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System Safety Design Engineer
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System Safety Design Engineer
System Safety Design Engineer – HS2 Track Infrastructure
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Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure, helping to solve complex problems and create lasting positive outcomes for people’s lives?
At Ferrovial, we are more than just a company—we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Amplifying our impact in infrastructure, Ferrovial is listed on three major stock markets: Nasdaq (US), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands), and IBEX 35 (Spain). We’re proud members of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good, demonstrating our commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.
We operate across 15+ countries with 24,000+ professionals globally, primarily in Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy. With Ferrovial Construction, we excel in designing and constructing civil engineering projects—highlighting achievements of 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads, 2,920 miles of rail, and 16,994 miles of road maintenance.
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Position Overview
About the Role
We are recruiting for a System Safety Design Engineer to join the HS2 Track Infrastructure project during its initial design phase, working concurrently with ongoing main works contracts.
The project operates under a collaborative Rail Systems Alliance structure, ensuring efficient interface management, program alignment, and joint cost/schedule attainment in design, access, resources, and logistics.
Key Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Lead System Safety Engineer, the System Safety Design Engineer will:
- Collaborate across disciplines to ensure system safety compliance, risk analysis, and the preparation of necessary safety documentation.
- Actively support the Employer’s System Safety Team, aligning with the Railway Systems Safety Management Plan (Phase 1/2A).
- Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment:
- Conduct detailed hazard analysis of systems, evaluating system failures and their consequences.
- Develop risk mitigation strategies for identified hazards.
- Safety Requirements Definition:
- Define and document safety requirements for systems and sub-systems, ensuring integration into design processes.
- Safety Case Development:
- Assist in constructing safety case arguments backed by evidence to demonstrate compliance with safety requirements.
- Safety Analysis:
- Perform analyses such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA).
- Collaboration & Communication:
- Work closely with systems, hardware, software engineers, and other stakeholders to embed safety into rail projects.
- Compliance & Auditing:
- Ensure adherence to safety standards and regulations and assist in audits verifying safety measures.
- Incident Investigation:
- Participate in incident investigations to identify root causes and support corrective actions.
- Reporting:
- Report directly to the Lead System Safety Engineer.
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Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Education: A degree in engineering or a related field, complemented by professional qualifications in safety engineering.
- Experience: Hands-on safety engineering experience, preferably within the rail or infrastructure sector.
- Technical Skills:
- In-depth understanding of engineering principles, safety standards, and risk assessment methodologies.
- Proficiency in achieving transformative results—identifying hazards, analyzing risks, and deploying mitigation plans.
- Soft Skills:
- Clear and concise communication skills to articulate technical insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, prioritising stakeholder needs.
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Ferrovial is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We value diversity and uphold the principle that all applications are considered fairly and equally, regardless of gender, colour, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with local laws.
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