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About the Role
GFT is seeking a Senior Systems Safety Engineer to join our Practice or CBG Team. This role involves leading safety assurance and certification activities for major rail transit projects, serving as a technical authority on safety matters, and providing leadership in hazard management, safety engineering, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead project safety programs and safety assurance activities.
- Define project safety plans and safety management processes.
- Lead hazard identification, risk assessments, and hazard management processes.
- Lead preparation and review of Safety Cases and Safety Assurance Reports.
- Act as technical lead for safety certification programs.
- Establish safety requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Interface directly with clients, regulators, assessors, and project stakeholders.
- Lead contractor safety reviews and acceptance activities.
- Ensure integration of safety activities with systems engineering, integration, testing, and RAM programs.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
- Support business development and proposal activities.
- Serve as trusted advisor on safety matters for clients and project teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related STEM discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Canada highly desirable.
- 15+ years of experience in system safety engineering.
- Experienced IEC 61508 and/or EN 50126 practitioner.
- Skilled at dissecting complex stakeholder needs and articulating an assurance case based on reasoned logic and well-rounded judgement.
- Experience leading the execution of safety management programmes, and supporting Independent Safety Assessments.
- Working knowledge of RAM principles and RAM analyses.
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
Skills
- System safety engineering
- Hazard management
- Safety engineering
- Safety assurance
- Regulatory compliance
- RAM principles
- RAMS activities
- IEC 61508
- EN 50126
- Stakeholder management
- Client-facing skills
- Technical leadership
Location
- Ontario
- Alberta
- British Columbia
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 15+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related STEM discipline
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation
Salary/Compensations
- $108,000.00 - $163,000.00
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
- Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
- Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations.
- Incentive compensation for eligible positions.
About the Company
- At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life.
- We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.
- Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch.
- Backed by over a century’s experience, together, we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.
- GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™
Equal Opportunity
- GFT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.