Your impact
The Safety Engineer will apply 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identifies, investigates, and analyzes causes of hazardous conditions and safety hazards and develops or approves corrective action plans.
- Has responsibility for the development and implementation of Authority-wide system safety policies, plans and procedures.
- Develops safety programs to ensure employee awareness of the company's safe working conditions and practices.
- Performs work associated with MARTA’s safety and security certification, including establishing safety and security design criteria and verifying design and specification conformance. Implements hazard management program through hazard identification, risk assessment, hazard mitigation, and hazard tracking/ reporting.
- Provide detailed reports to MARTA management staff and regulate agency reviews concerning system safety engineering requirements, including hazard identification.
- Will act as lead on most assigned projects and assist lower-level engineers and technicians. Works closely with other MARTA engineers to increase safety, quality, and efficiency.
- Serves as lead System Safety Engineer on projects
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline is required
- Must have certification in transit safety and Security. TSI, TSSP/PTSCTP
- Must complete MARTA's Wayside Access training.
Ideally, you'll also have:
- Eight years of progressively responsible experience in system safety and/or conducting safety-related dependability studies is required.
- Must have a detailed understanding of the principles of system safety engineering with the ability to perform complex rail/transit engineering and statistical analysis.
