Associate Director System Safety & Interoperability

As Associate Director, you lead System Safety & Interoperability for UK & Ireland, shaping a resilient safety capability across major rail projects. You provide senior technical leadership, assurance, and stakeholder engagement to meet regulatory and safety requirements. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure coherent safety verification and compliance across complex programmes. This role offers impact at scale within a global infrastructure firm and a mission to enable safe, efficient rail systems. You will drive strategic capability development and ensure delivery excellence in safety and interoperability.

• hybrid work options
• onboarding Day 1
• well-being programs
• global firm benefits
• flexible and transformational work
• industry-leading technology and thinking

• Act as Subject Matter Expert for railway System Safety and Safety Assurance
• Lead and assure System Safety application across major projects and programmes
• Provide senior technical leadership for interoperability and railway authorisation
• Lead Interoperability, Compliance and Authorisation Strategies
• Provide leadership on RIR, NTSNs, NTRs and ORR authorisation in Great Britain
• Develop System Safety & Interoperability capability plan aligned with SESA strategy
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering and RAMS leads to ensure coherent safety verification
• Lead complex System Safety and Interoperability commissions and manage scope, quality, resources and commercial performance

• Significant railway System Safety/Safety Assurance experience
• Strong CSM experience
• Hazard management and safety justification
• Interoperability/authorisation experience
• GB and/or Irish/European railway regulatory knowledge
• Independent assessment engagement
• Multidisciplinary rail programme experience
• Commercial and bid experience

• leadership
• stakeholder collaboration
• communication
• System Safety
• Safety Assurance
• Interoperability