Product Safety Engineer

SEA LTD; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave (buy/sell)

Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual

Half day Fridays

Private medical health insurance

Group pension plan (up to 8% employer)

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite parking

Onsite bistro & refreshments

Job summary

SEA is seeking a Product Safety Engineer to ensure our products and systems meet applicable safety legislation and internal safety processes. The role is based at Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple with regular visits to Barnstaple; flexible working is available.

The salary is up to £64k depending on experience. You will lead product safety activities across the full engineering lifecycle, identify hazards and assess risks, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety

Qualifications

• Professional registration (EngTech/IEng/CEng) or working towards.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, defence, or tech environments.
• Experience with Defence Standards 00-056 Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems.
• Understanding of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk reduction and safety assurance principles.
• Experience producing safety documentation, technical reports, verification evidence or compliance records.
• Strong written and verbal communication, ability to explain safety issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Structured, analytical approach with attention to detail and multitasking across projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support product safety activities across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Identify hazards, assess safety risks, and define risk reduction measures.
• Apply recognised safety techniques (FMEA, FTA, HAZID/HAZOP, bow-tie, ALARP, reliability) where relevant.
• Develop, review and maintain hazard logs, safety plans and safety cases.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure safety requirements are understood and traceable.
• Review designs, drawings, specs, test evidence, and change proposals for safety risk acceptability.
• Support verification, validation, certification and compliance activities, including testing and audits.
• Provide product safety advice to project teams, suppliers, customers and stakeholders.
• Monitor legislation and standards and translate changes into actions.

Skills

Professional registration

Industry experience

Defence standards

Hazard identification

Safety documentation

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. The Product Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring the company's products, systems, and engineered solutions are developed, assessed, tested, and supported in accordance with applicable safety legislation, industry standards, customer requirements, and internal safety processes. Product Safety Engineer will be based at either our Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple sites. This role allows for flexible working with regular visits required to our Barnstaple site. The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support product safety activities across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept and design through manufacture, delivery, operation, support, and disposal.


• Identify hazards, assess product safety risks, and define proportionate risk reduction measures using recognised safety engineering techniques.


• Knowledge of recognised safety and reliability techniques such as FMEA, FTA, HAZID, HAZOP, bow-tie analysis, ALARP assessment, reliability prediction, or safety case development.


• Develop, review, and maintain safety documentation such as hazard logs, safety plans, safety assessments, safety cases, compliance matrices, and technical reports.


• Work with systems, mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are understood, implemented, verified, and traceable.


• Review product designs, drawings, specifications, test evidence, and change proposals to confirm that product safety risks remain acceptable.


• Support verification, validation, certification, and compliance activities, including product testing, design reviews, audits, inspections, and technical file preparation.


• Provide product safety advice to project teams, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders.


• Monitor relevant legislation, standards, customer requirements, and industry guidance, and translate changes into practical engineering actions.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we're always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins.

Benefits

• Work life balance, Hybrid/flexible working arrangements


• 25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell


• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual


• Half day Fridays


• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave


• Family & wellbeing, Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program, Health Cash Plan, All Staff Bonus, Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution, Cycle to work scheme, Wellbeing Centre, Sports & Social activities, Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings, Life assurance policy, Publication and recruitment bonus rewards, Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning, Facilities & resources, Electric vehicle charging points at all sites, Private seated lunch areas, Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages, Onsite showers and toiletries provision, Free onsite parking

Skills & Qualifications

• Ideally professional registration or working towards registration, such as EngTech, IEng, or CEng.


• Experience of working in an engineering, manufacturing, defence, or technology environment.


• Manufacturing and/or experience of working with Defence Standards 00-056 Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems.


• Good understanding of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk reduction, and safety assurance principles.


• Experience producing or contributing to engineering safety documentation, technical reports, verification evidence, or compliance records.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain safety issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Structured, analytical approach with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks across projects.

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.