Principal Product Safety Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Principal Product Safety Engineer to provide critical advice on product safety matters, ensure compliance with safety standards, and engage with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a clear understanding of safety engineering processes and excellent communication skills. This role offers flexible working arrangements and supports relocation across various locations.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Experience and qualified engineers from other disciplines who display the correct behaviours and have an understanding of safety engineering.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice on product safety matters to project and engineering managers.
• Ensuring the safety considerations are correctly considered and implemented.
• Engaging with third parties, to review and gather supporting safety case evidence.
• Developing safety arguments using appropriate safety analysis methods.
• Producing and updating safety case and safety management documentation.
• Line managing other safety practitioners.
• Applying ALARP principles.

Skills

Safety engineering processes, practices and tools

Clear understanding of safety engineering & assurance principles

Good communication skills

Job description

Job Title: Principal Product Safety Engineer

Location: Frimley, Weymouth, Bristol, Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness, Devonport, Plymouth or Brough, dependant on role and your personal circumstances. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

Responsibilities:

• Providing advice on product safety matters to project and engineering managers
• Ensuring the safety considerations (DEF STAN 0055/0056) are correctly considered and implemented
• Engaging with third parties, to review and gather supporting safety case evidence
• Developing safety arguments, both physical and functional, using appropriate safety analysis methods (e.g. FHA/STPA/FMEA/FTA)
• Producing and updating safety case and safety management documentation using appropriate regulations and standards
• Line managing other safety practitioners
• Applying ALARP principles

Requirements:

• Safety engineering processes, practices and tools
• Clear understanding of safety engineering & assurance principals
• Experience and qualified engineers from other disciplines who display the correct behaviours and have an understanding of safety engineering

Desirable:

• Good communication skills and ability to interact and manage stakeholders

Benefits:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Employee share plans
• Extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

We welcome people with experience of the military, defence and maritime industries, who can use their knowledge and learning to help us ensure that we provide the best products into submarines. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

BAE Systems is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Please note that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions.

All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.