Principal Consultant (Safety Assurance & Certification - Signalling) - Rail & Transit

Role: Principal Safety Consultant (Safety Assurance & Certification - Signalling) - Rail & Transit

Location: London, Bristol, Derby (Hybrid/Flexible)

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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, enhancing safety protocols, risk assessment methodologies, and overall project quality. This role also offers the chance to mentor and guide junior consultants, sharing your wealth of 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 commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives and desired outcomes.
• Contributing to safety assurance management and approvals for major infrastructure projects such as the National Train Control Centre in Dublin and East Coast Mainline.
• Providing support to contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station works.
• Leading safety assurance for new rail products, including high-speed points systems and axle counters.
• 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 effectively managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects.
• Leading interactive workshops with clients and stakeholders.

Key Competencies and Experience

• Experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to rail projects, utilising methods and tools aligned with standards such as EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, and/or CSM-RA.
• Background in risk management, systems engineering, and/or safety engineering.
• Prior experience in major rail infrastructure projects is highly desirable, especially within the UK or consultancy sector.
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and proactively prioritise workload.
• Support business development efforts by writing proposals 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 a workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, creating a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place and 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. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and achieve their full potential.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law.

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 we receive.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer. Please advise the recruitment team via if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.