Certifer
Norvège
CERTIFER Solutions
The railway of the future starts with good advice
With over 25 years of experience in the railway industry, we have used our expertise to help develop smarter and more sustainable railway solutions. Our solutions are based not only on solid railway expertise, but also on broad cross-industry experience. This enables us to integrate best practices and innovative solutions from different sectors. Our expertise ensures that projects meet both current and future requirements. Through analysis, innovative thinking and strategic guidance, we lay the foundation for a robust and future-oriented railway.
Our employees
Trond Olav Aarsand
Senior Consultant
Epost: trond.aarsand@certifer.eu
➤ Safety management
➤ Emergency preparedness management
➤ Operations and planning
➤ Safety management
Les mer
Educated in safety management, with several years of experience in safety and emergency preparedness roles for various operators. Extensive experience in developing safety management systems and approval processes for railway operators. Long operational experience in operations and planning. 17 years of industry experience.
Gunhild Birkeland
Senior Principal Consultant
Epost: gunhild.birkeland@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Safety management
➤ Railway regulations
➤ Analytical expertise
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering with more than 20 years of experience from the railway sector, both in management and specialist roles. Broad expertise in maintenance management, safety management, approval processes, railway regulations, and tender processes.
Anja Bergmann-Paulsen
Principal Consultant
Epost: anja.bergmann-paulsen@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Safety management
➤ Procurement
➤ Maintenance management
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering, specialised in RAMS, safety, risk assessments, maintenance management, and optimisation within the railway sector, particularly rolling stock. Also well familiar with requirements, regulations, TSIs, and approval of trains in Norway.
Simen Krohn Bjørnstad
Principal Consultant
Epost: simen.krohn.bjornstad@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Maintenance management
➤ Master data management
➤ SAP MRO
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering, specialised in RAMS. 14 years of experience in the transport sector, including managerial roles within maintenance management, reliability, and railway vehicle safety at Vy/NSB. Extensive experience with SAP MRO, master data management, and ECM processes.
Liv Bjørnå
Senior Principal Consultant
Epost: liv.bjorna@certifer.eu
➤ Safety and security management
➤ Railway regulations
➤ Vehicle approvals
➤ Tender processes
Les mer
MSc in Engineering with more than 10 years of experience from the oil and gas sector and over 25 years of experience from the railway sector in both managerial and specialist roles. Broad expertise in railway engineering, risk analyses, emergency preparedness, investigations, safety and security management, approval processes, railway regulations, and tender processes.
Sanna Edvardsen
Consultant
Epost: sanna.edvardsen@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Risk analyses
➤ Emergency preparedness analyses
➤ Regulations
Les mer
Master’s degree in societal safety and a bachelor’s degree in law and administration. Experience in RAMS, risk analyses, emergency preparedness analyses, and railway sector regulations.
Lise Strømme Garaas
Principal Consultant
Epost: lise.garaas@certifer.eu
➤ Quality management
➤ Audits
➤ Project management
➤ ISO-standarder
Les mer
More than 15 years of experience in quality management, specialising in audits, ISO certification, and non-conformance and continuous improvement processes. Also well familiar with requirements, regulations, and TSIs related to train approval in Norway.
Odd Eirik Hardem
Senior Consultant
Epost: odd.hardem@certifer.eu
➤ On-track machines
➤ Project management
➤ TSI Loc and Pas
➤ Tender processes
Les mer
Educated mechanical engineer specialising in technical consultancy and project management. Extensive experience in project planning, evaluation, and procurement of technical solutions, as well as factory acceptance testing and investigation of machine profiles. Strong expertise in systems engineering and technical safety, with in-depth knowledge of TSIs, EN standards, and relevant regulations.
Jan Vetle Moen
Daglig leder
Epost: jan.vetle.moen@certifer.eu
➤ Tender processes
➤ Business development
➤ Safety management
➤ Quality and environmental management
Les mer
Experienced manager within the transport sector, holding a MSc in Mechanical engineering, specialised in RAMS from NTNU. With 19 years of industry experience, he has broad expertise in tender processes, business development, and safety, quality, and environmental management.
Terje Nilsen
Senior Principal Consultant
Epost: terje.nilsen@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Procurement
➤ Vehicle approvals
➤ Analytical expertise
Les mer
Educated aeronautical engineer with 15 years of experience from the aviation sector and 25 years from the railway sector. Broad expertise in construction, safety, maintenance, and operations. RAMS experience from rolling stock procurement and approvals. Advisor in safety and maintenance management and optimisation. Strong analytical expertise and experience as a facilitator.
