System Safety and Environmental Engineer

Thales UK Limited; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of defense and aerospace solutions is seeking a System Safety & Environmental Engineer to ensure product safety for clients. This role involves managing safety-related activities during product lifecycle, conducting hazard analysis, and leading design teams. Ideal candidates will have an engineering degree and experience in safety engineering. This position is based in Belfast, United Kingdom, with a commitment to an inclusive recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Experience in a safety engineering role within an engineering environment.
• Leading safety engineering related activities.
• Working knowledge of product safety standards and legislation.
• Knowledge of product safety engineering and environmental management practices.
• Experience of working within an airworthiness environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver all aspects of the S&EM design activities.
• Carry out hazard analysis and risk evaluation.
• Communicate adherence to S&EM requirements.
• Maintain compliance to S&EM processes and procedures.
• Understand relevant S&EM standards and regulations.
• Plan and estimate project S&EM engineering activities.
• Prepare hazard analysis reports and develop safety arguments.

Skills

Ability to define and implement sound engineering design principles and methodology

Ability to carry out detailed safety analysis

Ability to carry out detailed environmental analysis

Whole life systems engineering viewpoint

Education

Science or Engineering degree (or equivalent)

Safety credentials and training records

Chartered Engineer or member of a Professional Institution

Post graduate qualification (or equivalent) in safety or environmental engineering

Job description

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales is a leading global provider of defense, aerospace, security and space solutions. We innovate across five major industries to deliver operational advantage to our customers.

System Safety & Environmental Engineer

Role Summary

This is a key role within Thales to ensure that we design and deliver products that can be certified to international standards and can be safely used by our customers. The role plans and manages the safety-related activities within bids and projects to ensure the end product risk has been reduced so far as is reasonably practicable. It will also lead and conduct the hazard analysis activities and development of safety & environmental requirements for IAS products throughout their lifecycle, providing direction to design teams to achieve the necessary safety assurance.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for identification and delivery of all aspects of the S&EM design activities as part of an Integrated Project Team in accordance with the IAS safety management system.
• Carry out hazard analysis, risk evaluation and specify S&E requirements in the areas of performance, engineering features, interfacing and testing requirements.
• Communicate a reasoned argument to all disciplines across the project team for the inclusion of S&E measures to ensure adherence to all derived S&EM requirements.
• Maintain and ensure compliance to S&EM processes and procedures.
• Maintain a good understanding of all relevant S&E standards and regulations and ensure they are followed in IAS.
• Plan and estimate the cost of project S&EM engineering activities.
• Prepare hazard analysis reports, safety cases and develop valid safety arguments.

Skills

• Ability to define and implement sound engineering design principles and methodology.
• Ability to carry out detailed safety analysis, risk evaluation and safety case construction using best practice approach.
• Ability to carry out detailed environmental analysis, impact and risk evaluation.
• Able to address project solutions from a whole life systems engineering viewpoint.

Experience

• Experience in a safety engineering role within an engineering environment.
• Experience of leading safety engineering related activities.
• Working knowledge of product safety standards and legislation.
• Knowledge of product safety engineering and environmental management practices.
• Experience of working within an airworthiness environment.

Qualifications

• Science or Engineering degree (or equivalent).
• Safety credentials and training records.
• Ideally a Chartered Engineer or member of a Professional Institution.
• Ideally a post graduate qualification (or equivalent) in safety or environmental engineering.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and will provide reasonable adjustments and support for applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions. To request an adjustment or an alternative format for this advert, please contact the relevant hiring team.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can involve further evidence. For details of the evidence required, please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.