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Professional career from Safety Manager through Director for Safety and Approval to Deputy Head of the Independent Assessment Body and Head of the Competent Body (German BOStrab)
Proven experience in international projects with a variety of rail vehicles including trams, double-decker coaches, commuter trains, locomotives, and high-speed trains, including MAGLEV / Transrapid in China, as well as track construction machines
Many years of extensive professional experience with world-renowned rail vehicle manufacturers such as SIEMENS, BOMBARDIER, ALSTOM, SKODA, and CRRC, combined with experience as a consultant for functional safety and approval of rail vehicles
Expert knowledge of international safety standards for rail vehicles (EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, EN 50657, EN 50716, IEC 61508) and European approval regulations EU 2018/545, CSM-RA EU 403/2013, EU 2018/1136, EU 2016/796, EU 2016/797, EU 2016/798, TSI Loc&Pas, and TSI CCS / CCO
Profound expertise in the assessment of European Common Safety Methods (CSM-RA) and requirements capture
Compliance with safety and regulatory requirements through peer/gate reviews and audits
Interface with safety authorities and assessment bodies with proven experience in such roles
Profound expertise in rail vehicle system engineering, ensuring that measures to be implemented in the area of safety engineering and approval align with the company's business objectives
Conducting Independent Safety Assessments (ISA)
Design assurance and system acceptance for rail vehicles according to RAMS requirements (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety)
Profound practical experience in the application of safety tools: FTA, FMEA, Hazard Log, Technical Safety Report, Safety Case

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English
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Russian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Berlin (up to 50km)

ZEO CEO – Zaiser Engineering Office
Senior Consultant for Safety and Approval of Rail Vehicles
TRANSPORTATION
January 2026 - Today (5 months)
Berlin, Germany
Interim management for product safety and approval of rail vehicles
Functional Safety (FuSi) and Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)
Common Safety Methods (CSM-RA) and requirements capture
Safety tools: FTA, FMEA, Hazard Log, Technical Safety Report, Safety Case
Expert knowledge of international safety standards for rail vehicles (EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50129, EN 50657, EN 50716, IEC 61508) and European approval regulations EU 2018/545, CSM-RA EU 403/2013, EU 2018/1136, EU 2016/796, EU 2016/797, EU 2016/798, TSI Loc&Pas, and TSI CCS / CCO
Interface with safety authorities and assessment bodies with proven experience in such roles
Safety Management CSM-RA ISA EN50126/-28/-29 Requirements capture
rail3 GmbH
Head of Competent Body according to BOStrab, Deputy Head of NoBo, DeBo, AsBo
TRANSPORTATION
November 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 1 month)
Salzgitter, NI, Germany
Head of Competent Body according to BOStrab
Deputy Head of the Independent Assessment Body (UBS / AsBo)
Lead Inspector/Assessor for Common Safety Methods (CSM-RA, EU 403/2013)
Lead Inspector/Assessor for Requirements Capture (EU 2018/545)
Technical Manager for NoBo, DeBo activities
TSI Requirements capture BOStrab Hazard Log Safety Case
Führende Beratung für Eisenbahnlokomotiven
Independent Consultant for CSM (Common Safety Methods)
TRANSPORTATION
April 2021 - October 2022 (1 year and 6 months)
Berlin, Germany
Product Safety
Functional Safety
NTR / NNTR
New Tram FLEXITY HF6 for Cologne, Germany,
Commissioning permit by the German authority TAB NRW in 2021
AZ locomotive Berlin, shunting locomotive for Deutsche Bahn by CRRC ZELC, China
Commissioning permit by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) in December 2022
ISA BOStrab Safety Management Safety Case EN50126/-28/-29

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Diploma Engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) Electrical Engineering
St. Petersburg State Transport University
1988
Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) Elektrotechnik
Advanced training course for electrical engineers "CAM in Industrial Application"
Academy for Automation and Information Technology (AAI), Berlin
1993
Einjährige Weiterbildungskurs für Elektroingenieure "CAM in Industrieller Anwendung”

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Product Safety Expert
BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION
2014

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