Reidun Kristine Opsahl
Principal Consultant
Epost: reidun-kristine.opsahl@certifer.eu
➤ Infrastructure
➤ RAMS
➤ Signalling
➤ Risk management
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering, specialised in RAMS, with experience from major railway projects and strong professional leadership within RAMS processes. Has led a department with focus on reliability and optimisation and has been responsible for RAMS training at Bane NOR. Experience from both signalling and infrastructure projects since 2013.
Endre Rigstad
Principal Consultant
Epost: endre.rigstad@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Project management
➤ Risk management
➤ Infrastructure
Les mer
Master’s degree in economics with more than 15 years of experience in RAMS, risk management, and project management. International management experience, including multidisciplinary teams in Norway and abroad, with particular expertise in railway systems, signalling systems, tunnels, and control and approval processes.
Terese Steien
Senior Consultant
Epost: terese.steien@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Procurement
➤ Project management
➤ Analytical expertise
Les mer
MSc in Engineering with broad experience in railway rolling stock engineering, with a particular focus on risk analyses, safety, reliability, and maintenance optimisation. Experienced project manager.
Kristoffer Strand
Senior Consultant
Epost: kristoffer.strand@certifer.eu
➤ Operations and production
➤ Project management
➤ ECM
➤Maintenance
Les mer
More than 18 years of experience from the railway sector, with a strong background in operations, production, and maintenance. Extensive operational experience as both operator and maintainer, and in-depth expertise in SAP MRO. Applies practical and technical experience to deliver targeted advice and solutions that contribute to efficient operations.
Synnøve Bachke Stray
Consultant
Epost: synnove.stray@certifer.eu
➤RAMS
➤Risk analyses
➤Project and quality management
➤Maintenance optimisation
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering, specialised in RAMS. Experience in RAMS analyses as well as quantitative and qualitative risk analyses.
Sveinung Tengesdal
Consultant
Epost: sveinung.tengesdal@certifer.eu
➤ RAMS
➤ Maintenance optimisation
➤ Risk analyses
➤Safety Certificate applications
Les mer
MSc in Mechanical engineering with experience in internal audits, RAMS analyses, and technical consultancy within the railway sector, including investigation of rolling stock, maintenance optimisation, and safety certificate applications.
CERTIFER Nordics
CERTIFER Nordics consist of three units, namely:
CERTIFER Nordics AS, Prinsens gate 5, 0152 Oslo, Norway, with the two branches:
- CERTIFER Denmark, Kompagnistræde 37-1, 1208 Copenhagen, Denmark
- CERTIFER Nordics Sweden Filial, Löfströms Allé 5, 172 61 Sundbyberg, Sweden
CERTIFER Nordics delivers third party, independent, assurance services to the transport and railway sector. Our home market is Scandinavia.
CERTIFER Nordics has competence and capacity to operate in the whole of the EU inner market and the European Economic Area (EEA). Our services are:
- Notified Body (NoBo)
- Assessment Body (AsBo)
- Designated Body (DeBo)
- Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)
Accreditations
CERTIFER Nordics holds two accreditations with the Norwegian Accreditation body.
Notified Body (NoBo)
We are accredited as a certification body meeting the requirements in EN ISO/IEC 17065. The accreditation is based on Directive (EU) 2016/797 on the Interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (IOD) and the ERA document MNB – Assessment scheme, 000MRA1044 version 2.0 December 2022. Our accreditation covers all structural railway subsystems as defined by the Interoperability Directive:
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Rolling Stock
- Control-Command and Signalling, Trackside
- Control-Command and Signalling, On-board
Our latest accreditation can be found on the website of Norwegian accreditation; Home | Norwegian Accreditation (akkreditert.no) as PROD 032.
We have included in our accreditation the competence, methods etc. to perform inspections, audit / approval of quality management systems for production, and measurements of sound, light etc.
Assessment Body (AsBo)
We are accredited as an inspection body type A meeting the requirements in EN ISO/IEC 17020. The accreditation covers the normative document Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment, as amended in Regulation (EU) 2015/1136. Our accreditation includes all five subsystems listed above for NoBo and traffic operation and management, maintenance, and system safe integration.
Our latest accreditation as can be found on the website of Norwegian accreditation; Home | Norwegian Accreditation (akkreditert.no) as INSP 069.
Appointments
CERTIFER Nordics is appointed NoBo by the Norwegian Railway Authority (NRA). The appointment covers the inner market of EU and the European Economic Area (EEA).
We are registered in ERADIS – European Railway Agency Database of Interoperability and Safety, as an accredited Assessment Body (AsBo). The registration is made in Norway. With this registration CERTIFER Nordics can operate as AsBo in the inner market of EU and the European Economic Area (EEA).
