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Senior rail safety consultant

Bristol (City of Bristol)
Arup
Safety consultant
Posted: 30 June
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Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

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The Opportunity

Our built environment and engineering systems are becoming ever more complex, whether that be due to change in use, new legislations, emergent development or disruption from new technologies to industries and ways of working, as such the risks to society from complex technical and engineering system failure are constantly evolving. Our risk, security and resilience practice has helped organisations to understand their exposure to threats and make better risk-informed decisions since it was formed in the mid-1990s. Our team of experts are trusted advisors to private and public-sector clients, providing strategic risk management, technical risk assessment, operational planning, security engineering and counter-terrorism design measures that suit their business needs. Our team apply their knowledge, critical thinking and experience to help our clients to understand and anticipate what could go wrong, and we help with finding better solutions to ensure that risks are effectively managed and controlled. Our team has consistently delivered high-quality advisory and engineering services to clients across a range of markets and industries, including Rail, Energy, Data Centres, Highways, Healthcare, Property and Scientific research facilities.

You will join Arup as a Senior Consultant working in our technical safety, risk and reliability engineering team with a focus on sustainable development across a range of market and industries. You will be a technical specialist and instrumental in the development of our business, by promoting our service offerings, developing and growing the team of Technical Safety, Risk and Reliability consultants. The types of projects you will be involved range from advisory to engineering solution based technical safety and risk related studies across a range of project lifecycle stages (such as research & development, feasibility to concept and detailed design).

Your role will be client-facing and you will build and foster client relationships through project delivery and work winning. You will guide project teams to advise clients and find a better way to deliver better solutions. You will be working collaboratively with other technical domain experts, in multi-disciplinary design teams to deliver solutions to the unique difficulties our clients face. You will be part of a team that is passionate about managing technical safety, risk, and reliability from technical and engineering failures and embedding resilience in our advice and solutions to shape a safer, more reliable, and sustainable future.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective- in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members, and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

In this role you will be expected to provide technical safety risk management on sustainable development projects across a range of market and industries as mentioned above. You will advise and/or undertake technical safety and risk related studies such as; hazard identification, hazard management, functional safety assessment, failure modes and effects analysis, fault tree analysis, fire, explosion, toxic release and hazard analysis, modelling and safety evaluations techniques, safety management, and safety case development. You will also get the opportunity to facilitate risk-based workshops with clients, stakeholders, and multi-discipline engineers for identification of hazards in a multi-discipline and collaborative environment. As a senior member of the team, you will also manage projects, support and mentor junior consultants, conduct bespoke technical safety and risk analyses; carry out peer review and technical due diligence studies.

Requirements:

* A background in managing and delivering technical safety and risk management projects, including successful client relationship management and business development.
* Have experience of leading technical safety and risk assessment in the regulated industries (e.g. chemical and process, nuclear, railway, built environment).
* Be competent in the associated risk analysis techniques, such as hazard identification, hazard management, functional safety assessment, failure modes and effects analysis, and fault tree analysis.
* Background in safety assessment across the life cycle (feasibility studies, design, procurement, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance) of plants in the complex systems, infrastructure and/or major hazard facilities.
* Understanding of relevant international and industry legislation, standards, codes, and guidelines e.g. DSEAR, ATEX, COMAH, RIDDOR, NFPA, API, IFC, CSM RA, ROGS.

What We Offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

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