Senior RAMS Manager

at  Hitachi

ABOUT US

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Senior RAMS Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensure the organization, scheduling, implementation and monitoring of the project RAMS and V&V activities and ensure compliance with project budget, schedule and quality requirements.
• Ensure system safety and reliability requirements.
• Ensure the definition and application of the Project V&V governance strategy and guidelines for the integrated System and for any relevant subsystem/ product, verifying the related implementation through V&V Plan review and approval;
• Ensure the issue of project RAMs documentation.
• Ensure the execution and issuing of all project RAMS activities and deliverables, interfacing PM, PE and other departments as required, ensuring information flow to/from the project RAMS team.
• Ensure the execution and the sharing of communication to the PM of the following activities:
• workload management with periodic workload updates and analysis of deviations;
• critical path management and alignment of RAMS schedule with project master schedule, to avoid unplanned interruption of activities in RAMS stream;
• proactive risk management for early detection of cost, schedule, technical and resource issues and proposal of recovery plans.
• Supported by the assigned RAMS WPLs, estimate RAMS activities and ensure V&V activities estimation and agree with the PM and the controller the relevant budget.
• Ensure the safety assessment (ISA) certification (NoBo).
• Support preparation of bids and proposals.
• Ensure the provision of schedule and cost constrains to relevant Product, Signalling and System RAMS Engineers.

REQUIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Over 5 years’ RAMS experience
• V&V Processes & techniques knowledge
• RAMS analysis & methodology
• International & National standards
• RAM/Safety Management experience
• System Technical knowledge
• Subsystem Technical knowledge
• Project Management skills

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Project Management or Project Engineering Experience a plus

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor Degree preferred or equivalent technical experience

Please refer the Job description for details