Safety Case Engineer Weapons

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Helensburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Helensburgh is seeking a Safety Case Engineer Weapons to develop and maintain safety cases across critical domains. You'll collaborate with key partners, ensuring operations remain safe and compliant. A full-time role, offering hybrid working arrangements, requires expertise in engineering processes and safety methodologies. Essential qualifications include a relevant STEM degree and professional registration. The company provides a strong employee benefits package, including health consultations and a matched pension scheme.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Responsibilities

• Develop safety cases and professional engineering reports.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and safety methodologies.
• Collaborate with facility operators for nuclear safety.
• Communicate complex issues to varied audiences.
• Lead risk assessments and improve safety systems.

Skills

Understanding of engineering process in a regulated environment

Experience producing engineering reports

Knowledge of safety case methodologies

Ability to explain complex issues

Experience with safe systems of work

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering or relevant STEM degree

Professional registration (or working towards)

Postgraduate study in safety engineering

Job description

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Location: Coulport, Helensburgh, GB, G84 0PD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Safety Case Engineer Weapons

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Safety Case Engineer Weapons at our RNAD Coulport site.

The role

As a Safety Case Engineer Weapons, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will help develop and maintain robust safety cases across critical domains - nuclear reactor plant, nuclear weapons, and ordnance, munitions and explosives - so operations remain safe, compliant and mission‑ready. It is meaningful, high‑impact work that supports national defence and gives you wide exposure to complex engineering, regulatory compliance and risk management - accelerating your development in a unique, high‑hazard environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Develop clear, evidence‑based safety cases and professional engineering reports across the three safety domains.
• Maintain compliance with site authorisation conditions and relevant regulations, ensuring operations meet safety case methodologies.
• Collaborate with facility operators and key partners to assure nuclear safety across programmes.
• Engage with the Ministry of Defence customer and stakeholders to explain complex issues in plain, accessible language.
• Improve safe systems of work and lead insightful risk assessments that drive ALARP decisions.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Safety Case Engineer Weapons

• Demonstrated understanding of engineering process in a regulated environment.
• Experience producing and reviewing professional engineering reports.
• Knowledge of safety case methodologies and practical application.
• Ability to explain complex issues to varied technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Practical experience with safe systems of work and risk assessments.

Qualifications for the Safety Case Engineer Weapons

• HNC/HND in Engineering or a relevant STEM degree.
• Professional registration with an appropriate institution (or working towards it).
• Postgraduate study or training in safety engineering, risk management or related discipline would be advantageous.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

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 a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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