety Engineer

slihrms; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Professional development

Flexible holiday allowances

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking experienced Railway Engineering Safety Professionals to support the Assurance Risk and Safety team across major rail projects in the UK, including Derby, Birmingham and Manchester. You will lead Engineering Safety Management across disciplines and lifecycle stages.

You will facilitate hazard workshops, apply RAM, TSIs/NTSNs, author Safety Cases, engage with approval authorities, and mentor colleagues while supporting bid work and programme delivery in a collaborative,

Qualifications

• Hazard identification workshops
• RAM analysis and safety assurance
• Authoring Safety Cases and Safety Justification Reports
• Applying TSIs/NTSNs and regulatory frameworks
• Stakeholder engagement with approval authorities
• Mentoring and developing staff
• Bid writing support and programme delivery
• Budget and project delivery management
• Fostering inclusive culture and knowledge sharing
• Interoperability assurance across rail projects

Responsibilities

• Head or support Engineering Safety Management across major rail projects
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams to shape services
• Lead knowledge sharing and staff development
• Engage stakeholders to understand needs and shape solutions
• Support bid writing and pricing to win work
• Manage programmes and budgets for project delivery
• Promote process alignment and innovation across the business

Job description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is looking for experienced Railway Engineering Safety Professionals to help us deliver Rail Infrastructure and Signalling projects within our Transportation division. AtkinsRéalis works from a range of locations in the UK. This opportunity with the Assurance Risk and Safety team is advertised for positions based within our teams in Derby, Birmingham, and Manchester, other locations will also be considered. The team works predominantly in the UK rail domain with some work internationally. We help our clients understand assurance requirements and guide to ensure that engineering safety is integral to the decision-making process. Working across the wider AtkinsRéalis design and delivery teams, we work on many of the major rail infrastructure delivery programmes including HS2, East West Rail and Central Rail Systems Alliance, as well as numerous smaller projects. We support each other to deliver and develop, including taking an active role in various technical and employee forums. We also take opportunities for socialising together too.

Your role

• Head / support the delivery of Engineering Safety Management on major projects working across all engineering disciplines and lifecycle stages.
• Work with industry leading organisations to define and solve problems, challenge decisions and facilitate our clients' thinking.
• Take a leading role in the development and sharing of knowledge across the team and mentoring and developing other staff.
• Work with clients and the wider business to create winning opportunities within the rail industry.
• Collaborate with both internal and external customers to deliver Engineering Safety Management and Interoperability Assurance.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure that their needs are understood and shape our services in response.
• Support bid writing and pricing to win work.
• Manage programmes and budgets for project delivery.
• Continuously develop your skills and competence to maintain professional qualification.
• Be a role model for others with regards to fostering an inclusive culture and meeting our business's processes, policies and values.
• Work across the business to align process, share knowledge and promote innovation.

About you

• Application and management of Engineering Safety Management within the rail industry in accordance with the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment Regulations.
• Facilitating hazard identification workshops and undertaking subsequent management activities.
• Application of TSIs/NTSNs.
• Application of Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) analysis and assurance.
• Experience of authorisation of multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects.
• Presentations and liaison with approval authorities and/or independent bodies.
• Developing and implementing assurance strategies/plans for projects.
• Authoring Safety Cases and Safety Justification Reports.
• Qualitative and/or Quantitative Risk Assessments.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

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