Job Role

The role will cover all aspects of the safety life-cycle, and subject to competency and experience (less experience would indicate less coverage or less autonomy), could include any or all of the following:

• Writing safety plans.
• Chairing and minuting HAZOPs.
• Developing hazard logs.
• Developing safety targets and apportioning those targets across a system.
• Identifying and interpreting SILs.
• Developing and authoring safety requirements.
• Performing causal and consequence analysis with, for example FTA, FMEA, event tree analysis, etc.
• Constructing innovative and compelling safety arguments.
• Authoring electronic and paper safety cases.
• Working on independent safety assessment assignments.
• Contributing to technical content, for sales proposals.
• Being an active member of the Praxis safety community, sharing best practice and contributing to Praxis’ capabilities in this area.
  

Experience / Skills required :

• A first class or upper second degree in a relevant engineering discipline – or significant industrial experience.            
• A further degree (eg MSc, or PhD) would not be an unusual qualification for a candidate.                  
• Consistent in-service training demonstrating a professional approach to maintenance of skills.      
• At the very least a clearly defined route through to chartered status.               
• Candidates are likely to have at least five years working in a relevant discipline or industry sector – either directly within industry, or an academic or consulting environment.    

Candidates are likely to have at least ten years relevant experience and are likely to be known within the critical systems arena as a recognised expert:

• Relevant sectors are civil and military aerospace, air traffic management, nuclear, mainline and underground rail.    
• Relevant disciplines are systems, software, and hardware typically for large-scale or complex engineering endeavours.            
• Working knowledge of one or more regulatory regimes and the national/international standards appropriate to that regime.                  
• A sound appreciation of the underlying principles of safety engineering or safety management in a complex systems environment, with a likely bias to embedded programmable systems.    
• An ability to think analytically, rigorously and creatively.               
• Staff are likely to be highly customer-focussed and have effective oral and written communications skills to a range of technical and commercial audiences.               
• An understanding of the technical and commercial issues associated with delivery of complex systems.      
• An ability to carry out detailed justified work to commercial and technical requirements, and to be able to constructively criticise and assess others’ work.     
• Knowledge of industry-standard tools and techniques, and a critical appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses.               
• The ability and personal drive to work in teams or alone, with client and Praxis staff, both in Praxis offices and on-site in the UK and potentially overseas.    
• The ability to mentor and develop others.