About our assurance services
Notified Body (NoBo)
Our NoBo service follow CERTIFER Quality Management System (QMS) which fulfills the requirements set by the accreditation. As a NoBo we are also legally required to follow RFUs issued by the NB-Rail Coordination group. The RFUs can be found on this web site: NB-Rail | Home
It is the responsibility of the Applicant to select the Module(s) to be applied for a NoBo project. The Module options are specified in the relevant Technical Specification for Interoperability (TSI) and described in the Commission Decision (2010/713/EU). When the Module(s) are selected it defines the methodology and process to be used by NoBo from start to end and the relevant certificate(s) are issued.
The applicant is recommended to select its preferred NoBo early in the project. It is important for all projects to verify the requirements in the design phase. It may be expensive and time consuming to correct errors late in a project.
CERTIFER Nordics have established its tailormade working tools, as requirement matrix, forms etc. to make the NoBo process as effective and informative as possible for all parties.
As we have included in our accreditation the possibility to perform inspections, audit / approval of quality management systems for production and measurements of sound, light etc. we can deliver these services if the Applicant select to also use CERTIFER Nordics for this purpose.
As part of the NoBo project we will upload the certificate(s) to ERADIS (European Railway Agency Database of Interoperability and Safety).
Whether you’re an infrastructure manager, railway operator or manufacturer we ensure you’re compliant.
Assessment Body (AsBo)
Our AsBo service follow our Quality Management System (QMS) which fulfills the requirements set by the accreditation.
As for NoBo, we have the required competence to take on any project in the need of an AsBo. We cover the following areas as specified in ERADIS:
- Infrastructure
- Energy
- Control-command and signaling
- Rolling stock
- Traffic operation and management
- Maintenance
- System safe integration
If you or your project has evaluated the project to be classified as a “significant change project” according the CSM regulation or the relevant Technical Specification for Interoperability (TSI) requires an AsBo, we are ready to help.
As for NoBo, the AsBo should be selected and involved in the project from an early stage. AsBo will assess the risk management process. The general principles applicable to the risk management process is described in Annex 1 of the CSM Regulation 402/2013.
When the project is in the final stage and the result of the AsBo assessment is positive, we will issue the final Safety Assessment report (SAR).
Designated Body (DeBo)
CERTIFER Nordics are appointed Designated Body (DeBo) for subsystem rolling stock by the Norwegian Railway Authority (NRA) in Norway. As DeBo in Norway for rolling stock we ensure compliance with nation technical rules in Norway.
CERTIFER Nordics are appointed Designated Body (DeBo) for subsystem rolling stock by the Swedish Transport Agency: https://www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/.
CERTIFER Nordics are appointed Designated Body (DeBo) for subsystem rolling stock by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency: https://www.traficom.fi/en/finnish-transport-and-communicatios-agency-traficom.
Independent Safety Assessor (ISA)
The basic criteria for our ISA service are normally the CENELEC EN50126, EN5018 and EN50129 standards (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety, RAMS standards), against which the safety engineering of railway products and systems are assessed.
The CENELEC EN50126 and EN50129 standards reference further to other standards CENELEC standards as EN50657 for software, CENELEC EN50159 for communications and CENELEC EN50121 for electromagnetic compatibility.
The main market for ISA services is railway signalling and related areas. This service is mainly of interest for designers, manufacturers, or users of signalling systems to ensure their products meet RAMS requirements.
In Scandinavia, the ISA team normally approved by the National Safety Authority (NSA) in the relevant country, per project.
Continued improvements
Our railway team closely monitors the development of EU legislation (directives, regulations and decisions), NB-Rail Recommendations for Use (RFUs) and applicable standards to make sure our knowledge is at the forefront of industry trends.
Independence and Impartiality
We maintain our independence and impartiality by proactively managing conflicts of interest between CERTIFER Solutions (consultancy services) and third-party assurance services.
Our management Team
Clients
Our clients base is broad and includes manufacturers, operators, infrastructure managers, rolling stock owners etc.
On our client list in Norway, we have:
- VY
- Norske tog
- Bane NOR
- Airport Express train (Flytoget)
In Sweden you will find:
- Trafikverket
- LKAB
- Stadler
- SJ
- Green Cargo
Outside Scandinavia we have clients like CAF, Windhoff and ABB.
Accréditations
CERTIFER NORDICS AS CERTIFICATION BODY #PROD 032
CERTIFER NORDICS AS is accredited by Norsk Akkreditering (Norvegian accreditation body). The scope is available on https://www.akkreditert.no/en/
CERTIFER NORDICS AS INSPECTION BODY #INSP 069
CERTIFER NORDICS AS is accredited by Norsk Akkreditering (Norvegian accreditation body). The scope is available on https://www.akkreditert.no/en/
Actualités
Certifer
Norvège
Visiting adress
Prinsens gate 5, 0152 Oslo
Post address
POSTBOKS 354 SENTRUM
0101 Oslo
