Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer to support Product Safety requirements and manage safety processes. The role involves working within a collaborative team to ensure safe design and compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in safety management and systems engineering, contributing to significant projects in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes.
• Experience in systems engineering and safety.
• Familiarity with ALARP principles.

Responsibilities

• Support the derivation and management of Product Safety requirements.
• Influence the development of a safe design and Safety Case.
• Complete peer reviews and assurance tasks.

Skills

Engineering safety management processes

Hazard analysis

Systems engineering

ALARP principles

Tools

DOORS

Enterprise Architect

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness, Portsmouth, BroadOak, Frimley, Weymouth, Plymouth or Bristol

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

1. Support the derivation and manage Product Safety requirements derived from Product Safety hazard and risk identification.
2. Work in accordance with Project Safety Management Plans.
3. Influence the development of a safe design, the Project Safety Case including logical technical safety arguments and Safety Case justification reports.
4. Support hazard identification meetings and the maintenance of the project hazard log.
5. Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes, such as hazard analysis, logical safety arguments and safety case report.
• Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering – including establishment of good engineering requirements and how they will be delivered through engineering processes.
• Understanding of ALARP principles and application of processes.

Desirable:

• Systems engineering tools and techniques – (e.g., DOORS, Enterprise Architect).
• Experience working in a defence or other complex systems environment involving software products.

Benefits:

Along with a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans, shopping discounts, and an annual incentive eligibility.

The SSNA Combat System Team:

As a Principal Engineer, you will support the Engineering Delivery Manager in developing, delivering, and maintaining the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Case, ensuring products are safe to own and legal to operate.

You will join a growing team of about 50 engineers, working collaboratively from the early stages of a major development programme. This provides opportunities to influence project progress and develop your career within BAE Systems. We offer relocation support packages for all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place to make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented groups including women, minorities, people with disabilities, and individuals. We aim to make our recruitment processes as inclusive as possible. If you have a health condition (e.g., dyslexia, autism, anxiety disorder) that might affect your assessment performance, please discuss potential reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Additional Information:

Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to security and export control restrictions. Factors such as your nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth can restrict role eligibility. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Higher security vetting levels may require 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK, depending on the role, to allow thorough checks.

Closing Date: 30th May 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Please submit your application early if interested.

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