Principle Engineer - Product Safety

Copello; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading maritime and defence organisation is seeking a Principal Engineer - Product Safety to lead product safety activities across complex engineering programmes. You will manage safety systems, assess risks, and mentor junior engineers. This senior role requires a STEM degree and expertise in safety analysis. A competitive benefits package including a strong pension scheme is offered. The position is hybrid, and candidates may relocate.

Benefits

Strong pension scheme

Flexible benefits options

Health and wellbeing support

Lifestyle benefits

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience with FMEA, HAZOP, FTA, safety analyses.
• Proven record of compiling Safety Case Reports.
• Ability to provide safety leadership across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Project Safety Management System.
• Manage safety hazard identification and assessment activities.
• Mentor junior members of the Product Safety team.

Skills

Safety analysis techniques

Project Safety Management System

Interpreting technical data

STEM degree

Environmental awareness

Education

Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent

Job description

Principal Engineer - Product Safety

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Filton or Broad Oak
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements are available.

Salary: Up to £61,500 dependent on experience.

The Role

Copello is working in partnership with a leading organisation within the maritime and defence sector to recruit a Principal Engineer - Product Safety. This is a senior technical role with responsibility for leading product safety activities across complex engineering programmes, ensuring safety is embedded throughout the full lifecycle.

As a Principal Product Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in the development and maintenance of Product Safety Management Systems and Safety Cases on a major, long-term programme. You will be trusted to resolve complex technical challenges and provide safety leadership across multidisciplinary teams. Relocation support may be available, subject to eligibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain the Project Safety Management System within a Systems Engineering framework
• Produce and manage Project Safety Management Plans and Justification Plans
• Lead product safety hazard and risk identification, management and assessment activities, including modern techniques such as STAMP and STPA
• Influence the development and delivery of the Project Safety Case, including Safety Case reports across the full project lifecycle
• Undertake peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance activities to demonstrate the robustness of Safety Cases and supporting documentation
• Provide technical oversight, mentoring and peer review for junior members of the Product Safety team
• Apply wider Safety Case, Quality and Health, Safety & Environmental (HS&E) management system documentation effectively

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent qualification
• Awareness of environmental challenges impacting complex engineered products
• Experience delivering traditional safety analysis techniques (FMEA, HAZOP, FTA, etc.)
• Proven experience compiling and delivering Safety Case Reports and supporting safety documentation (plans, processes, requirements)
• Experience developing and working within a Project Safety Management System
• Ability to interpret complex technical data and produce clear, logical and defensible safety arguments

Desirable:

• Professional chartership or working towards chartered status
• Knowledge of submarine lifecycle phases including design, manufacture, assembly, commissioning and testing
• Experience with modern safety analysis techniques such as STAMP, STPA and FRAM
• Understanding of Systems Engineering international standards and their application within a safety engineering context
• Experience leading technical meetings and cross-functional working groups

Benefits

The successful candidate will receive a competitive benefits package, which may include a strong pension scheme, flexible benefits options, health and wellbeing support, lifestyle benefits and eligibility for an annual incentive.

Security & Eligibility

Due to the nature of the work, this role is subject to security and export control restrictions. Applicants must be eligible for security clearance