Product Safety Team Leader

BAE Systems; Preston; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the UK is seeking a Product Safety Team Leader to manage safety activities for the F-35 program. In this role, you will lead a team in safety documentation and assessments, ensuring the highest standards of safety management. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in safety engineering, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across teams. This full-time position is located in Samlesbury and offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a safety engineering role.
• Proven ability to lead teams and conduct safety assessments.
• Experience in managing safety issues and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team for F-35 System Safety activities.
• Develop and maintain safety documentation.
• Coach junior members on safety reporting.

Skills

Experience authoring and approving safety documentation

Knowledge of Safety Management Plans

Experience in an aircraft systems safety role

Understanding of engineering standards

Ability to communicate clearly

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Professionally registered (IEng / CEng)

Job description

Job Title: Product Safety Team Leader

Location: Samlesbury (Full-time on site)

Salary: £54,793 + depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a team to carry out F-35 System Safety activities across all BAE Systems Contracts for Airframe, Vehicle System, Weapons Integration, and Sustainment
• Developing , maintaining and updating safety documentation, including Hazard Assessment Summary Reports, Safety Engineering Memos, Safety Justification Reports, and Change Request statements
• Conduct safety assessments for new and emerging safety issues within BAES areas of design responsibility
• Providing expert guidance to Engineering teams on the evaluation of internal and external qualification and verification evidence from a safety perspective
• Coaching junior members on maintaining hazards in the F-35 Hazard Log / Support and Service Hazard Log and Safety reporting to the industrial partners and customers including; support to System Safety Group (SSG) and Safety Working Group (SWG) activities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience authoring and approving safety documentation or technical reports with knowledge of Safety Management Plans
• Experience in an aircraft systems safety role or a support engineering safety role
• Professionally registered (IEng / CEng) or working towards
• Demonstrable knowledge of the system / software engineering lifecycle
• Understanding of relevant engineering standards

Desirable:

• Engineering degree or equivalent aircraft systems or Support systems engineering experience

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Product Integrity Team:

You will be leading a team of Safety Engineers responsible for managing routine and urgent safety issues across the F-35 platform in line with the programme’s Safety Management System (SMS). You will play a key role in safeguarding platform safety, ensuring that risks are identified, assessed and addressed efficiently and effectively.

This position requires a high level of initiative , strong decision -making capability, and the confidence to work collaboratively with industrial partners, customers and wider stakeholders across the globe. Clear communication and the ability to build strong working relationships are essential to maintaining safety governance and driving timely resolution of issues.

The role also offers development opportunities, with the chance to broaden technical expertise , grow leadership capability, and contribute to the ongoing enhancement of safety processes within a high-profile and fast-paced programme environment.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc .) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

Closing Date: 15th December 2025

Applying Process

When applying for this role you will be redirected to BAE systems careers site where you will be required to:

• Register an account (this is optional, you can apply as a guest)
• Provide contact information
• Upload your cv
• Complete a short diversity & inclusion questionnaire

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