Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

BAE Systems; Rochester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring product safety and compliance. Collaborate with a dedicated team of engineers to influence safety design and manage crucial safety documentation. This position offers opportunities for career growth and the chance to make a significant impact in a complex systems environment. Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including flexible health and wellbeing options, and the chance to work on innovative projects that contribute to national defense. Your expertise will help shape the future of safety in engineering.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Green car scheme

Potential annual incentives

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering safety management and hazard analysis.
• Understanding of safety within systems engineering and ALARP principles.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of Product Safety requirements.
• Influence the development of safe design and Safety Case reports.

Skills

Engineering safety management processes

Hazard analysis

Safety case reports

ALARP principles

Systems engineering tools

Defense systems environment

Tools

DOORS

Enterprise Architect

Job description

Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

BAE Systems

Closing Date: 8th May 2025

Full 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 management of 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 maintain 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:

1. Understanding of engineering safety management processes, such as hazard analysis, logical safety arguments, and safety case reports.
2. Reasonable understanding of safety within systems engineering, including establishing good engineering requirements and how they will be delivered through engineering processes.
3. Understanding of ALARP principles and application of processes.
4. Experience with systems engineering tools and techniques (e.g., DOORS, Enterprise Architect).
5. Experience working in a defense or other complex systems environment involving software products.

Benefits include a competitive pension scheme, employee share plans, flexible health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, 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 Safety Case to ensure products are safe to own and legal to operate. You will join a team of about 50 engineers, collaborating from the early stages of major development programs, with opportunities to influence project progress and develop your career within BAE Systems. Relocation support packages are available for eligible roles.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you can make a real difference. We value diversity, reward integrity and merit, and empower you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially from underrepresented communities, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Please discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Note: Many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions based on nationality and residency. Applicants must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard; higher security vetting may require 5-10 years of UK residency.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. We encourage early applications.