Systems assurance engineer JD

JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title

Systems Assurance Engineer

Division

Reports to

GM Assurance and Integration

Band

Safety and Systems Assurance

The CRL Project City Rail Link Limited (CRLL) has responsibility for delivery of the City Rail Link (CRL), a large rail infrastructure project in Auckland. CRL is a 3.45km twin tunnel underground rail link up to 42 metres below the city centre transforming the downtown Britomart Transport Centre into a two-way through station that better connects the Auckland rail networks. It includes a re-developed Mt Eden Station, where the CRL connects with the North Auckland (Western Line) and two new underground stations (midtown at Wellesley & Victoria Streets and uptown at Mercury Lane, off Karangahape Road). The Project is a link in an existing 97km rail network sharing freight and metro operations.

The Project’s total cost is expected to be within a funding envelope of $4.4 billion, with the CRL due for completion in 2024. More information about the Project is available on: www.cityraillink.govt.nz Key Purpose The key purpose of this role is to support the development of the system-wide CRL rail 'Safety Case' to support Railway licence holder approvals. The role includes review and technical assessment of contractor and the Link Alliance deliverables against the Project Systems Assurance Management Plan, and international standards such as EN50126, which include rail operational safety assessment, system reliability assessment, and review and audit of contractor and Link Alliance adherence to engineering, and organisational processes and practices.

The role includes undertaking specific risk and safety and reliability studies to validate or assure contractor and alliance outputs. On occasions the role will provide direct technical support to the Link Alliance Safety Assurance team, while maintaining separation when conducting the client-side review function to Link Alliance outputs.

Overall the role provides a broad range of technical engineering and business process support in the areas of technical risk assessments, reliability engineering, safety analysis, and rail and station operations.

Accountability

Responsibilities

Desired Outcomes

CRL Safety Assurance Summary Report

• Manage the development of the Annual Safety

• Annual Safety

Assurance Summary Report (CRL 'Safety Case').

• Support the collation, verification, validation of safety evidence for the Annual Safety Assurance Summary Report.

• Support the integration of the Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) model, and supporting evidence into the Annual Safety Assurance Summary Report.

• Support the collation and review of Contractors and the Link Alliance Safety Assurance Reports and relevant evidence for each project stage to inform the project-wide Annual Safety Assurance Summary Report.

Assurance Summary Report is published in June each year.

• Annual Safety Assurance Summary Report is complete, comprehensive, and technically sound.

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Accountability

Responsibilities

Desired Outcomes

Contractor Safety Assurance Report review

• Review contractor’s safety assurance plans and reports

• Provide Subject Matter

for completeness, technical correctness.

Undertake desktop sampling reviews of Link Alliance deliverables related to reliability engineering, safety engineering, and engineering processes and practices.

Provide support to Project Managers on the systems assurance process requirements and deliverables.

Provide review and commentary on safety risk assessments and the requirement to reduce risk ‘So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable’ (SFAIRP).

Support the identification of operational risks and their remedy through engineering changes or the development of operational procedures, and the associated risk assessments.

Expertise in technical reviews for reliability and safety engineering activities.

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Testing and Commissioning Support

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Hazard Identification and Management

• Technical review of the Link Alliance and Contractor’s

hazard logs. This includes identification of new newly identified hazards and risk and control assessment of those hazards.

• Supporting the maintenance of the CRLL project-wide Hazard Log. • Co-ordination of management reviews of ‘SFAIRP arguments’ for the CRL project.

• Periodically review the CRL Project Goal Structuring

GSN

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Support the development and management of safety requirements

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Notation (GSN) model.

Support the maintenance and population of the GSN model including identification and collation of required evidence.

Review the Contractors GSN models and relevant evidence to support the project-wide safety argument.

Support the Assurance and Integration Team in the technical definition of safety assurance processes and practices for the CRL project.

Support the project to identify safety requirements Providing guidance on risk assessments and safety analysis.

Support the tracking safety requirements.

Ensure safety risk assessments are complete.

Support the development of the CRL ‘case for safety’.

• Rail and station risks

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• Safety requirements

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Management and tracking of systems and safety assurance activities

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• Manage the tracing and communication of actions that

arise from project safety gates and safety assurance activities.

• Support the Contractors in closing out corrective and preventative actions.

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are identified and managed through engineering or administrative controls.

Review of Link Alliance and contractor hazard logs is timely.

CRL-Wide Hazard log published regularly.

‘SFAIRP’ safety arguments are reviewed by CRLL Management.

GSN model defined and developed for the project.

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are defined and under traceable management.

All safety requirements integrated into contractor and supplier specifications.

Changes to requirements are safety impact assessed.

Verification and validation of safety requirements is demonstrated.

Corrective and Preventative Actions are tracked.

JD – Systems Assurance Engineer

Accountability

Responsibilities

Desired Outcomes

Health & Safety

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• All safety processes and

Review major historical and current events of major rail incidents and accidents nationally and internationally, and provide advice to the project on their causes, findings, and recommendations.

• Undertake risk assessments in accordance with the ‘So Far As Reasonably Practicable (SFAIRP) requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) and Railways Act (2005).

• Seek opportunities for improving office and operational rail safety practices and safety culture.

• Report workplace accidents, incidents, near misses and any potential workplace hazards to the relevant Health and Safety Officer.

• Support and promote CRLL Health and Safety policy and systems.

• Learn and comply with all organisation policies, including but not limited to, the CRLL Code of Conduct.

Entity Obligations

procedures followed both in the office and on site.

• All policies and

procedures are adhered to

Minimum Requirements Qualifications / Experience

Skills / Competencies

• Tertiary qualification in a technical Engineering field, Engineering Science , or elated

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degree, or equivalent experience (such as military engineering or operations role in airworthiness or seaworthiness, trials, test and evaluation, and airworthiness and seaworthiness boards).

Good understanding of transport operations, ideally with rail and public transport.

High technical acumen to undertake safety risk assessments, reliability analysis, for complex integrated systems.

Proven understanding of engineering processes and practices that contribute to assurance of safety functions in technical equipment.

Excellent report writing, presentation, and communication skills.

Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships Strong problem-solving skills Highly organised – plans and prioritises well and manages time to focus self and others on the most important activities Accuracy, attention to detail

Key Relationships Direct Reports

• Nil

Indirect Reports

• Nil

Internal

• Assurance and Integration Team, GM Assurance and Integration, Design Managers,

Requirements Manager, Project Directors, Project Managers, Procurement.

External

• Link Alliance, Special Projects Consultants, Contractors, Suppliers, the Project Technical

Advisor and Owner Verifier.

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Risk/Hazard Categories •

Computers / Workstation set up (for example you may be required to Hot desk at various locations)

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Personal Safety (for example working alone, conflict situations, shift/night work, fatigue self-management)

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Physical requirements for specific roles could include: standing and walking for long periods, work at height, manual handling, using ladders, confined / restricted spaces, lifting, bending or above shoulder work.

Project worksite hazards, for example: working outdoors, rail electrification, working on rail tracks, working on roads, exposure to UV radiation CRLL Office Management will need to be notified of any physical disabilities due to emergency evacuations requirement

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