Lead Safety & Compliance Engineer

Anthony Best Dynamics Limited.; Bradford-on-Avon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous pension contributions

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bradford-on-Avon is seeking a Compliance and Safety Engineer to ensure that products meet regulatory and safety standards. Responsibilities include conducting safety assessments, developing compliance strategies, and collaborating with teams. Candidates should have an Engineering degree, experience with relevant safety standards, and a proactive approach to improve product safety.

Qualifications

• Technical background is essential, preferably an Engineering Degree.
• Experience with safety and security related standards crucial.
• Proactive individual with a can-do attitude and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monitoring of relevant industry regulations and guidelines.
• Document safety and compliance requirements for product development.
• Conduct safety and technical risk reviews of existing products.

Skills

Safety assessments

Compliance strategies

Risk management

Technical report writing

Education

Engineering Degree or similar

Tools

IEC 61508

ISO 26262

BS EN 13849

Job description

• Full-time

Role Overview

As the Compliance and Safety Engineer, you will ensure that our products meet all regulatory requirements and safety standards. You will conduct safety assessments, develop compliance strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best practices in compliance and safety engineering. You will also author our forward-looking compliance and safety strategy, keeping abreast of the future regulatory landscape for our current and future product areas, mapping out changes and updates, and highlighting any gaps.

What will you be doing?

• Lead the monitoring and interpretation of relevant industry regulations, standards, and guidelines related to current and future products in target markets.
• Define and document safety & compliance requirements to inform product development.
• Assess and manage technical, compliance and safety risks of new and existing products within the AB Dynamics engineering team.
• Conduct safety and technical risk reviews (e.g. TARA, HARA, FMEA) of existing products, new concepts and prototype systems, producing hazard and safety reports, working with the wider Engineering teams to develop mitigation strategies to address them, where relevant adhering to standards such as IEC 61508 and/or BS EN 13849.
• Work with stakeholders through AB Dynamics to build and implement internal safety assessment and design processes.
• Maintain the documentation and technical files required to evidence compliance and management of risk.
• Leverage standards where possible to provide a competitive advantage to AB Dynamics.
• Build the systems and capability of AB Dynamics teams in safety, security and technical risk management.
• Assess or lead the assessment of new products for compliance to relevant legislation (e.g. Machinery, RoSH, REACH, RED, Cyber etc), utilising harmonised standards (e.g. ISO 12100, IEC 61508, BS EN 13849)

What are we looking for?

• A technical background - most likely an Engineering Degree or similar.
• Experience of safety and security related standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 26262, IEC62442, BS EN 13849.
• Experience of demonstrating the functional safety of complex systems.
• Experience conducting assessments such as: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Threat and Risk Analysis (TARA), Hazard and Risk Assessment (HARA), Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP).
• Experience in approvals for Europe and the UK (CE/UKCA) and North America (e.g. FCC/CISPR).
• Experience in risk management systems development and maintenance.
• Ability to work with a team of technical and non-technical personnel to deliver results.
• A proactive individual with a ‘can-do attitude’ who can work with only minimal supervision and who is not afraid to contribute their own suggestions and ideas to improve product safety.

We are part of the AB Dynamics Group, an innovative, dynamic listed business with a friendly and supportive working environment. In addition to competitive salaries, our attractive benefits package includes a discretionary company bonus scheme, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), and generous company pension contributions.

At AB Dynamics Group we set ourselves ambitious objectives and strive to work according to our values of customers, people, diversity, innovation, excellence and responsibility. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We do not discriminate against staff based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.