WSP

3 weeks ago

Safety Assurance Consultant/Senior Consultant - Rail & Transit - Toronto

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Job Summary

Join the rail and transit safety assurance team in Canada to support delivery of safety assurance activities across the full project lifecycle. Produce and review safety assurance deliverables such as Safety Plans, Safety Cases, and Hazard Logs, and perform hazard identification and risk assessments (e.g., HAZID/HAZOP). Ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations, potentially acting in Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) or Independent Competent Person (ICP) roles.

Location: Toronto

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Consulting & Advisory

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Support the development and delivery of safety assurance strategies across rail and transit projects.
•Produce and/or review safety assurance deliverables, including Safety Plans, Safety Cases, Hazard Logs, and related documentation.
•Undertake hazard identification and risk assessment activities such as HAZID, HAZOP, and risk workshops.
•Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and client requirements.
•Contribute to Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) or Independent Competent Person (ICP) activities, and support safety-focused system integration, testing, validation, and commissioning.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 120,000 - 212,200 annually

Key Requirements

•Experience in rail and transit safety assurance across one or more disciplines such as signalling, infrastructure, rolling stock, electrification, and operations & maintenance.
•Familiarity with relevant safety standards and frameworks (e.g., CENELEC, CSM-RA, CMREA, IEC standards, or equivalent).
•Experience in Independent Safety Assessment (ISA), auditing, or compliance activities.
•Involvement in independent quality activities such as witnessing, trial running, testing, validation, or verification.
•Understanding of system safety lifecycle and hazard management processes.

Skills:CommunicationStakeholder engagementCollaborationAnalytical problem-solvingOrganizational skillsQualitySafetyContinuous improvement

Languages:US

Tech Stack:HAZIDHAZOPCENELECCSM-RACMREAIEC

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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