Principal Assurance Engineer

1 month ago


Brisbane, Australia VIRTUE TALENT PTY LTD Full time
  • Play a key role in exciting rail, transportation & other engineering projects.
  • Friendly, dynamic engineering and management service provider
  • Attractive remuneration package, employee assistance program, regular staff events and meaningful opportunities for career growth

We are seeking principal systems assurance consultants with a passion for making a difference who are flexible, client-focused and committed to developing themselves and others.

Reporting to the Manager, you will be responsible for efficiently managing and delivering high-quality system safety and RAM (reliability, availability, maintainability) assurance services to clients. You will also be a member of the systems assurance community and actively participate in the Centre of Excellence.

As a principal consultant, you will be highly experienced in system safety and RAM assurance practices applied to complex, safety-critical, socio-technical systems, particularly in the rail domain. You will be responsible for efficiently planning and delivering high-quality system safety and RAM assurance practices services to clients.

You will be responsible for the planning, direction, and overall management of Acmena engineering teams in delivering projects to clients within the related designated practice.

You will develop and deliver services using advanced system safety and RAM assurance practices and be considered experienced in system safety assurance and/or RAM engineering competency areas.

You will exercise a high degree of independence in approach while displaying considerable originality, ingenuity, and judgement in formulating solutions or resolving complex systems assurance issues. Your work products will be accurate and authoritative, requiring no supervision to achieve successful outcomes for our clients. Your advice and actions are expected to expedite successful achievements in your areas of expertise.

You will also help develop and grow the business in all areas by assisting with tender and sales activities. Where possible, you will identify opportunities for new or follow-on work, following up leads in areas of expertise within Acmena in and outside your own field and fostering good relationships with existing and potential clients.

Accountabilities:

As Principal Systems Assurance Consultant, your accountabilities include:

  • Tendering, planning, and executing projects.
  • Leading teams of consultants.
  • Business development.
  • Developing yourself and supporting others.
  • Documenting user, business, system and design requirements, options analysis, and decisions to progress to recommended solutions.
  • Development of systems assurance management plans (safety and RAM or RAMS) and reports.
  • Safety control elicitation and development.
  • Hazard log management using tools such as DOORS Next, including managing traceability between hazards, causes, controls, and system requirements.
  • Implementing and coordinating systems assurance programs of work, including RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) analysis using tools such as Relyence.
  • Leading the development of system safety cases to argue system safety has been achieved on a project.
  • Leading safety and RAM impact assessment in configuration and change management processes.
  • Coordinating technical and systems assurance reviews.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

  • Degree in electrical/electro-mechanical engineering, or electronics or communication, or similar technical disciplines.
  • MSc degree or professional certifications are advantageous.
  • Twelve or more years of system safety and/or RAM assurance, with a proven track record of delivering pragmatic, customer-focused, safe and available solutions, including the ability to foster long-term client relationships.
  • Experience interpreting and applying relevant systems, safety and reliability engineering and assurance processes, standards, and best practices, such as the INCOSE handbook, CENELEC EN50126, EN50128 & EN50129, IEC 15288, iESM, CSM or equivalent.
  • Experience leading or guiding multiple/large project teams on system safety or RAM processes.
  • Ten years of experience using DOORS/DOORS Next or other hazard log management tools.
  • Ten years experience using system safety and RAM analysis tools such as Relyence.
  • Ten years experience in the rail industry or equivalent highly regulated industry.
  • Advanced communication skills, including technical writing and non-technical presentations.
  • Working experience across the full systems engineering lifecycle, from requirements definition through to commissioning of safety-critical and high-reliability systems.
  • Well-developed analytical and judgment skills for solving complex problems and evaluating alternative courses of action.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of change control management tools and processes.
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills.
  • Commercial experience in business development activities and articulating the value of system safety and RAM assurance.


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