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London, Greater London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)Our Opportunity
Hitachi Rail is currently looking to appoint a Senior RAMS Engineer. This role is responsible for providing specialist input and support to the Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Technical Safety (RAMS) function in undertaking and delivering the required safety and assurance activities for Projects, Products and bids, in accordance with Project/Product requirements, Customer requirements and RAMS processes.
The role will provide specialist RAMS support to projects and the RAMS Function, ensuring that the relevant processes apply consistently and to the required quality.
This is a hybrid role, where our minimum expectation is that you will be on site at least 2 days per week.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing specialist support in Technical Safety, RAM and Assurance to the engineering and technical safety roles of the project in defining, developing and delivering solutions to achieve the specifications
Delivering RAMS engineering deliverables throughout the project lifecycle, from specification, Safety Case development through to safety approval and acceptance
Leading and supporting system safety and RAM analyses, quantitative and qualitative as required; hazard management from hazard identification through hazard closeout, safety requirements specification and SIL determination
Interfacing with the client, to capture and define system and safety requirements, and later in the lifecycle, the content of verification and validation activities and the required format for any safety demonstrations
Coordinating and supporting the RAMS input to bids, including the safety management organisation, roles and responsibilities, and safety engineering and safety assurance/approvals activities and tasks to be conducted
Developing remits and managing contracts with independent bodies
Leading specific RAMS scope of work during Project/Product Design Reviews to validate the correct implementation of the Technical Safety and Assurance requirements and Technical Safety and Assurance processes, and ensuring the planned Technical Safety and Assurance activities and deliverables are in alignment with the design
Preparing and supervising the on-site testing and commissioning of assets, equipment and systems in a railway environment
Initiating and participating in safety reviews and safety audits as appropriate
Providing support to the Safety Authority for Incident reporting and response, including mitigation, root cause analysis, corrective action definition, tracking and closeout and lessons learned
Providing support to the RAMS Function for strategic, communication and training initiatives
Human Skills
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Analytical and customer-focused
Manage and influence stakeholders
Strong prioritisation and managing of workload
High accuracy and attention to detail
Technical Skills
Knowledge and experience of railway systems and assets
A proven ability to lead work packages
Knowledge and experience in applying Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) and Engineering Safety techniques, methods and tools
Specialist knowledge and experience of railway RAMS standards, such as EN50126, EN50716, EN50129 and European Railway Regulation for Safety and Interoperability
Able to undertake independent investigations and gather required evidence/facts
What to expect
We aim to complete a two-stage interview process, preferably held in person at one of our London based offices. The interviews will focus on technical and behavioral competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the Talent Acquisition (TA) partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you. We may close this role early if we quickly identify suitably strong applicants.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.
At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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