Principal Engineer - Nuclear Substantiation

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is looking for a Consultant Engineer specializing in Human Factors to provide technical leadership and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have extensive safety experience and be a Chartered Member or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. This hybrid role offers competitive salary and a range of lifestyle and health benefits, including a green car scheme and private health plans.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working arrangements

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Chartered Member or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.
• Extensive experience in leading safety aspects of HF.
• Understanding of safety case development in a nuclear setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the Human Factors Team.
• Review key outputs and support development opportunities.
• Support continuous improvement of HF Team capability.

Skills

Safety aspects of HF

Stakeholder engagement

Incident investigations

Root cause analysis

Education

Chartered Member or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors

Job description

Overview

Consultant Engineer – Human Factors (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to Human Factors (HF) Engineering Managers, HF Consultants, and the HF Team to assure the quality, proportionality, and effectiveness of HF effort relating to BAE Submarine Facilities, Nuclear Site Safety operations, and obligations.
• Review key outputs, including formal reports, processes, and procedures produced by the HF Team.
• Identify and actively support development opportunities for the HF Team and, by inference, the wider Human Systems Integration (HSI) Cluster.
• Actively support strategic reviews and the continuous improvement of HF Team capability and performance.
• Support, inclusive as possible, and provide technical support to improve HF capability and performance in the delivery of project and programme‑related work.

Qualifications

• Chartered Member or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (or capable of achieving this at time of hire).
• Demonstrated extensive technical experience in leading safety aspects of HF, such as incident investigations, root cause analysis, facilities requirements setting, nuclear regulations compliance, and human reliability.
• Understanding of safety case development and experience of its application in a nuclear setting.
• Evidence of active direct engagement with internal and external major stakeholders, preferably in high hazard or security restricted settings.
• Personal, and to the maintenance of our nuclear site licence.

Benefits

Competitive salary (commensurate with skills and experience) + hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, and shopping discounts.

How to apply

Submit your application early. The role may require baseline personnel security standard and higher national security vetting. Applicants must meet minimum security and export control requirements.