Job Role
The role will cover all aspects of reliability, maintainability, availability and safety within a project life-cycle. The extent of which will be subject to competency and experience (less experience would indicate less coverage or less autonomy), could include any or all of the following

• Writing RAMS plans.
• Working with Assurance Engineers to develop innovative and compelling safety arguments.
• Chairing and minuting HAZOPs.
• Developing hazard logs.
• Developing RAMS targets and apportioning those targets across a system.
• Identifying and interpreting SILs.
• Developing and authoring RAMS requirements.
• Performing causal and consequence analysis with, for example FTA, FMEA, event tree analysis, Monte Carlo simulation etc.
• Authoring RAMS strategies.
• Working on independent RAMS assessment assignments.
• Contributing to technical content, for sales proposals.
• Being an active member of the Praxis RAMS 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.

• Relevant sectors are mainland and underground, civil and military aerospace, air traffic management and nuclear.
• 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 RAMS engineering or RAMS management in a complex systems environment, with a likely bias to embedded programmable systems.
• An ability to think analytically, rigorously and creatively.
• 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.