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ADS System Safety Consulting, LLC is a professional consulting firm providing high impact and high value risk-based system safety, system security, fire / life safety consulting, and engineering services to the transportation, space, aviation, and defense industries.
Our clients include a mix of Federal, State and Local government agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), State Departments of Transportation, and the nation’s largest transit agencies.
We are looking for a highly skilled and qualified Safety and Security Certification Specialists to support a contract with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
This work can be performed remotely.
Basic Duties :
Applies system safety principles to all aspects of the Authority’s operations in the development, implementation and management of the Authority’s System Safety and Hazard Management Program in accordance with U.
S. Federal Transit Administration and Georgia Department of Transportation regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identifies, investigates, and analyzes causes of hazardous conditions and safety hazards and develops or approves corrective action plans.
- Develop and implement Authority-wide system safety policies, plans and procedures.
- Develop safety programs to ensure employee awareness of company safe working conditions and practices.
- Performs safety and security certification in conjunction with planning, designing, procurement, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of transit operating systems and facilities.
- Establishes safety and security design criteria and verification of design and specification conformance. Implements hazard management program through hazard identification, risk assessment, hazard mitigation, and hazard tracking / reporting.
- Provides detailed reports to MARTA management staff and for regulating agency review concerning system safety engineering requirement including hazard identification.
- Performs work associated with safety and security certification to include establishing safety and security design criteria and verification of design and specification conformance.
- Implements an effective hazard management program through hazard identification, risk assessment, hazard mitigation, hazard tracking / reporting
- Responsible for performing and communicating results of several system safety analysis relevant to project phase and complexity such as Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.
- Reviewing engineering documentation and drawings (i.e., architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, track and communications, civil, systems, etc.
and issuing comments regarding compliance with safety standards, fire codes as well as other local building codes.
- Conducting safety engineering reviews of construction and engineering documents, drawings, specifications, and operating procedures to ensure that fire and safety codes, standards and principles are integrated into the project
- Conducting site visits in the field to verify safety and security requirements have been met through documentation or visual means and preparing reports.
- Supporting the safety and security certification process required by the FTA.
- Developing safety and security design criteria and requirements for technical specifications.
- Developing and / or reviewing safety training programs for employees and recommending revisions as needed.
- Participating in and / or leading safety committees and safety audit teams and developing comprehensive safety reports.
- Provides detailed reports to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority management staff and for regulating agency review concerning system safety engineering requirement including hazard identification.
- Works closely with other Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority engineers and staff to increase safety, quality, and efficiency.
Serves as lead system safety engineer on projects and may review the work of engineering consultants and contractors.
Takes every reasonable precaution to ensure the protection of employees, patrons, and members of the public. Identifies and informs employees of hazards in the workplace.
Determines safe work methods and ensures that employees are notified of new and modified methods. Ensures that employees are trained in safety policies and procedures.
Ensures that employees follow procedures. Responds to health and safety concerns of employees in a timely manner.
Desired Skills and Qualifications
The successful applicant must be able to work as part of a diverse multi-disciplined project team. Successful candidates must also have strong project planning and execution skills and be capable of analyzing project plans and designs to identify potential safety and security risks and possible mitigations and controlling measures to these risks.
Additional candidate qualifications include :
- Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Systems, Fire Protection, Safety Sciences) or related field.
- Eight years of progressively responsible experience in system safety and / or in conducting safety related dependability studies is required.
- Must have detailed understanding of the principles of system safety engineering with ability to perform complex engineering and statistical analysis.
- Must have certification in transit safety and security.
- Must complete the rail transit agency Wayside Access training.
- Relevant licenses and certifications from independent safety organizations, such as CSP, WSO, TSSP, etc. strongly preferred.
- Must have detailed understanding of the principles of system safety engineering with ability to perform complex engineering and statistical analysis.
- Experience performing various safety analysis techniques including preliminary hazards analyses, fault tree analyses, and failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis desired but not required.
- Experience interpreting nationally recognized safety codes, standards and regulations.
- Experience in process consultation, project management, problem-solving and statistical analysis desired.
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills required.
- Strong written and oral communication skills required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to present project materials and findings to client personnel from all levels of organization, from front line employees to senior executive staff.
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