Your Tasks
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Functional Safety Specialist to join our team as a
Technical Trainer. In this role, you will play a crucial part in delivering technical training to clients, promoting safe working environments, and reducing risks associated with machinery operations.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on workplace safety and ensure compliance with safety standards. If you are passionate about safety, have strong technical expertise, and enjoy delivering training to foster a safety culture, we would love to hear from you.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct Technical Training: Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs on functional safety principles, regulations, and standards. This includes leading training sessions for external clients to enhance their knowledge of safety protocols. Updating and creating new training courses will also be a key part of this role.
- Subject Matter Expert: Serve as a subject matter expert in functional safety by staying updated on industry standards, regulations, and best practices. Monitor regulatory changes and emerging trends to ensure training materials remain current and relevant.
- Compliance and Standards: Ensure alignment with international and national safety standards such as ISO 13849, IEC 62061, and other applicable standards. Communicate updates on safety standards to relevant stakeholders.
- Documentation and Reporting: Prepare detailed reports and documentation related to training sessions, safety assessments, and safety improvement plans as needed. Maintain accurate records of training activities, findings, and compliance documentation.
Your Qualifications
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will have:
- Extensive experience in functional safety, preferably in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Strong knowledge of relevant safety standards and regulations, such as ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61508, IEC 61511, and European directives.
- Expertise in techniques and measures to control and avoid systematic errors in both hardware and software.
- Knowledge of processes for defining, documenting, and maintaining requirements in the engineering design process.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and development models.
- Clear understanding of hardware design and its applications.
- Comprehensive ability to perform PL and SIL calculations.
- Experience in planning and executing verification methods, including fault insertion techniques.
- Proven experience in delivering technical training and developing training materials.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts clearly to various audiences.
- Strong problem-solving skills to analyse safety-related issues and provide practical solutions.
- Strong organisational skills to manage tasks efficiently and effectively.
- Willingness to travel to client sites for training and assessments as needed.
Desirable Criteria
It would be advantageous, though not essential, to have:
- A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Safety Engineering, or a related field.
- Familiarity with safety-related software tools and risk assessment methodologies.
- Professional certifications in functional safety, such as Certified Functional Safety Professional or Expert.
