04. Safety Management Roles and Responsibilities
L2 06 L Safety Management Roles And Responsibilities
Major Roles and Responsibilities in Functional Safety
Everybody on a team would ultimately be responsible for following safety processes no matter their role in the company. Creating and sustaining a safety culture would also be everybody's responsibility; however, if you were a safety manager, then you would be especially interested in ensuring a safety oriented workplace.
Here is a summary of the different roles in a functional safety project
Project Manager
- Overall project management
- Acquires and allocates resources needed for the functional safety activities
- Appoints safety manager or might act as safety manager
Safety Manager
- Planning, coordinating and documenting of the development phase of the safety lifecycle
- Tailors the safety lifecycle
- Maintains the safety plan
- Monitors progress against the safety plan
- Performs pre-audits before the safety auditor
Safety Engineer
- Product development
- Integration
- Testing at the hardware, software and system levels
Safety Auditor
- Ensures that the design and production implementation conform to the safety plan and ISO 26262.
- Must be independent from the team developing the project
Safety Assessor
- Independent judgement as to whether functional safety is being achieved via a functional safety assessment
- Must be independent from the team developing the project
Test Manager
- Plans testing activities
- Coordinates testing to show that the vehicle system works correctly
These are the main management roles in the functional safety lifecycle; there would still be other people involved including requirement engineers, test engineers, hardware engineers, and software engineers.
Note Regarding Defined Roles
ISO defines the program manager and safety manager only. However, use of other roles is one possible implementation, and may vary from company to company.
Quiz: Tailoring the Safety Lifecycle?
Do you remember what tailoring the safety lifecycle means?
Tailoring the Safety Lifecycle