Safety Assurance Engineer

Safety Assurance Engineer

About ARTC

Keeping Australia moving and growing our network for the future brings immense opportunities.

At ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation), we are one of the largest rail network owners in Australia. With more than 1,800 employees across 39 locations, we all work towards our common goal to link the nation and keep Australia moving.

As the rail industry undergoes significant transformation, we've invested billions of dollars to build, expand and modernise our network to get freight off the road and onto rail, and we're not stopping.

That's good for our customers, motorists, the environment, and communities.

About the Team

Engineering & Systems enables our business to achieve its goals and objectives by providing targeted support, governance and advisory services across our organisation. We aim to provide a standardised, simplified and integrated approach to the way we do business.

Our core value comes from how our teams collaborate and partner with the business to deliver our support services. Success in our roles is achieved by influencing and innovating as well as listening and responding to the needs of the operating business units.

About the Opportunity

To facilitate engineering safety compliance activities to ensure the safe development and deployment of the ARTC Safeworking System Product, and to assist in providing assurance to ensure the necessary approvals are achieved for operation of the Safeworking System, including achieving accreditation from ONRSR.

• Ensure all safety engineering activities relating to the development and deployment of the ARTC Safeworking System comply with ARTC's Safety Management System, CENELEC Standards and good practice such as contained within iESM principles.
• Facilitate engagement between stakeholders required to achieve/maintain internal approvals and accreditation of ARTC's Safeworking System and in accordance with ARTC's Safety Management System.
• Review safety related deliverables, processes, safety requirements and mitigation strategies required to support the various ARTC Safeworking System Safety Cases and Safety Assurance Reports.
• Engage with the Independent Safety Assessor(s) and suppliers to ensure effective response to safety related deliverables and responses to questions.
• Support Rail Systems representatives that liaise with the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator.
• Coordinate and, where required, facilitate safety related risk assessments in accordance with ARTC's Safety Management System.
• Attend the ATMS Safety Sub-Committee comprising safety personnel from the Rail Systems team, the System Integrator and the Independent Safety Assessor(s).
• Maintain Safety Assurance frameworks specified in ARTC's Safety Management System to be used in the development and deployment of ARTC's Safeworking System.
• Support ARTC's Type Approval process by facilitating provision of Safety Cases and related safety deliverables as required.
• Provide safety related advice to ARTC's Safeworking System operations, engineering and project management staff.
• Support the development, review and approval of ARTC's Safeworking System Safety Assurance documentation.
• Other duties as directed by the Safety Assurance Manager.

About You

To ensure success in this position, applicants will be able to demonstrate:

Essential Selection Criteria:

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Communications, Systems or Signaling),
• Technology or equivalent related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating safe working system assessment and/or regulatory accreditation.
• Demonstrated experience in the planning and facilitation of safety plan creation.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, coordination and sub-contracting of works.
• Strong interpersonal skills, such as communication and negotiation, including the ability to express ideas and thoughts clearly and succinctly in both written and oral form.
• The ability to understand the relationship between technical and operational factors, safety and commercial outcomes, and impact on customers.

Desirable Selection Criteria:

• Demonstrated experience in the development, deployment and organisational integration of a safety critical software system.
• Prior experience in Safety Assurance for a delivery of a technology-based project into a safeworking environment.
• Understanding of railway signalling, rules or practices in the rail industry.
• Understanding of CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129 and its application to the lifecycle of a system.
• Experience with system development within a multi-stage program.

What we offer

You will have access to a variety of benefits working with us, including but not limited to:

• Work on leading major projects as part of a long-term program of work
• Competitive remuneration
• Flexible working options available
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for all employees and their direct family members
• Numerous financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits Including salary sacrifice option of novated leasing, discounts and support programs

Our Organisation and Culture

We foster an inclusive, values led culture and embrace diversity in all forms. Together, our people build a respectful, fair, and flexible workplace and we thrive on creating an environment where your hard work and achievements are recognised.

We have an uncompromising commitment to your physical and mental health and safety. We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with ongoing development opportunities is important to us. We rely on the diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented employees regardless of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or cultural background.

At ARTC, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to making a real difference for Australia's first peoples and encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. Come and join us at ARTC and experience belonging.

Apply Now

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please apply online today. As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment criminal history, reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing. ARTC is a drug and alcohol-free working environment.

Applications close: 1st March 2024

ARTC reserve the right to progress applications prior to the closing date.