Safety Assurance Director
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About the Role
Responsible for leading rail safety assurance, developing strategies, ensuring compliance with safety legislation, and mentoring safety professionals in the organization.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the organization's rail safety assurance strategy, policies, and management systems
- Define and oversee the safety assurance framework for operations, maintenance, and capital projects
- Chair and/or participate in executive safety committees, safety review boards, and technical assurance panels
- Provide regular assurance reports and safety performance insights to the executive team and board
- Design and implement safety assurance processes including hazard identification, risk assessment, safety case development, and change control
- Lead the development and maintenance of safety cases and supporting documentation for rail infrastructure, rolling stock, signalling, and supporting systems
- Act as primary point of contact with safety regulators, accreditation bodies, and other external stakeholders on safety assurance matters
- Oversee the investigation and analysis of significant incidents, near misses, and safety related events
- Drive continual improvement in safety performance, culture, and competence across the organization
- Provide leadership and direction to the Safety Assurance team and related functions
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Rail Technology, or a related discipline
- At least 20 years experience in rail safety, safety assurance, systems safety, or related fields within rail or mass transit environments
- Demonstrable experience in developing and managing safety cases, safety management systems, and assurance frameworks for rail operations or projects
- Strong knowledge of rail safety legislation and standards in KSA
- Proven experience in leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders
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Job Description
- Parsons are looking for a highly experienced and motivated Safety Assurance Director (Rail).
- You will be responsible for establishing, leading, and continually improving the rail safety assurance framework across the organization.
- This role ensures that rail operations, projects, and assets comply with all applicable safety legislation, standards, and internal policies.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop and maintain the organization's rail safety assurance strategy, policies, and management systems.
- Define and oversee the safety assurance framework for operations, maintenance, and capital projects.
- Chair and/or participate in executive safety committees, safety review boards, and technical assurance panels.
- Provide regular assurance reports and safety performance insights to the executive team and board.
- Design and implement safety assurance processes including hazard identification, risk assessment, safety case development, and change control.
- Ensure that safety requirements are captured, traceable, and verified across the system lifecycle.
- Lead the development and maintenance of safety cases and supporting documentation.
- Oversee the application of systems engineering and safety methodologies.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant rail safety legislation, standards, and regulatory guidance.
- Act as primary point of contact with safety regulators, accreditation bodies, and other external stakeholders.
- Coordinate regulatory submissions, approvals, licenses, and certifications.
- Monitor changes in regulation and standards and lead implementation of necessary changes.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provide assurance that rail operations and maintenance activities are conducted safely.
- Oversee the safety assurance of timetable changes, new routes, new/modified rolling stock, signalling changes, and infrastructure upgrades.
- Ensure robust management of operational risk.
- Review and approve safety related operational procedures, rules, and instructions.
- Provide independent safety assurance for rail projects.
- Ensure that project safety risks are systematically managed.
- Oversee safety verification and validation activities.
- Lead or sponsor independent safety audits, peer reviews, and technical assessments.
- Oversee the investigation and analysis of significant incidents, near misses, and safety related events.
- Ensure that lessons learned are captured, communicated, and embedded.
- Develop and manage a risk based safety audit and inspection program.
- Drive continual improvement in safety performance, culture, and competence.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and direction to the Safety Assurance team and related functions.
- Promote a positive safety culture, encouraging openness, reporting, and learning.
- Mentor and develop safety professionals, building internal capability.
- Influence senior leaders and stakeholders to integrate safety considerations into strategic and operational decisions.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Rail Technology, or a related discipline.
- At least 20 years experience in rail safety, safety assurance, systems safety, or related fields within rail or mass transit environments.
- Demonstrable experience in developing and managing safety cases, safety management systems, and assurance frameworks for rail operations or projects.
- Strong knowledge of rail safety legislation and standards in KSA.
- Proven experience in leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
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