Environment Officer (Projects)

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world. We are looking for a Senior or Principal Safety Consultant to join our team. In this role, you will play an important role in leading safety engineering and assurance services to a range of rail engineering projects. Your expertise and insights will directly contribute to the enhancement of safety protocols, risk assessment methodologies, and overall project quality. This role not only offers you the chance to further your technical knowledge in rail safety but also to mentor and guide junior consultants, sharing your wealth of experience to foster their growth. It\’s a unique chance to exhibit your leadership qualities while expanding your skill set in a collaborative and innovative environment. Leading complex rail safety engineering and assurance services to engineering projects, applying methods and tools aligned with key standards such EN50126, EN50129, IEC 61508, CSM-RA and/or and the Railways Interoperability Regulations (RIR). Leading certification and authorisation projects, such as new railway stations, through the assessment of National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs), Infrastructure and PRM, and National Technical Rules (NTRs), such as GIRT7020 and GIRT7073. Leading the bidding, winning, and successful delivery of complexed commercially viable projects, collaborating with clients to understand their objectives and desired outcomes for each project. Contributing to a diverse range of exciting projects, including safety assurance management, safety approvals, and CSM work for major infrastructure projects such as the National Train Control Centre in Dublin, Crewe Hub remodelling, and East Coast Mainline. Providing support to contractors in completing CSM and approvals for station and civils works. Working on global projects spanning Australia, the US, Canada, Asia and the Middle East. You can contribute to these projects from the UK, without the necessity of travel. Demonstrating flexibility by effectively managing multiple activities and proactively balancing workload across different projects and customers. Experience in delivering safety engineering and assurance services to rail projects, utilising methods and tools aligned with standards such as CSM-RA and RIR. Background in risk management, systems engineering, safety engineering and/or interoperability. Prior experience in major rail infrastructure projects is highly desirable, especially if gained within the UK or consultancy sector. Experience in railway stations projects, track and civils works, gauging and structures assessments. Support business development efforts by writing proposals, developing client relationships, and engaging with industry stakeholders. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable. Work life balance We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We\’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. Our core benefits include 25 days\’ annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person\’s potential, and we\’ll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a \’disability confident\’ employer. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.