Safety Consultant

Electus Recruitment; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking consultancy is seeking a Safety Engineering Consultant for a hybrid permanent role. You will deliver assured safety advice and develop safety case documentation while engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong knowledge of UK MOD safety frameworks and eligibility for security clearance. This role emphasizes flexibility and wellbeing, offering private medical coverage, enhanced pension, and a supportive culture.

Benefits

Private medical cover (including family)

Enhanced pension

26 days’ leave

Annual wellbeing fund

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Familiarity with DSA, MAA, ASEMS and POSMS processes.
• Eligibility for UK MOD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Delivering assured safety advice across defence platforms and systems.
• Supporting hazard identification, risk assessment and ALARP justification.
• Developing and managing hazard logs and safety case documentation.
• Advising on compliance with MOD safety policy, standards and legislation.
• Engaging with stakeholders to drive safe, sustainable engineering outcomes.

Skills

Strong knowledge of UK MOD safety frameworks (e.g. Def Stan 00-056, JSP815)

Experience with hazard analysis, HAZID facilitation and safety case authorship

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Job description

Overview

Safety Engineering Consultant — Hybrid | Permanent

Shape a safer future while working in a flexible, inclusive environment that values your expertise and your life outside work. This is a rare opportunity to join a forward-thinking consultancy delivering high-impact safety engineering solutions across complex defence programmes.

What you’ll be doing

• Delivering assured safety advice across defence platforms and systems
• Supporting hazard identification, risk assessment and ALARP justification
• Developing and managing hazard logs and safety case documentation
• Advising on compliance with MOD safety policy, standards and legislation
• Engaging with stakeholders to drive safe, sustainable engineering outcomes

What you’ll bring

• Strong knowledge of UK MOD safety frameworks (e.g. Def Stan 00-056, JSP815)
• Experience with hazard analysis, HAZID facilitation and safety case authorship
• Familiarity with DSA, MAA, ASEMS and POSMS processes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Eligibility for UK MOD security clearance

What’s in it for you?

• Hybrid working with flexibility built around you
• Inclusive, values-led culture with a focus on wellbeing
• Private medical cover (including family), enhanced pension and 26 days’ leave
• Annual wellbeing fund and support for professional development
• Opportunities to work on meaningful, sustainability-focused projects

These vacancies require UK Ministry of Defence security clearance. Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain relevant clearance.

This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.