Process Safety Engineer

Orbex; Forres; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbex, a leading micro-launch company, seeks a Process Safety Engineer to ensure technical safety and compliance during production and launch activities in Scotland and Denmark. Responsibilities include conducting safety inspections, collaborating with teams, and supporting testing and launch campaigns. This role offers a competitive salary, generous leave benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

34 days paid holiday

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Group Life Insurance

Comprehensive relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Professional experience in Process Design and Development in high-risk industrial settings.
• Knowledge of safety regulations such as PUWER, DSEAR.
• Experience with propulsion systems or energetic materials.

Responsibilities

• Ensure technical safety support and legal compliance during production and launch activities.
• Provide safety oversight during testing, ensuring compliance across different sites.
• Collaborate with Health and Safety Manager to maintain onsite safety presence.

Skills

Problem-solving

Decision making

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (aerospace, mechanical, chemical, electrical)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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Orbex are currently seeking an experienced Process Safety Engineer to look after our sites in Scotland and Denmark to provide support and advice to all areas of the business.

You will identify and rectify potential hazards by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment, while also evaluating the effectiveness of various industrial control mechanisms.

By integrating your engineering and health and safety expertise, you will ensure that chemicals, machinery, software, and other products do not pose risks to people or property.

Important Note

For this role you can be based in our office in Forres in Scottish Highlands, or in Copenhagen, Denmark.

While much of the work is done in an office setting, site visits to evaluate safety hazards are also necessary, plus visits to Denmark/UK and other remote locations to support with testing and Launch campaigns.

Orbex

Orbex is a leading micro-launch company with our Prime and Proxima launch vehicles being prepared to launch from Scotland. We are well placed to be one of the first operational micro-launch companies in Europe with over€158m/£133mof project financing secured, a number of customers signed up, launch licence application submitted, and backing from organisations including UKSA and ESA.

We are a rapidly growing company with staff located between our production and test facilities in Forres, Scotland and Copenhagen, Denmark. Working on cutting edge advances in rocket fuel technology, Prime’s carbon footprint is up to 96% lower than comparable vehicles, leading to innovations in propulsion and tank structures. A state-of-the-art re-flight system means we can recover and reuse our technology, and innovations in separation mechanisms mean we leave no debris on orbit.

Having developed in-house production capability, we can 3D print complex engines, produce full-scale carbon composite fuel tanks, and have avionics and software testing labs in both Scotland and Denmark.

Based in Forres or Copenhagen, you will be right in the heart of this fast-paced cutting-edge company, gaining a unique insight into what it takes to build a new launch vehicle for a buoyant commercial market.

Orbex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is working towards a more diverse workforce in the aerospace industry.

The Position

Your Responsibilities Will Include But Not Be Limited To

• Support testing, production, and launch campaigns at Saxavord Spaceport, ensuring technical safety support and legal compliance with all aspects of production, testing, and launch activities.
• Assist the Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) teams by providing safety oversight during test programs, ensure safety compliance is consistently maintained across FAXE, Kinloss, and Saxavord.
• Contribute to all projects to guarantee that safety laws and regulations are adhered to in both Denmark and the UK.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for pressure and other safety-critical systems, overseeing inspections and examinations.
• Test, evaluate, exercise, record, and close all actions related to test and launch sites in accordance with safety and emergency response plans.
• Stay updated on current health and safety policies, regulations, and manufacturing processes, reviewing plans and specifications for new machinery and equipment to ensure they meet safety standards.
• Collaborate with our Health and Safety Manager to ensure there is an onsite safety presence, during launch campaigns, ensuring that all operations comply with Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulations, Orbex Safety Management System (SMS).
• Ensure all equipment manufactures maintenance programme are followed and equipment meets PUWER compliance.
  
  

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree within relevant Engineering disciplines such as aerospace, mechanical, chemical, electrical, aviation and similar.
• Professional work experience in Process Design and Development within aerospace, petrochemical, or high-risk industrial settings.
• Knowledge or experience working with propulsion systems, energetic materials, and/or hazardous processes.
• Demonstrable experience applying Process Safety Management frameworks, Functional Safety and hazard analysis techniques.
• Experience working in compliance with UK, European, and local safety regulations, including PUWER, DSEAR, and other relevant guidelines.
• Practical knowledge of safety regulations, problem-solving and decision making skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software.
  
  

Desirable experience and traits:

• Experience with ATEX- or IECEx- certified products and working in explosive atmospheres.
• Occupational Health and Safety, NeBosh, and/or NCRQ certification.
• Prior experience in space system design, test rig commissioning, or defence manufacturing.
• Experience working with or leading Safe by Design or safety-critical systems initiatives.
  
  

Essential Information

You should be comfortable with working in a variety of environments from office settings, site visits at the test site in Kinloss (UK) and Faxe (Denmark). You will also join for launch campaigns which will involve periods of working away at our home spaceport on the Shetland Isle.

Personality

• Orbex is a high-paced, startup culture where you will be encouraged to take assume responsibility for tasks and see them through.
• It is imperative that you take initiative, communicate openly and can collaborate with technical and non-technical team members.
• You must be able to thrive in an international, diverse and multicultural environment.
  
  

Security

You must be a UK or European citizen or from a country that is a signatory to the MTCR convention. You may be required to undergo a UK BPSS check which includes a criminal record check.

Benefits – UK

• Competitive Salary up to £60k (negotiable depending on experience)
• 34 days paid holiday including bank and public holidays
• NEST workplace pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including mortgage advice, health and wellbeing apps
• Group Life Insurance, x4 annual salary
• Orbex are able to sponsor visas for you and your familyand provide comprehensive relocation assistance, this includes 1 month of accommodation in the local area paid for by the company, a relocation allowance and full support through the visa application process.
  
  

Benefits – Denmark

• Annual 1% special holiday allowance
• Group Life Insurance, Lump Sum
• 30 days of paid vacation plus public holidays
• Up to 8 days additional leave per year, for child related sickness (up to age of 12)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Orbex are able to sponsor visas for you and your familyand provide comprehensive relocation assistance, this includes 1 month of accommodation in the local area paid for by the company, a relocation allowance and full support through the visa application process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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