Senior RAMS Lead

Senior RAMS Lead with proven skillset in RAMS to join our rapidly growing Rail and Transit Systems Team.

Responsibilities

- Apply RAMS processes, methods, and techniques within projects according to client requirements, applicable rules, regulations, and standards; support compliance of RAMS processes; gather and/or establish RAMS requirements for designs and supporting interface management activities; perform design verifications/studies to confirm RAMS requirements conformance.
- Lead or support safety and security certification processes in accordance with CENELEC railway standards and FTA Safety and Security Certification guidance.
- Develop and manage System Safety and Security Program Plans (SSSPP) and System Safety and Security Certification Program Plans (SSSCPP).
- Act as primary interface with regulators, certification bodies, and Independent Safety Assessors (ISA).
- Conduct independent safety assessment activities, including audits, technical reviews, and certification evidence evaluation.
- Prepare and maintain Safety Cases in compliance with standards including EN 50126 / EN 50129.
- Ensure safety arguments are structured, evidenced, traceable, and defensible throughout design, construction, testing, and commissioning.
- Coordinate safety assurance documentation across disciplines and contractors.
- Establish, implement, and maintain the Hazard Management Process (Hazard identification and risk analyses), including PHA, OSHA, IHA, SSHA/SHA, FMECA, FTA.
- Manage hazard logs, risk acceptance, mitigation tracking, and residual risk closure.
- Conduct and review Grade Crossing Hazard Analyses, including compliance with TCRP 69 and Transport Canada Grade Crossing Standards.
- Develop and validate Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) and system models.
- Perform RAM analyses to support system availability targets, operational performance, and maintenance strategies.
- Lead FRACAS and Reliability Growth Analysis.
- Support spares planning,



maintenance optimization, and obsolescence management strategies.
- Apply technical authority and guidance for EN 50126 / 50128 / 50129, IEC 62278 / 62279 / IEC 62267, IEC 61508, relevant MIL‑STD safety and reliability standards, NFPA 130, FTA, AREMA, CMREA, and other applicable North American transit standards.
- Ensure consistent application of SIL concepts and SIL allocation across system and subsystem levels.
- Conduct compliance assessments and gap analyses against applicable standards.
- Perform Systems Assurance Project Management activities, including scope, schedule, risk, and deliverables.
- Coordinate RAMS and safety activities across multiple contractors and suppliers.
- Provide expert technical input to senior leadership, clients, and regulatory authorities.
- Support design reviews, hazard workshops, test readiness reviews, and commissioning activities.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working directly with transit authorities and regulatory agencies.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate effectively as both a technical authority and project leader.
- Preparing project security requirements that support the design development process and contributing to the authorship of deliverables according to program needs.
- Reviewing and understanding contractual performance RAMS and security requirements.
- Performing reliability prediction modelling of railway vehicles and wayside systems and apportioning RAM requirements to lower subsystem levels through techniques such as Reliability Block Diagram and FMECA.




- Performing independent peer‑review reliability calculations and maintenance calculations to verify product design.
- Defining maintenance and LCC strategy to ensure design reliability and optimize maintenance costs.
- Reviewing suppliers’ RAMS documentation and addressing non‑compliances.
- Developing RAMS demonstration plans and FRACAS plans and procedures in cooperation with Project Management and field teams.
- Ensuring that Systems Assurance/RAMS processes are followed throughout the project lifecycle by all stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience/knowledge in LRT and subway system development, construction, and safety/security certification; independent safety assessor roles or equivalent independent assurance functions.
- Robust knowledge of RAM modelling, FRACAS, reliability growth; safety case development and regulatory submission; asset management, configuration management, and lifecycle assurance.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
- Minimum of 20 years of experience.
- Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng)).
- Extensive experience in project execution.
- Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office and standard design software.
- Comfortable being viewed as a technical expert in engineering analysis and design, with proven background of technical leadership on similar projects.
- Attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture.

Location

Canada – Ontario – Kingston

Industry

Transit

Schedule

Full‑time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

May 12, 2026

EEO Statement

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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📌 Senior RAMS Lead (Kingston)
🏢 HDR
📍 Kingston