Senior Engineer – Product Safety

TieTalent; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Annual incentive

Job summary

A leading engineering company seeks a Senior Engineer specializing in Product Safety. You will work within an Integrated Development Team, ensuring the completion of safety tasks for submarine systems and supporting hazard analysis. The role offers hybrid working options across various UK locations. Candidates should have experience in product safety requirements and hazard identification techniques. Benefits include a competitive pension scheme, enhanced leave, and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Product Safety Requirements identification and capture
• Product Safety hazard identification and analysis using recognized techniques like FTA, FHA, FSA, ZHA, HAZOP, ASM
• Delivery of Product Safety cases and management systems
• Review and appraisal of Product Safety cases
• Auditing Product Safety management systems

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an Integrated Development Team for submarine systems.
• Complete Product Safety tasks across multiple systems.
• Support Hazard Identification and Analysis studies.
• Assist with or generate safety reports.
• Ensure team operates within project Safety Management System.
• Liaise with other Integrated Development Teams.

Skills

Product Safety

Hazard Analysis

Safety Cases

Auditing

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Overview

Senior Engineer – Product Safety role at TieTalent. Location options: Barrow-in-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Portsmouth, Weymouth or Manchester. We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements; speak to your recruiter about options for this role. Salary: Competitive.

What you’ll be doing

• Work as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability.


• Ensure Product Safety tasking and activities are completed across multiple systems in support of project milestones through all stages of the Engineering Life Cycle Management.


• Support Hazard Identification and Analysis studies.


• Assist with or generate safety reports.


• Ensure the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System.


• Liaise with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team.

Qualifications

• Essential


• Product Safety Requirements identification and capture


• Product Safety hazard identification and analysis using internationally recognised techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Functional Safety Analysis (FSA), Zonal Hazard Analysis (ZHA), Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), Accident Sequence Modelling (ASM)


• Delivery of Product Safety cases and management systems


• Review and appraisal of Product Safety cases, influencing others with constructive feedback


• Auditing Product Safety management systems, learning, sharing and influencing others with constructive feedback

• Desirable


• Working towards professional chartership


• An accomplished engineer with a passion for "things Product Safety"


• Ability to influence other stakeholders, internal and external to the role to achieve Product Safety benefits

Benefits

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Relocation and team context

The Safety & Environmental Team: Supporting our Dreadnought, Astute and Submarine Nuclear Replacement (SSNR) submarines programmes in the delivery of Safety Management System arrangements and Safety Cases. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility criteria.

Security and eligibility

Please note that some roles are subject to security and export control restrictions. All applicants must meet Baseline Personnel Security Standard; higher levels of security vetting may apply depending on the role.

Closing date

Closing Date: 26 August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

• Employment type: Full-time

• Job function: Management and Manufacturing

• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet