Safety Engineer - Bristol/Hybrid

IO Associates; Rowberrow; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Associates seeks a Safety Engineer to join a specialist consultancy in Bristol, offering hybrid work (office, client sites, and WFH). The role supports safety-critical programmes in Civil Nuclear, Defence Facilities and Energy Storage.

You will lead projects from scoping through commissioning, ensuring safety-critical requirements are met to the correct standards safely and efficiently. UK nationals with NSV eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering safety-critical work to industry standards (EC 61508/IEC 61511/ISO 13849/DO-178/DO-254).
• Experience with ISO 9001 quality standards.
• Strong written communication and client engagement.
• UK nationals eligible for UK National Security Vetting (NSV).

Responsibilities

• Lead projects end-to-end (concept- commissioning), managing delivery, timelines and budgets.
• Specify, design and assess control, instrumentation and safety systems in safety-critical environments.
• Apply safety assessment and hazard analysis techniques including HAZOP, LOPA, SIL determination, FMEA, FTA.
• Produce/review/verify/approve technical documentation (reports, specifications, design documentation).
• Own client-facing delivery: define requirements, agree scope, manage risks, provide progress reporting.
• Support innovation work - taking new systems/tech from concept through to acceptance.

Skills

Process control systems

EC&I deliverables

Client engagement

Report writing

SC clearance

Nuclear industry experience

Tools

Hazop

LOPA

SIL determination

FMEA

FTA

Job description

Job title: Safety Engineer

Salary: up-to £80,000 DOE

Location: Bristol/Hybrid (office, client sites & WFH)

A specialist consultancy in high-hazard industries is hiring a Safety Engineer to support continued growth across safety-critical programmes in Civil Nuclear, Defence Facilities and Energy Storage.

The role

You’ll lead and deliver a range of projects, from early scoping through to detailed design and commissioning, ensuring safety-critical requirements are met to the right standard, safely and efficiently.

This role suits someone comfortable operating at lead consultant level, managing technical delivery and client interfaces.

Role responsibilities:

• Lead projects end-to-end (concept- commissioning), managing delivery, timelines and budgets
• Specify, design and assess control, instrumentation and safety systems in safety-critical environments
• Apply safety assessment and hazard analysis techniques including HAZOP, LOPA, SIL determination, FMEA, FTA
• Produce/review/verify/approve technical documentation (reports, specifications, design documentation)
• Own client-facing delivery: define requirements, agree scope, manage risks, provide progress reporting
• Support innovation work - taking new systems/tech from concept through to acceptance

The ideal candidate:

• Strong practical knowledge of process control systems and EC&I deliverables (P&IDs, SLDs, BCDs, schematics)
• Experience delivering safety-critical work to industry standards (EC 61508/IEC 61511/ISO 13849/DO-178/DO-254 etc)
• Experience working to ISO 9001 quality standards
• Strong written communication + confident client engagement and report writing
• SC cleared or clearable
• Nuclear industry experience desirable

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be UK nationals and able to meet UK National Security Vetting requirements.