Senior Safety Engineer

Systems Safety Assurance role to work one of the latest transit infrastructure projects in the Toronto area.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for leading safety assurance for the various projects, ensuring the project are compliant with relevant international safety and technical standards such EN50126, EN50129 or IEC 61508, CSM-RA, CMREA.
• Accountable for reporting on progress, managing staff competence and development, delivery of and maintain an internal audit schedule ensuring projects are following governance.
• Coordinates the safety studies carried out through the life cycle of the process to ensure that safety requirements are met.
• Manage, perform, and ensure the activities related to safety assurance are applied in the projects.
• Manage Hazard Log, review RAM, V&V, T&C activities from a Safety perspective.
• Manage creation of and approve the Safety Reports and the Safety Case.
• Prepare technical reports for submission to the management, clients, and the regulatory authorities.
• Lead safety engineering activities for a wide range of rolling stock, signaling and infrastructure projects to ensure compliance with the relevant standards.
• Responsible for the facilitation of HAZOP / HAZID workshops and being able to self-sufficiently plan, run and write up the workshops.
• Manage risk assessments for specific discipline areas, being able to self-sufficiently plan, run and write up risk workshops.
• Has a working knowledge of Safety Methods: Safety Plan, Preliminary Hazard Analysis PHA, Failure Modes and Effects Critical Analysis FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis FTA, Interface Hazard Analysis IHA, Operation & Support Hazard Analysis OSHA, Safety related Item List SRIL, Hazard Log HL, V&V Safety Report, and Safety Case.
• Undertakes technical analyses and reviews of Engineering Safety Management documentation and project assurance deliverables.
• Fosters a safety culture and is seen as a safety role model on the project.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or all other equivalent training.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant safety designations an asset.
• High degree of technical proficiency in dealing with all safety related aspects of large scale and complex Railway projects, involving multiple players.
• Strong knowledge in the modern Railway projects, including various components/systems that these projects are made of.
• Expertise in application of safety standards such as technical standards such EN50126, EN50129 or IEC 61508, CSM-RA, CMREA.
• Expertise in crating a Hazard Log, FMECA, FTA, IHA, OSHA, etc.
• Knowledge of design and construction management aspects of Railway Projects.
• Excellent communication skills, the ability to manage internal and external stakeholders.