Principal System Safety Engineer

Description

Join the transportation engineering team, a multidisciplinary group within the company.

The company plans, designs and manages transport systems and renews ageing infrastructure for public and private clients, helping people move across cities, countries and continents.

This is a Principal Systems Safety Engineer role based in a UK office, working on rail projects within the Systems Engineering and Safety Assurance team.

The company is a Fortune 500 infrastructure consultancy with over 50,000 staff worldwide, working across transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, from advisory and planning through design, engineering, program and construction management.

Its Professional Services business reported revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal 2023 and $16.1 billion in fiscal 2025.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems engineering and assurance plans and processes.
• Support safety and assurance management on projects, including against CSM-REA and EN50126.
• Set up and run the project safety process: write the System Safety Plan, define the system and keep hazard records up to date.
• Work with the wider project team to identify and manage hazards.
• Prepare and develop safety requirements and specifications.
• Help write engineering safety cases and safety justifications.
• Draft project authorisation strategies and help projects meet the applicable Rail Interoperability Regulations.
• Engage and support clients with authorisation bodies and independent assessments.
• Define scope of works and work packages with clients.
• Take part in multidisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Help develop the engineering budget and schedule so they meet requirements.
• Act as the systems safety resource for the Principal and Associate on projects.

Requirements

• Hold an engineering degree or equivalent.
• Communicate well, both orally and in writing.
• Bring railway systems and assurance experience, including system safety and interoperability.
• Understand UK health and safety legislation and regulations.
• Candidates who meet only some of these requirements, or who bring transferable skills, are encouraged to apply.

Conditions

Based in a UK office, with hybrid working available from an office, remotely or at a client site.

Attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

Disabled applicants and those with long-term conditions who meet the essential criteria are offered an interview under the Disability Confident scheme.

Applicants of all backgrounds and abilities, including neurodivergent people, are welcome, and all information is kept confidential under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Access to a wide range of compensation, benefits and wellbeing programmes for employees and their families.
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking.
• Work flexibility as part of a global, publicly traded firm.