Technical Director - Systems Engineering and Safety Assurance Specialist

• Promote the adoption of Systems Engineering Principles in project initiation
• Manage System Assurance activities on multidisciplinary transport engineering projects (Road/Rail etc).
• Provide advice and guidance to transportation projects through all lifecycle phase from concept development and planning through detailed design and construction phase support.
• Contribute to the Safety justification of transportation project through activities such as Multi Criteria assessments as part of the cost benefit analysis for transport systems.
• Provide advice and guidance to GHD project teams on how to implement a Systems Engineering approach for its transportation projects.
• Promoting the adoption of Systems Engineering tools and techniques.
• Managing System Safety engineering and assurance activities for GHD transport projects including Requirements Management
• Create the Requirement Verification and Traceability Matrix; manage the evolution over the life of the project
• Leading design teams through the Safety Hazard Analysis and management process
• Facilitating Qualitative and Quantitative Safety Risk Assessments
• Mentoring less experienced engineers/graduates/interns.
• Recommendations: Provide integrated, long-term solutions and strategies for a significant area of responsibility, such as a function.
• Needs Assessment: Engage with senior business leaders to understand long-term strategic challenges.
• Solutions Analysis: Develop strategic solutions to long-term business needs by anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities.
• Improvement/Innovation: Initiate, formulate, and implement new business practices within a specific discipline while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organization's change management program.
• Knowledge Management System: Take responsibility for developing and delivering a key element of the organization's knowledge management system.
• Business Requirements Identification: Elicit the most-complex business requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct the most-complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Contract Management: Manage the delivery of a major part of the organization's contract management program while taking personal responsibility for a limited number of mission-critical contracts.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop functional or operational policies and help develop policy frameworks for area of responsibility or department. Take responsibility for creating underlying procedures and monitoring their implementation.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage key client and customer relationships. Likely to involve using account teams to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.

• Master's Degree or Equivalent Level an asset
• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline

• General Experience: Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes and challenges (More than 15 years)
• Managerial Experience: Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes (13 months to 3 years)
• Knowledge and experience in transportation systems (particularly Rail)
• Knowledge of the System Engineering and Safety Lifecycles
• Knowledge and experience in the application of INCOSE SEBoK Principles.
• Ability to apply safety analysis techniques such as HAZOP, FTA. ETA
• Awareness of RAM and Human Factors.
• Knowledge of appropriate national and international standards such as:

• EN 50126/8/9
• IEC 61508
• AS 4292
• AS/NZS 45001
• ISO/IEC 15288
• Understanding and experience in application of Systems engineering tools such as:

• DOORS© 9.6
• DOORS© Next Generation

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