In support of the JPL mission, the SSPO has the following responsibilities:

• Evaluate and establish as appropriate the implementation of system safety programs for the development of new products or technologies and all programs, projects, and tasks under the cognizance of the flight programs and mission support directories, including Mars Program Office, Space and Earth Sciences Programs Directorate, Planetary Flight Programs Directorate, Interplanetary

• Network Directorate, Astronomy and Physics Directorate, and the Solar System Exploration Directorate.

• Administer the Laboratory's Fire Protection and Life Safety Program.

• Administer the Laboratory's Electrical Safety Program.

• Administer the Laboratory's Lifting Devices Program.

• Provide, with Program/Project/Task Manager approval, qualified System Safety Engineer(s) to develop and implement the Project/Task Systems Safety Program.

• Review and analyze Program/Project/Task system hardware design and software development, test and operations for compliance with JPL, customer, and launch agency safety requirements and regulatory/code requirements affecting safety of personnel, facilities, and adjacent systems and recommend to management appropriate mitigation actions.

• Monitor and participate in reviews of JPL program/project/task critical software or critical equipment assembly, test, transportation, and operations procedures at the Laboratory, JPL Contractors, test, and launch sites.

• Generate and coordinate program/project/task safety items associated with product delivery, safety interfaces, payload integration, and safety reviews with launch vehicle providers, launch agencies, contractors, other NASA Centers, and other regulatory agencies.

• Co-Chair and administer the Program/Project/Task Safety Steering Committees.

• Conduct safety surveys to assess program/project/task critical hardware and operations interfaces with current or proposed facilities and advise cognizant engineering, supervisory and management personnel of safety issues that could jeopardize personnel, equipment, or facilities.

• Review as specified in the Project Implementation Plan the safety aspects of procurements, analyses, plans, procedures, standards, waivers, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Problem/Failure Reports (P/FRs) and hazardous operations to assess safety risk and liability, and recommend risk-reducing solutions to Program/Project/Task management as appropriate.

• Maintain insight into JPL contractor's system safety program development and implementation activities, assist/advise in preparation of safety compliance documentation, conduct of hazard analyses, or proactive safety surveys, and advise program/project/task management on potentially deficient areas or increased safety risks.

• Participate in all accident investigations involving flight and other critical hardware.

• Notify cognizant Laboratory supervisory and management personnel of safety issues that could jeopardize their personnel or equipment and stop such activities that present an imminent danger.

• As the project/task safety representative, work in consonance with the Occupational Safety Program Office, the Environmental Affairs Program Office, Facilities and other cognizant Divisions, and the Launch Approval Planning Group to resolve matters of common concern pertaining to project/task safety of personnel, equipment, facilities or the environment.

• Function as the JPL focal point for systems safety interactions and document review with NASA Headquarters, NASA Centers, other government agencies, and contractors.

• Function as a member of the Laboratory Safety Committee, Structures and Materials Review Committee (SAM-RC), and JPL project/task safety committees or safety working groups.

• Develop, coordinate, and issue JPL system safety policies, standards, procedures, and practices.