Principal Consultant (Safety Assurance & Certification)
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
The Role
We are looking for a Principal Safety Consultant to join our team. In this role, you will lead safety engineering and assurance services to a range of rail engineering projects. Your expertise will contribute to the enhancement of safety protocols, risk assessment methodologies, and overall project quality. This role offers you the chance to further your technical knowledge in rail safety and to mentor junior consultants. Applicants with varying levels of experience in the listed capabilities are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
* Leading complex rail safety engineering and assurance services to engineering projects, applying methods and tools aligned with key standards such as EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, and/or CSM-RA.
* Leading the bidding, winning, and successful delivery of commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives.
* Contributing to safety assurance management, safety approvals, and CSM work for major infrastructure projects.
* Providing support to contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station works.
* Leading in safety assurance for new rail products, including high-speed points systems and signalling systems.
* Working on global projects from the UK, without the necessity of travel.
* Effectively managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects.
* Leading interactive workshops with clients and stakeholders.
Key Competencies and Experience
* Experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to rail projects.
* Background in risk management, systems engineering, and/or safety engineering.
* Prior experience in major rail infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
* Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple activities.
* Support business development by writing proposals and developing client relationships.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Working here
You will be welcomed into a workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, creating a culture of inclusion.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker.
Benefits
Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect your value. Core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance, and professional subscriptions reimbursement.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application, a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary depending on the volume of applications.
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