Safety and Security Certification Manager

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Safety and Security Certification Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to work on Technical or Engineering projects across the US. Are you great with people and have willingness to work hard to get the job done? Parsons is seeking a candidate with a desire to enhance the fabric of our community.

Provides expertise and technical assistance to site management for the implementation of the client’s System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) Receives assignments in terms of broad objectives from the Safety Assurance Director in conjunction with the Project Management team. Reviews, interprets and provides assistance in the development of safety & security requirements and adherence to safety & security related regulations and standards. Monitors project safety performance and conducts project audits and safety inspections.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in the development and implementation of design office and project safety plans.

• Assigns and provides technical supervision of safety performance, qualifications and programs.

• Reviews contractors on bid list with regard to safety performance, qualifications and programs.

• Conducts safety audits through review and analysis of performance of safety records and safety inspections of various offices and projects in compliance with ESHARP Management.

• Participates with labor relations representatives in pre-job conferences to present the company safety policy and explain implementation on the project.

• Assists the Workers’ Compensation Analyst in coordinating medical care and case management of employees injured at company facilities.

• Reviews loss control reports from company insurance carriers and regulatory inspection agencies and confers with appropriate management representatives on compliance with regulations and citations.

• Represents the company at national safety conferences.

• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

• Provides expertise and technical assistance to project teams for the implementation of company and customer safety policies by establishing and managing a systems safety program that meets or exceeds all current standards for a transit program.

• Ensures project compliance with applicable regulatory codes to include 49 CFR 659 (Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight) and later 49 CFR 670/673 (Public Transit Safety Management Program) and 49 CFR 270 (Commuter Rail - System Safety Program).

• Ensures that FTA and FRA funded transit projects comply with federally mandated safety and security standards that require transit properties to identify hazards, vulnerabilities and to ensure that the identified hazards and vulnerabilities are evaluated, properly controlled or mitigated.

• Develops and implements Safety and Security Certification programs for transportation projects in accordance with the FTA and FRA guides The FTA Handbook for Safety & Security Certification and FTA Circular 5800.1.  

• Manages hazards in conformance with MIL-STD-882 and tracks hazards and vulnerabilities to closure.

• Performs Threat and Vulnerability Assessments (TVA’s) in accordance with APTA Standards (APTA-SS-SIS-S-017-21), the Security Risk assessment Methodology for Public Transit.

• Develops and documents processes for System Safety and Security Certification Programs.

• Provides training for staff needing knowledge of the System Safety Certification process. Performs System Safety and Security Hazard Analysis and Security Vulnerability Analysis in the design, construction and testing phases of projects.

• Reviews risk mitigation strategies and manages residual risks following mitigation activities.

• Develops Certifiable Items Lists based on design criteria and specifications.

• Reviews design drawings for safety compliance.

• Verifies and validates hazard and vulnerability mitigation requirements for compliance with system safety design criteria and specifications.

• Conducts field inspections to validate that design is implemented in construction.

• Certifies system integration requirements.

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