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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Process Safety Engineer to join their Safety and Environmental Team. This role involves conducting DSEAR risk assessments, mentoring junior engineers, and developing safety strategies. The position offers flexible working arrangements and various benefits, including a competitive pension scheme and employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme
Enhanced annual leave allowance
Company contributed Share Incentive Plan
Flexible working
Employee assistance program
Cycle2Work
Employee discounts
Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

  • Experience in explosion safety engineering and hazard analysis.
  • Proven track record in implementing business processes.
  • Degree qualified in a STEM discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Completing DSEAR risk assessments and compliance activities.
  • Mentoring and developing junior engineers.
  • Reviewing and producing explosion safety strategies.

Skills

Hazard Analysis
Risk Assessment
Mentoring

Education

Degree in STEM discipline

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Principal Process Safety Engineer

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:
  1. Completing DSEAR risk assessments and compliance activities
  2. Mentoring and developing junior engineers
  3. Reviewing and producing explosion safety strategies
  4. Peer reviewing work
  5. Risk Analysis
  6. Developing and producing processes and policy documentation for the site
Your skills and experiences:

Essential: Experience of working in an explosion safety engineering environment and applying various methods of hazard analysis; DSEAR risk assessment production including hazard identification and analysis (preferably from a high hazard industry); A thorough understanding of Hazardous Area Classification (HAC); Proven track record in implementing business processes to achieve strategic objectives.

Desirable: Degree qualified in a STEM discipline; COMAH – Control of Major Accident Hazards (Safety Case support) experience; Site Asset Protection experience & Fire Safety Engineering experience.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. Additional benefits include flexible working, an employee assistance program, Cycle2Work, and employee discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Safety and Environmental Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team offering exposure to wider strategic initiatives. You will work with six team members from principals to apprentices, liaising with operational managers, heads of departments, and the Health & Safety teams. The role provides exposure to the Wider Control Damage Hazards team and opportunities for professional growth within the function.

Additional Information:

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you can make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values thought, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and ensure our recruitment processes are inclusive. If you have a condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) affecting your performance in assessments, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions, which depend on factors like your nationality, previous roles, and place of birth. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, with many roles requiring 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency for security vetting.

Closing date: 29th May 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Please apply early.

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