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Principal Consultant (Railway 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. If you are aiming to progress in your career and embrace a leadership position, this is a great opportunity for you. 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, sharing your experience to foster their growth.
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 complex commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives and desired outcomes.
* Contributing to a diverse range of exciting projects, including 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 spanning Australia, the US, Canada, Asia, and the Middle East from the UK, without the necessity of travel.
* Demonstrating flexibility by managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects and customers.
* 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 organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and proactively prioritize workload.
* Support business development by writing proposals, developing client relationships, and engaging with industry stakeholders.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Working here
You will be welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, creating a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.
Work-life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected classification.
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.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer. Please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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