Senior Safety Engineer

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Key Information

Job title: Senior Safety Engineer 

Salary: circa £63,000 + excellent benefits                                         

Grade: Band 3

Contract type: TfL, Permanent

Reference: SF2335

Contract details:  Full time (welcome part-time applicants)

Location: Endeavour Square, Stratford

Application closing date: Thursday 16th October @ 23:59

About Us

Safety is at the heart of TfL’s Engineering directorate, ensuring we are focussed on TfL’s key risks and everything we do is evidence-led. The Senior Safety Engineer role is central to delivering this vision, providing system safety assurance for projects, including safety planning, hazard identification and management, safety risk analysis, modelling and preparation of engineering safety cases.

We are looking for a talented Senior Safety Engineer with a passion for making our transport network safer. You will help to deliver high profile complex projects to improve London’s transport system as part of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy leading to a real sense of achievement. You will be part of a community of Safety Engineers within TfL, which provides opportunities to learn with and from others.

Key Accountabilities

As part of this role, you will be responsible for delivering effective and efficient System Safety assurance in line with corporate policy and process. This includes System Safety risk assessments, hazard identification and management, engineering safety cases and modelling of safety risks.  You will ensure the safety, functionality or compliance of newly implemented or altered assets, engineering processes, procedures or systems.

You will evaluate, select and apply appropriate solutions to risk / value / complexity engineering problems that improve efficiency or effectiveness, while improving safety and reducing operating costs. This supports a culture of continuous improvement through the identification of best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis.

You will provide technical guidance and advice in your position as a trusted source of safety engineering expertise for your team, peers, internal stakeholders and the wider business, including our Heads of Engineering Delivery. You will represent TfL Engineering as a subject matter expert when engaging with your delivery team, suppliers, customers, industry bodies and external agencies, identifying and influencing best practice to enable continuous improvement across TfL.

We are particularly interested in those that have an enthusiasm and depth of knowledge that can be used to mentor and coach the less experienced engineers in the team.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Skills

• High level of integrity (essential)
• Highly developed ability to act on own initiative (essential)
• Ability to represent TfL’s interests with external parties e.g. railways, standards bodies, regulators
• Highly motivated, with a real passion for personal development

Knowledge

• Good understanding of System Safety engineering processes. (essential)
• Good understanding of safety tools and techniques to carry out safety risk assessments and hazard management. (essential)
• Good record of continuing professional development and contribution to the knowledge base of the profession  
• Knowledge of relevant TfL, British and International standards (e.g. EN 50126 / EN 50716 / EN 50129)
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations (e.g. ROGS, CSM-RA)
• Knowledge of the TfL business, its obligations and priorities
• Knowledge of engineering safety management and its application within the railway environment
• Moderate understanding of Technical Assurance processes and how System Safety fits within the assurance regime.

Experience

• Extensive experience of system safety engineering and its practical application to high value programmes. (essential)

• Extensive experience of personal responsibility for providing professional safety engineering support to major projects and maintenance organisation(s), where there are complex interfaces. (essential)
• Moderate experience of integrating System Safety into a technical assurance regime and its practical application to high value programmes or within Operational businesses.
• Extensive experience in providing technical support to permanent and contract staff.
• High proficiency in utilising and supporting others in safety tools and techniques to carry out safety risk assessments, modelling and analysis.

Application Process  

Please apply using your CV and answering the screening questions provided. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV.

PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images 

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. 
 
Benefits  
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
 

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
• Discounted Eurostar travel
   

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.