Land Safety Engineer

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development

Flexible holiday allowance

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited is seeking a land safety engineer to support safety engineering across defence land systems, including military vehicles and equipment. You will develop safety cases, hazard logs and structured safety arguments, turning technical evidence into practical safety information for delivery teams, equipment authorities, users and maintainers.

The role involves collaboration with delivery teams, lead users and assurance stakeholders, with potential security clearance

Qualifications

• Experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in defence land environments.
• Ability to analyse technical information and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of military vehicles, land equipment, defence acquisition and systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Support safety engineering and assurance across acquisition, integration, introduction into service, operation, maintenance and modification of defence land systems.
• Help turn technical evidence into practical safety arguments, controls and information for delivery teams and maintainers.
• Develop and maintain safety cases, safety assessments and safety management plans for military vehicles and land capabilities.
• Create and maintain hazard logs and support risk-reduction activity.
• Produce clear technical reports and safety information for equipment decisions.

Skills

Safety engineering

Hazard assessment

Systems engineering

Risk management

Analytical communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

JDAC

BowtieXP

eCassandra

Power Apps

Power BI

Job description

Job Description Overview

Are you a land safety engineer looking to work on military vehicles, equipment, information systems and digitally enabled capabilities? Do you want to turn technical evidence into practical safety solutions for delivery teams, users and maintainers? We’re expanding our defence land safety capability. Join us and support work across acquisition, platform integration, trials, land system certification, introduction into service and in-service change, while retaining opportunities to collaborate across our wider defence safety capability. AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering complex and critical programmes across defence, aerospace, nuclear and other highly regulated sectors. Join our established Safety & Environmental Assurance community; knowledge sharing and collaboration are at the heart of what we do.

• Formal technical assurance, peer review and access to experienced land safety specialists.
• Domain Communities of Interest and professional networks.
• Regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing events and informal mentoring.
• Career development support aligned wherever possible to your experience, interests and goals.

We aim to align assignments with your skills, interests and career goals while balancing client and business needs. We welcome applicants from industry, MOD and the Armed Forces, including those returning after a career break.

• Safety engineering for military vehicles, equipment and new Army platforms, including upgrades and introduction into service.
• Structured, digitally enabled safety cases using Claims, Arguments and Evidence and modern hazard-management tools.
• Operational hazard logs and safety information designed to support users and maintainers.
• Safety assurance for autonomous, software-intensive and information-enabled land capabilities.

Your role

You will support safety engineering and assurance across the acquisition, integration, introduction into service, operation, maintenance and modification of defence land systems. You will help turn technical evidence into practical safety arguments, controls and information that are usable by delivery teams, equipment authorities, users and maintainers. Support the development and maintenance of safety cases, safety assessments and safety management plans for military vehicles, equipment and integrated land capabilities. Create and maintain design and operational hazard logs, supporting hazard identification, risk assessment and risk-reduction activity. Develop structured safety arguments covering safe-to-operate, maintained-correctly and operated-safely claims, supported by evidence from the Delivery Agent, Lead User and other responsible organisations. Assess the safety implications of platform integration, equipment upgrades, software-intensive capability and in-service change. Derive and manage safety requirements and supporting evidence through acquisition, trials, land system certification, acceptance and introduction into service. Produce clear technical reports and safety information that support equipment decisions and remain useful to operators and maintainers. Work with Delivery Teams, Delivery Agents, Lead Users, platform integrators, operators, maintainers, suppliers and assurance stakeholders.

About you

Essential experience and attributes:

• Relevant experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence land environment, including contributing to safety cases, safety assessments, hazard logs or structured risk-management activities.
• Knowledge of military vehicles, land equipment, defence acquisition, systems integration, operations or maintenance.
• An understanding of systems engineering and the engineering lifecycle, with the ability to analyse technical information and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• A collaborative, curious and delivery-focused approach, with the confidence to ask questions and seek support when needed.
• A relevant degree, technical qualification or equivalent experience gained in defence, the Armed Forces or industry.

Desirable experience:

• Knowledge of MOD land safety management systems, policy, assurance and the National Armaments Director environment.
• Experience of digital safety cases, operational hazard logs or supporting tools such as JDAC, BowtieXP, eCassandra, Power Apps or Power BI.
• Experience supporting hazard workshops, change assessments, engineering substantiation or safety working groups.
• Professional registration, or active progress towards IEng or CEng, and membership of a relevant institution such as the IET, SaRS, IMechE, IExpE or RAeS.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.