Senior System Assurance Engineer

This position will be responsible to undertake railway (commuter rail, light rail and subway) related engineering and operational assessment and analysis to provide assurance that all the systems under review are acceptably safe and reliable/available for rail operational service. As a member of the Rail and Transit team, you will be given opportunities to use your transferrable skills to define processes, create execution plans, and be the technical lead for some projects.  You will be supported by management to develop work plans and professional skills to become a strong leader in the consulting environment

Responsibilities 

• Perform SA/RAMS analysis, including, Preliminary Hazard Analysis, Sub system Hazards Analysis, System Hazard Analysis, and Operations and Support Hazard Analysis; 
• Provide support for SA/RAMS Planning, including, Safety Management system development, Project Safety / RAMS plan development, Operational Safety / RAMS plan development, Safety Management System implementation; 
• Conduct Assurance Audits and Assessments for, Independent Competent Person, Independent Safety Assessment, Independent Verification and Validation, and Design Verification; 
• Undertaking and checking of HAZOP and HAZID studies; 
• Familiarity with EN 50126 suite of standards an asset; 
• Undertaking and assessment of Qualitative and Quantitative risk assessment;  
• Implementation and checking of detailed analysis including, FMECA, FTA / ETA, Root Cause Analysis, Reliability / Availability modelling;  
• ​​Support RAMS implementation planning activities; including:  
• Development and review of RAMS and safety/systems assurance documentation; 
• Development and review of maintainability demonstration planning and reports; 
• Development of RCM planning and implementation. 
• ​Responsible for operational Safety Analysis and compliance; including: 
• Assessment of operational safety across technical and operational processes; 
• Development and review of operational plans and procedures for safety operations; 
• Support Incident Management Planning and Investigation, as well as, Emergency and Crisis management process development and review; 
• Interface within the systems engineering disciplines (Track, Traction Power, Signal/Train Control, Communications, Integrated Control Systems, Signalling, Rolling Stock, etc.); 
• Interface with Structure/Station/Facilities/Tunnel in the railway environment; 
• ​Other duties as assigned/required. 

Key Competencies / Skills: 

Mandatory Skills 

• Minimum (8 – 12) years demonstrated experience in leading SA/RAMS for a large organization, in the rail industry; 
• Candidates should be able to demonstrate a broad knowledge across all rail engineering aspects and operations with specialist in RAMS standards and in at least one key area such as: Train Control/Signalling, Traction Power, Rolling Stock, Station Equipment, Communications, Track Infrastructure, Civil and Structures; preferably in Civil & Infrastructure domain
• Proven ability to work successfully in multi-disciplinary teams and across different business units;
• Experience in a Consulting Engineering environment is an asset;
• Experience in different Phases of the Engineering Design Life Cycle (Proposal, CDR, PDR, FDR) and familiarity with CENELEC, IECs and Systems Engineering standards such as EN 50126/8/9, AREAM or equivalent etc.
• Understanding of Systems Safety Engineering Concepts such as Hazard and Risk Analysis, proven experience in RAMS; 
• Understanding of Verification and Validation, and System Integration methodology/process;
• Demonstrated success in a team environment, and leading a team;  
• Strong communication skills, presentation skills, and report writing skills.    

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree or advanced education in a relevant discipline from an accredited university;