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Product Safety Manager

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StageDirectory listedStandardsEN 50126 · EN 50128 · EN 50129IndustryRailSeniorityLead / ManagerRegionUnited KingdomWork modeHybridSource year2026Company size5,001-10,000Role familySafety leadershipSegmentRail supplierEmployerEmployer profileClearanceMentioned
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Role summary

The organization is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. The organization supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Responsibilities

  • Supporting bids, generating safety engineering estimates and leading the work packages.
  • Developing safety plans & ensuring the implementation of the organization UK at project level
  • Applying and leveraging your knowledge of Systems Safety Engineering to complex systems and supporting/mentoring junior Product Safety / Systems Safety Engineers
  • Leading, managing and sometimes undertaking systems safety activities and assessments
  • Ensuring that the organization products are supported by robust safety cases and evidence
  • Working in multidisciplinary project/product teams to identify and manage hazards and risks
  • A degree, or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject area
  • Experience of Systems Safety Engineering activities in a complex, safety focused and regulated organisation, such as rail, aerospace, nuclear or oil & gas
  • Experience of working to a safety management system and implementing it at project level
  • Demonstrable experience in the management of engineering work packages & budgets
  • Demonstrable experience in planning and delivering safety engineering programmes of work
  • Extensive experience of undertaking Systems Safety activities including System (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Common Cause Failure Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Interface (IHA), System Hazard Logs, System Hazard Analysis Reports
  • Experience in the identification, capture and management of safety requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of legal & regulatory frameworks for safety (UK, EU, MAA, CAA etc.)
  • Experience of developing & managing safety cases and generating ALARP arguments
  • Ability to work collaboratively in an engineering development environment, ensuring Systems Safety compliance is achieved throughout the project life cycle.
  • Aware of safety occurrence investigation principles and processes

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