Product Safety Assurance Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm is seeking a Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor to ensure safety and integrity across its global portfolio. The ideal candidate will lead audits, develop assurance frameworks, and engage with senior stakeholders. Essential qualifications include being a qualified auditor with expertise in safety management. This role offers flexible working arrangements and comprehensive benefits including a pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Expertise in safety management and auditing required.
• Experience in defence, aviation, or nuclear sectors preferred.
• Engineering background beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead audits of product safety management systems.
• Develop assurance frameworks to identify risks.
• Collaborate with leaders to drive improvements.
• Conduct oversight and ensure compliance.
• Analyze safety data for risk-based assurance.

Skills

Subject matter expertise in product safety or safety management

Proven experience in auditing safety or quality management systems

Strong credibility and communication skills

Background in regulated industries

Strategic mindset with the ability to influence

Education

Qualified Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 or similar)

Job description

Product Safety Assurance Manager

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Location:

Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ GB

Onsite or Hybrid:

Job Title: Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor

Location: Remote – Travel Required, Car Allowance provided

Role Type: Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract

Role ID: SF66400

Shape the Future of Safety in Defence and Engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor at any of our main UK locations, including Bristol, London, Devonport, Rosyth, and Leicester.

The role

As a Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor, you’ll be at the forefront of ensuring the safety and integrity of Babcock’s global product portfolio. This is a high-impact role where your expertise will help shape our assurance strategy, influence senior leaders, and drive continuous improvement across our defence, aerospace, and engineering programmes.

You’ll lead third-level assurance activities, conduct audits, and provide strategic insights that protect lives and support national security. This is a career-defining opportunity to work across sectors, engage with senior stakeholders, and make a meaningful difference in a dynamic and noble industry.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Leading audits of product safety management systems across Babcock’s global operations
• Developing assurance frameworks to identify risks, non-compliance, and best practices
• Collaborating with senior leaders and safety teams to drive improvements
• Conducting oversight and technical reviews to ensure regulatory compliance
• Analysing safety data to inform intelligent, risk-based assurance activities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week with remote and flexible working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor:

• Subject matter expertise in product safety or safety management
• Proven experience in auditing safety or quality management systems
• Strong credibility and communication skills to engage with senior stakeholders
• Background in regulated industries such as defence, aviation, or nuclear
• Strategic mindset with the ability to influence and lead assurance initiatives

Qualifications for the Product Safety Assurance Manager – Lead Auditor:

• Qualified Lead Auditor (e.g. ISO 9001, Environmental or Safety standards)
• Engineering background is beneficial but not essential

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.