Functional Safety Consultant

The profession is offered at several locations: Cheshire, Billingham.

TÜV Rheinland is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. We provide a broad range of testing, inspection, and certification services to ensure the safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance of engineering assets throughout their lifecycle. If you contribute your experience to us in the future, you will experience a surprisingly broad spectrum of national and international challenges, all of which are associated with safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

TUV Rheinland Industrial Services (TRIS) are looking for someone to join the ever-growing team as a Functional Safety Consultant on a permanent basis in either the Warrington or Teesside, UK Offices. You will be part of an energetic and driven team and will be expected to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues on multiple projects in a supportive, progressive environment. Our core company values of teamwork, empowerment, integrity, and solutions provide our cultural framework and encourage problem solving, decision making, flexibility, and responsibility. We have an established competence framework, with regular appraisals and a defined pathway for progression. We strive to foster a friendly and collaborative culture where every employee can contribute to deliver outstanding engineering solutions.

Job Description

• Deliver IEC 61508 / IEC 61511 / IEC 62061 / ISO 13849 functional safety-based SIS and Machinery Safety consultancy and training services.
• Provide specialist level technical support to TRIS clients on a range of technical queries across the applicable functional safety lifecycles.
• Write technical papers and deliver specialist technical presentations to support TRIS functional safety service execution and work winning strategies.
• Build strong relationships with clients, understand their needs and assist in the delivery of tailored, pragmatic solutions.
• Maintain and enhance customer relationships, securing new opportunities for repeat and new consulting business.
• Lead assignment tasks, providing regular updates on progress and any challenges faced.
• Support the financial performance of consulting assignments, monitoring progress vs. costs, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality services.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, customer contracts, and industry regulations.
• Maintain transparency in communication with clients, team members, and management.

What we expect of you?

• Should have a minimum of 3-10 years of relevant experience.
• Have experience of scoping new work and preparing or coordinating competitive bids.
• Planning and managing the delivery of projects from proposal to successful delivery and project closure.
• Technical report writing, communicating effectively and managing interfaces with stakeholders (internally and externally).
• Available for short-term travel when projects require this on a global basis.
• Proactive self-starter, dedicated, innovative, resourceful, and analytical with strong problem-solving skills.
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment.
• Communicates effectively and confidently with colleagues.
• Committed to meeting deadlines and upholding high standards.
• Strong commercial and business acumen.
• A genuine passion and desire to enhance company business efficiency.

Qualification/Experience:

• Experience of working in high hazard process industries with a specific focus on safety instrumented systems and/or machine safety.
• Relevant technical engineering degree with chartered status or equivalent qualified engineer.
• Certificated as a minimum to TÜV Rheinland FS Engineer or Exida CFSE status by examination.
• A recognized industry professional in Functional Safety Management with a minimum of 3 to 10 years’ experience in the key issues relating to the professional application of functional safety management for the design, engineering, operations, and maintenance of SIS within an operational engineering environment.
• Demonstrable experience of engaging in a comprehensive range of detailed technical safety-related matters covering SIL determination, safety requirements specification design, and engineering of SIS and operation and maintenance of SIS.
• Significant knowledge and application of safety-related market experience to be able to demonstrate an authoritative understanding of the IEC functional safety compliant relationships between end users, EPCs, systems integrators, and device/machine manufacturers.
• Experience in understanding the requirements for the development of Safety Requirements Specification.
• Preferably having safety engineering knowledge appropriate to the application of E/E/PE Safety Related Systems.
• Demonstrable experience of planning, leading, and carrying out functional safety audits and functional safety assessments.
• Relevant experience of delivering technical training to Clients and Stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience of presenting SIS/Machinery related technical updates/technical solutions and engagement directly both internally and externally with Clients, Stakeholders, Regulatory Bodies, Industry Groups, and Academia.
• Preferably a member of any standard’s technical committees such as IEC 61508 or IEC 61511 or a professional membership.

What we can offer you?

• A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff, including:
• Bonus.
• Company pension contributions.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Private medical insurance.
• Health and wellbeing – digital GP, access to wellbeing app and support.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Sustainable benefits such as salary sacrifice electric vehicles and cycle to work schemes.