Company Description

Pushing the limits of what is possible

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Transforming mobility and delivering sustainable outcomes

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

AECOM delivers comprehensive services from creation to completion and beyond, our transportation professionals are constantly exploring new ways to navigate a challenging project.

According to Engineering news Records 2020 “Top 500 Design Firms, “AECOM is #1 in Transport globally.

We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Job Description

As a Principal Systems Engineering & Safety Assurance Engineer, you will join with a globally ranked engineering design firm; you will be exposed to a range of projects and stakeholders providing you with an opportunity to apply your experience on major rail projects. You will be a key member of the Systems and Safety Assurance team as part of the NSW Rail Team and contributing to the wider Civil and Infrastructure and AECOM team.

Some of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Safety assurance planning

• Elicitation, definition and analysis of client system safety requirements

• Hazard identification and analysis

• Safety Risk assessment and management (Qualitative & Quantitative approach)

• Management of Project Hazard Logs and Safety Risk Registers

• ALARP/SFAIRP argument development

• Development of safety arguments and safety cases

• Requirements Capture Verification and Validation

• RAM Analysis

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

What are we looking for from you?

• Engineering degree and qualifications in one of the railway engineering discipline

• Significant experience in the rail environment

• Skills in safety related standards such as:

• AS/NZS 4801 Safety Management Systems

• ISO/IEC 61508 Functional Safety of EEPE Safety Related Systems

• EN 50126/8/9 Specification and demonstration of RAMS

• Full understanding of DOORS

• Application of Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) to construct safety arguments

• Planning and managing all Safety Assurance activities on rail projects

• Hazard Identification (HAZID/HAZOP, FTA, FMECA)

• Hazard Analysis (PHA, SHA, SSHA, IHA, OSHA)

• ALARP/SFAIRP demonstration

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Additional Information

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10114798

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd