Safety Assurance & Rams Manager
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About the Role
Egis seeks a Safety Assurance Manager to lead safety assurance activities for a major rail project, ensuring compliance with railway safety standards, managing hazard identification and risk assessment, and developing safety cases.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the Project Safety Assurance Plan, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks and international railway safety standards
- Lead the hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety analysis process, including HAZID, HAZOP, FMECA, FTA, and system level risk evaluations
- Manage the Safety Case development, ensuring evidence based demonstration of system safety for each project stage
- Coordinate Safety Assurance activities across all engineering disciplines, including civil, track, rolling stock, signalling, telecom, power, and operations teams
- Review and approve safety related deliverables, design submissions, RAMS documentation, and safety validation reports
- Ensure compliance with CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129 and applicable national railway safety regulations
- Support the integration of safety requirements into design development, procurement specifications, and construction methodologies
- Monitor contractor performance on safety assurance obligations and close out of safety related actions
- Facilitate safety audits, independent safety assessments (ISA), and regulatory reviews as required
- Oversee safety requirements management, including verification, validation, and traceability across the project lifecycle
- Provide input during testing, commissioning, and operational readiness, ensuring all safety assurance evidence is complete for handover
- Lead safety related workshops, including safety interface meetings, hazard review sessions, and acceptance committees
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Railway, Systems, or related)
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in Safety Assurance within rail/metro/HSR projects
- Strong knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129, RAMS processes, and system safety engineering
- Proven experience in developing or managing Safety Cases for complex rail systems
- Experience working with Independent Safety Assessors (ISA) and national safety regulators
- Familiarity with systems engineering, requirements management, and V&V processes
- Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder‑management skills
- Experience with safety management tools (e.g., DOORS, Complypro, Taramis, ReliaSoft)
- Strong understanding of operational railway hazards, human factors, maintainability, and ergonomics
- Ability to lead multi disciplinary safety reviews and technical workshops
- Knowledge of RAM modelling, risk quantification techniques, and safety performance metrics
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Job Description
- The Safety Assurance Manager will lead and oversee all safety assurance activities throughout the design, construction, testing, and commissioning phases of a major rail project. The role ensures compliance with railway safety standards, manages hazard identification and risk assessment processes, a
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the Project Safety Assurance Plan, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks and international railway safety standards.
- Lead the hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety analysis process, including HAZID, HAZOP, FMECA, FTA, and system level risk evaluations.
- Manage the Safety Case development, ensuring evidence based demonstration of system safety for each project stage.
- Coordinate Safety Assurance activities across all engineering disciplines, including civil, track, rolling stock, signalling, telecom, power, and operations teams.
- Review and approve safety related deliverables, design submissions, RAMS documentation, and safety validation reports.
- Ensure compliance with CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129 and applicable national railway safety regulations.
- Support the integration of safety requirements into design development, procurement specifications, and construction methodologies.
- Monitor contractor performance on safety assurance obligations and close out of safety related actions.
- Facilitate safety audits, independent safety assessments (ISA), and regulatory reviews as required.
- Oversee safety requirements management, including verification, validation, and traceability across the project lifecycle.
- Provide input during testing, commissioning, and operational readiness, ensuring all safety assurance evidence is complete for handover.
- Lead safety related workshops, including safety interface meetings, hazard review sessions, and acceptance committees.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Railway, Systems, or related).
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in Safety Assurance within rail/metro/HSR projects.
- Strong knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126/50128/50129, RAMS processes, and system safety engineering.
- Proven experience in developing or managing Safety Cases for complex rail systems.
- Experience working with Independent Safety Assessors (ISA) and national safety regulators.
- Familiarity with systems engineering, requirements management, and V&V processes.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder‑management skills.
- Experience with safety management tools (e.g., DOORS, Complypro, Taramis, ReliaSoft).
- Strong understanding of operational railway hazards, human factors, maintainability, and ergonomics.
- Ability to lead multi disciplinary safety reviews and technical workshops.
- Knowledge of RAM modelling, risk quantification techniques, and safety performance metrics.
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