# Senior Safety Consultant (Safety Assurance & Certification - Civils) Rail and Transit

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Derbyshire
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Safety Consultant to join our team, playing a crucial role in safety engineering and assurance services for rail engineering projects. You will enhance safety protocols, risk assessment methodologies, and project quality. The role involves mentoring junior consultants and contributing to various projects, including safety assurance management and CSM work for major infrastructure projects.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead complex rail safety engineering and assurance services, applying methods and tools aligned with key standards such as EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, CSM-RA, and Railways Interoperability Regulations (RIR).

- Lead certification and authorisation projects, assessing National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs), Infrastructure and PRM, and National Technical Rules (NTRs).

- Manage the bidding, winning, and delivery of complex projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives.

- Contribute to diverse projects, including safety assurance management, safety approvals, and CSM work for major infrastructure projects.

- Provide support to contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station and civils works.

- Work on global projects spanning Australia, the US, Canada, Asia, and the Middle East.

- Demonstrate flexibility by managing multiple activities and balancing workload across projects and customers.

- Lead interactive workshops with clients and stakeholders.

**Requirements:**

- Experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to rail projects, utilising methods and tools aligned with standards such as CSM-RA and RIR.

- Background in risk management, systems engineering, safety engineering, and/or interoperability.

- Civil engineering background is ideal.

- Prior experience in major rail infrastructure projects is highly desirable, especially within the UK or consultancy sector.

- Experience in railway stations projects, track and civils works, gauging and structures assessments.

- Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and prioritise workload.

- Support business development efforts by writing proposals, developing client relationships, and engaging with industry stakeholders.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

## Skills

### Required
- safety engineering
- risk management
- systems engineering
- interoperability
- EN50126
- EN50129
- IEC 61508
- CSM-RA
- Railways Interoperability Regulations

### Nice to have
- cyber security
- civil engineering

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