Safety Assurance Lead Senior ConsultantPrincipal Consultant

Job Title: Safety Assurance - Lead Senior Consultant/Principal Consultant

Location: Toronto Ontario Canada - Hybrid

Salary: $170k - $220k

Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy

Role ID: 2026-3350

AI Disclosure: We dont use AI tools to assist in resume screening / candidate matching / other selection processes.

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo member of WSP is a global strategic environmental and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3000 employees in more than 20 countries we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We are seeking Safety Assurance Consultants at Consultant Senior and Principal levels to join our growing rail and transit team in Canada. This is a broad and varied opportunity for individuals with experience in safety assurance across rail and transit systems including (but not limited to) signalling infrastructure rolling stock electrification and operations & maintenance.

Successful candidates will support the delivery of safety assurance activities across the project lifecycle. This may include working on behalf of delivery organisations to produce safety assurance artefacts or acting in an Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) capacity to ensure compliance with applicable standards regulations and best practice.

The location is primarily Toronto however flexibility may be required depending on project needs. Hybrid working arrangements benefits and office presence will vary depending on role and level. There will also be opportunities to contribute to projects across Canada as part of a growing team.

We are looking for passionate consultants who are keen to contribute to the growth of our safety assurance capability across Canada.

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 (e.g. HAZID HAZOP risk workshops)
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards regulations and client requirements
• Contribute to Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) or Independent Competent Person (ICP) activities where applicable
• Support system integration testing validation and commissioning activities from a safety perspective
• Engage with multidisciplinary teams clients and stakeholders to support successful project delivery
• Provide technical input and assurance across different subsystems and disciplines as required

Key Competencies and Experience

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
• Analytical and problem-solving capability
• Organised proactive and able to manage competing priorities
• Commitment to quality safety and continuous improvement

Desirable Competencies and Experience

• Experience in rail and transit safety assurance across one or more disciplines (e.g. signalling infrastructure rolling stock electrification 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
• Experience working within the Canadian rail industry is advantageous but not essential

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work whether that is working from home being in the office or as a hybrid worker. Were happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity equality and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture we are a recognised as a disability confident employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team viaif you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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