Senior Safety Consultant

Role ID: 2024-2566
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 seeking a highly motivated Senior Safety Consultant to join our Rail team. This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual who is dedicated to providing exceptional service to customers and has the drive to grow into a future leader within our organisation. As a Senior Safety Consultant, you will play a key role in supporting the development of junior team members as part of our succession planning for the future.
Key Responsibilities: Deliver 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.Lead the bidding, winning, and successful delivery of commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives and desired outcomes for each project.Contribute to a diverse range of exciting 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 works.Engage in safety assurance for new products, including high-speed points systems and signalling systems.Work on projects worldwide, including opportunities in Australia, the US, Canada, Asia, and the Middle East.Support business development efforts by writing proposals, developing client relationships, and engaging with industry stakeholders.Demonstrate flexibility by effectively managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects and customers.Thrive on variety, actively seeking out interesting and challenging work to continuously grow and develop professionally.Key Competencies and Experience: Proven experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to engineering projects.Demonstrated ability to bid, win, and deliver commercially successful projects.Strong background in safety assurance management and safety approvals.Experience supporting contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station works.Familiarity with safety assurance for new products, including signalling systems.Willingness to work on projects internationally.Excellent business development skills, including proposal writing.Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities.A passion for tackling interesting and challenging work.Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.Working here: You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will 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 to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.
Next steps: Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch.

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