Safety Engineer

Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA); England; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A defence contractor in the United Kingdom is seeking a Systems Safety Engineer to manage safety across various projects. Responsibilities include developing Safety Management Plans and ensuring compliance with standards. The role offers flexible working arrangements and competitive salary up to £60k. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and a proactive approach to safety.

Benefits

Work life balance

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Employee Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience of producing Safety Management Plans.
• Experience of conducting risk identification and hazard assessments.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for development of Safety Management Plans.
• Ensure safety practices meet industry and customer standards.
• Liaising with customers on product/project safety aspects.

Skills

Previous experience in a similar role

Experience of producing Safety Management Plans

Experience of conducting risk identification

Experience of creating and maintaining hazard logs

Familiarity with UK MOD ASEMS and Defence Standards 00-056 & 00-055

Trained to Ship Safety Management Organisation (SSMO) level

Motivated to drive safety into new development programmes

Ability to articulate safety arguments

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

A Systems Safety Engineer takes responsibility for pro‑actively managing all necessary safety tasks and activities across a number of dedicated SEA product lines and defence projects.

Safety Engineer will be based at either our Barnstaple, Beckington or Bristol site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £60k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

• Responsible for the development of Safety Management Plans, Safety Case documentation, Risk identification and assessment, hazard log creation and maintenance, evidence gathering and requirements validation.
• Responsible for ensuring safety practices are aligned with industry and customer requirements and that legislative and standards compliance is assessed and met across all applicable products and projects.
• Utilising recognised and extant safety methods, technology and tools to ensure safety management throughout the development, delivery and overall life cycle of applicable products and projects, including Hazard Identification, Hazard and Risk Analysis and Risk Management.
• Liaising with internal and external customers on all aspects of the product/project lifecycle whilst being actively engaged within the various Engineering (Sys Eng; hardware; software; security; ILS; HF; qualification; integration & system test) and Management teams.
• Responsible for generating and presenting informative and accurate safety status at defined project and product development milestones for internal and external customers and representing SEA at key customer safety meetings.

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

• 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
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% 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

The skills you need

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience of producing Safety Management Plans and Safety Case documentation.
• Experience of conducting risk identification and hazard assessments.
• Previous experience in creating and maintaining hazard logs, evidence gathering and requirements validation.
• Ideally have experience working within a product/project safety management environment as part of a defence contractor and conversant with UK MOD ASEMS and Defence Standards 00‑056 & 00‑055. Experience with Mil Std 882 would also be advantageous.
• Ideally be trained to Ship Safety Management Organisation (SSMO) level or equivalent.
• Highly motivated to drive safety into each new development programme through pro‑active requirements capture, be able to engage with the engineering teams by being enthusiastic to support early design reviews and being pragmatic where necessary to achieve shared goals.
• You will be able to articulate safety arguments tailored to your audience(s) as well as provide comprehensive, clear and accurate technical safety documentation in line with contracted deliverables and timescales.

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

If you'd like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on (phone number removed). Or reach out to us on (url removed).