Safety & Environmental Lead Engineer

Raytheon UK; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Safety & Environmental Lead Engineer to deliver Safety & Environmental activities across the FJCAST service deliverables, reporting to the Service Delivery Manager. You will help implement the Safety & Environmental Management Plan and coordinate safety activities during design, delivery and in-service support of training solutions.

This role requires systems-thinking, stakeholder engagement and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary engineering team within a

Qualifications

• System safety and environmental experience within the defence domain.
• Experience with Def Stan 00-056, 00-055, 00-051 or equivalent standards.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain the Safety and Environmental Management Plan.
• Support Hazard Identification and Hazard Analyses.
• Support Environmental Impact Screening and Scoping.
• Develop Hazard Logs and Environmental Features Matrices.
• Prepare and maintain Safety and Environmental Cases.
• Develop artefacts to support the Safety and Environmental Case.
• Provide safety and environmental input to reviews and bid activities.
• Coordinate audits and safety/environmental assurance across facilities.

Skills

System safety

Environmental engineering

Def Stan knowledge

Systems engineering

Safety cases

Education

Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computing or other relevant subject

Tools

SAFe

ITIL4

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-11

Country: United Kingdom

Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Position Role Type: Onsite

Safety & Environmental Lead Engineer

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Future Joint Command and Staff Trainer (FJCAST) programme will transform the delivery of senior staff training, enabling Joint Headquarters, operational commands, coalition partners and allied nations to train together across Land, Maritime, Air, Space and Cyberspace domains. Through the integration of simulation, synthetic environments, exercise design, data exploitation, operational networks and coalition interoperability, FJCAST will support the training, preparation, experimentation and evaluation of UK and allied operational headquarters.

You’ll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through to the FJCAST Chief Engineer and functionally through the Training Transformation Delivery Lead. Ultimately, you’ll work for the British Military, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

The Role

The Safety & Environmental Engineer will provide and deliver Safety & Environmental activities across the FJCAST Service deliverables. Reporting directly to the Service Delivery Manager, they will be instrumental in delivering the Safety & Environmental Management Plan and conducting and coordinating the safety and environmental activities in the design, delivery and in-service support of the FJCAST training solutions.

This role requires a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability work in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a complex and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and maintenance of the Safety and Environmental Management Plan.
• Supporting Hazard Identification and Hazard Analyses.
• Supporting Environmental Impact Screening and Scoping.
• Developing Hazard Logs and Environmental Features Matrices.
• Preparation and maintenance of Safety and Environmental Cases.
• Developing artefacts to support the Safety and Environmental Case.
• Provision of safety and environmental input to project and design reviews.
• Provision of safety and environmental assurance, including auditing.
• Management of safety and environmental activities undertaken by other organisations including visits and inspections of training facilities.
• Provision of support to bid and proposal activities, including generation of estimates for safety and environmental aspects of the programme.
• Supporting and facilitating Safety and Environmental Committees.
• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

Essential Skills and Experience

• System safety and environmental experience within the defence domain.
• Experience of working with Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-055, Def Stan 00-051 or other applicable standards.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and processes.
• Track record in producing safety and environmental cases acceptable to the customer and/or regulator.
• Appreciation of safety standards and design/implementation techniques for safety.
• Good understanding of the engineering lifecycle.
• Commercial awareness.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computing or other relevant subject.
• Experience of training solutions, army training doctrine, platforms or installation of equipment at customer sites.
• Knowledge of defence or public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in training transformation or learning platforms.
• SAFe and ITIL4 certified.
• Experience of working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Knowledge of the MOD’s GEAR framework.

Security cleared or ability to obtain (SC or above).

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.