Principal Consultant - Maritime/Naval Safety Engineering

TN United Kingdom; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Consultant in Maritime Safety Engineering to join their dynamic team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on critical Defence projects across naval platforms, ensuring the highest safety standards. You'll lead various projects, manage teams, and provide expert counsel to clients. With a flexible hybrid working model and a commitment to professional development, this position is perfect for seasoned professionals looking to make a significant impact in the Defence sector. Join a company that values innovation and supports its employees in achieving their career aspirations.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life Assurance

6% Pension Contributions

25 days annual leave

Competitive maternity cover

Cycle to work scheme

Military reservists additional annual leave

STEM ambassadors additional annual leave

Professional membership contribution

Employee referral bonus

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in safety engineering management in high hazard environments.
• Experience in conducting Hazard & Safety Risk Analysis and developing safety cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead Maritime Safety Engineering projects ensuring timely and quality delivery.
• Manage projects individually or with a small team.

Skills

Safety Engineering Management

Hazard & Safety Risk Analysis

Independent Safety Assurance (ISA)

UK MOD Knowledge

Safety Engineering Tools (Reliability Workbench, ASCE, BowTie, ETA, FTA)

Education

Engineering Background

Tools

Reliability Workbench

ASCE

BowTie

ETA

FTA

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Principal Consultant - Maritime/Naval Safety Engineering, Southampton

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Client:

RINA

Location:

Southampton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

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Job Description:

RINA’s Maritime Safety Consulting division is looking for an exceptional Safety Engineering Consultant to join a specialist and growing team, working for Defence clients across all naval platforms including surface ships, carrier, submarine and unmanned vessels.This is an exciting opportunity to help develop and shape RINA’s Safety and/or ISA capability, providing the Royal Navy with world class safety advisory services.

This role can be based out of our Southampton, Chippenham or Leatherhead offices though RINA is smart/hybrid working organisation, so living within commuter distance of the office is not necessarily required. Moderate travel across the UK is required though. Despite being a permanent position, we will also consider a part-time (PAYE) role: 3-4 days/week.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead a variety of Maritime Safety Engineering projects to ensure requirements are delivered on time, to budget, and to the required quality;
• You will manage projects either as an individual or managing a small team;
• Support with bids, proposals, analysis and report writing;
• Promote RINA’s Safety capability to customers, providing expert counsel, through face-to-face liaison, relationship building and presentations;
• Assist the Safety management team with augmenting safety capability to meet new and emerging market demands;
• This is not a Health & Safety (HSE) role.

Qualifications & experience:

• At least ten years’ experience in the application of safety engineering management solutions is high hazard environments;
• Knowledge of UK MOD (Defence) maritime / naval platforms;
• Experience in conducting Hazard & Safety Risk Analysis or Independent Safety Assurance (ISA) projects and have developed safety cases;
• Experience in the use and application of Safety Engineering tools such as Reliability Workbench, ASCE, BowTie, ETA or FTA;
• Some working knowledge of the following Defence Standard 00-56 and regulations including DSA02-DMR;
• An understanding of how UK MOD frameworks (i.e Aurora) operate;
• Some working knowledge of ASEMS, POSMS and POEMS processes;
• You will have an engineering background;
• Ideally you will have UK Security Clearance, or you must be a British citizen and be prepared to go through vetting.

About RINA Defence Consulting:

RINA Defence consulting has been awarded Gold status with the Armed Forces Covenant Employers Recognition Scheme and proudly supports those who serve.

We are a key engineering consulting partner to the Defence sector, providing a portfolio of consultancy services, including Safety Engineering, Environmental Safety , Integrated Logistics Support, Training Analysis, Cyber Assurance, Human Factors and Data Science & Analytics.

We offer the opportunity for you to specialise in your chosen technical specialism whilst working on a diverse range of client engagements, supporting some of the military’s most technically advanced programmes.

About RINA:

RINA is a 6,000 strong global engineering services firm, providing innovative services to critical industry sectors, including Defence, Industrial, Energy, Oil & Gas, Power, Renewables, Transport and Infrastructure sectors. It operates out of 70 countries, giving us the depth of experience across engineering disciplines and have a strong reputation providing services that are of the highest quality, creating significant value to our clients. #LI-JB1

The Benefits we offer:

On top of a competitive salary we also provide the following benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• 6% Pension Contributions
• 25 days annual leave (option to buy extra days)
• Competitive maternity cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Military reservists additional annual leave
• STEM ambassadors additional annual leave
• Professional membership contribution
• Employee referral bonus

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind.