Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer to support safety management and ensure product safety across various locations. The role involves managing safety requirements, conducting hazard analysis, and influencing safe design practices. Candidates should have a solid understanding of engineering safety processes and may benefit from experience in complex systems environments. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career development within a collaborative engineering team.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes.
• Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering.
• Experience in a defence or complex systems environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the derivation and manage Product Safety requirements.
• Work in accordance with Project Safety Management Plans.
• Influence the development of a safe design and Safety Case.

Skills

Engineering safety management processes

Hazard analysis

Logical safety arguments

Safety case report

Understanding of ALARP principles

Tools

DOORS

Enterprise Architect

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Portsmouth, BroadOak, Frimley, Weymouth, Plymouth or Bristol

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

1. Support the derivation and manage Product Safety requirements derived from Product Safety hazard and risk identification
2. Work in accordance with Project Safety Management Plans
3. Influence the development of a safe design, the Project Safety Case including logical technical safety arguments and Safety Case justification reports
4. Support hazard identification meetings and the maintenance of the project hazard log
5. Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes, such as hazard analysis, logical safety arguments and safety case report
• Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering – including establishment of good engineering requirements and how they will be delivered through engineering processes
• Understanding of ALARP principles and application of processes

Desirable:

• Systems engineering tools and techniques – (e.g. DOORS, Enterprise Architect)
• Experience working in a defence or other complex systems environment involving software products

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The SSNA Combat System Team:

As a Principal Engineer, you will support the Engineering Delivery Manager in developing, delivering, and maintaining the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Case to ensure products are safe to own and legal to operate.

You will join a growing team of about 50 engineers and work collaboratively from the early stages of a major development programme. This provides opportunities to influence project progress and develop your career within BAE Systems. We also offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. Join an inclusive culture that values, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’re empowered to fulfill your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from communities underrepresented in our industry, including women, minorities, people with disabilities, and individuals. We aim to make our recruitment process as inclusive as possible. If you have a health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) that may affect your assessment performance, please discuss reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions, which may limit your eligibility based on factors like your nationality, previous citizenship, or place of birth. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Higher levels of Security Vetting are often required, typically involving 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK, to facilitate security checks.

Closing Date: 30th May 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

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