Safety Assurance Manager

Role(s)
Safety Assurance Manager
Location(s)
Brisbane, Australia.
Term
Permanent, commencing late January 2024
About You
As the Junior Engineer in the AMMA team, you will ensure that Ricardo continues to provide high quality technical consultancy and related services to its clients.
Responsibilities
As Safety Assurance Manager you will:

• 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; * Provide input into the development of tender responses in conjunction with other team members;

• 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; * Prepare assurance arguments and documentation to support configuration change submissions;

• 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.

(Essential) Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering;
• At least 5 years’ professional experience as a Safety Assurance Engineer within, or as a consultant to an organisation, operating in a complex high reliability environment, including two years relevant experience in the rail environment;
• Demonstrated experience undertaking quantitative and qualitative analyses including as Fault Tree Analysis, Goal Structuring Notation (GSN), Event Tree Analysis and ALARP/SFAIRP demonstration;
• Demonstrated experience facilitating or providing safety input to hazard identification / risk workshops;
• Demonstrated experience developing or reviewing Safety Assurance arguments
• Familiarity with the Systems Engineering life cycle and appropriate models including the Vee lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability in the application of safety-related standards such as AS/NZS 4801 Safety

Management Systems, ISO/IEC 61508 Functional Safety of EEPE Safety Related Systems, and EN 50126/ 8/9 Specification and demonstration of RAMS to the design of systems and tools within an operational or project environment; * Demonstrated understanding of safety responsibilities under Rail Safety National Law and WHS legislation; and

• Demonstrated ability to write technical reports of a high standard.

External Candidates
This is open to internal and external candidates. If you know external candidates, your local ‘refer-a-friend’ scheme will apply.
Process
This opportunity is open to all Ricardo Rail employees.
Applications & More Information
Questions and applications including CV should be sent to .
Shortlisting and interviews will occur as applications are received