Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer to ensure product safety and compliance within a collaborative engineering team. This role involves managing safety requirements, conducting hazard analysis, and influencing design safety, offering competitive benefits and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible benefits including health and wellbeing perks

Green car schemes

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential annual incentives

Qualifications

• Understanding of engineering safety management processes.
• Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering.
• Experience in a defence or complex systems environment is desirable.

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

Logical safety arguments

Safety case report

Understanding of 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, a range of flexible benefits including health, wellbeing, lifestyle perks, green car schemes, private health plans, shopping discounts, and potential annual incentives.

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 to ensure products are safe to own and legal to operate.

You will join a team of about 50 engineers, working collaboratively from the early stages of a major development program. This role offers opportunities to influence project progress within the SSNA Combat System programme and to develop your career at BAE Systems. We also offer relocation support packages for Submarines roles, subject to eligibility.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. Join an inclusive culture that values integrity and merit, empowering you to fulfill your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented communities, including women, minorities, people with disabilities, and individuals. If you have a health condition affecting your assessment performance, please discuss reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Additional Information:

Many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions, which may limit eligibility based on factors like nationality, previous roles, or place of birth. All applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Higher levels of Security Vetting may require 5 to 10 years of continuous residence in the UK, depending on role requirements.

Closing Date: 30th May 2025. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Apply early if interested.

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