Senior Safety Engineer (Defence)

Overview

We are seeking a number of experienced Safety Engineers to provide safety management and engineering assurance support within a complex defence engineering environment.

The successful candidate will support ongoing safety management and engineering assurance activities, including maintenance of safety cases, hazard logs and supporting safety evidence.Responsibilities will include providing independent safety advice and assurance, leading hazard identification activities, undertaking risk assessment and supporting the development and implementation of appropriate risk mitigation measures.

Applicants should have demonstrable safety engineering experience on MOD programmes and be comfortable working with technical and project stakeholders within a regulated engineering environment.

This role will be based in Bristol, with the expectation that you would be at Expleo's Bristol office, or MOD Abbeywood a maximum of 3 days per week. There will be flexibility on this during different phases of projects.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support safety cases, hazard logs and associated safety evidence.
• Undertake and lead hazard identification, risk assessment and risk mitigation activities.
• Provide independent safety advice, governance and engineering assurance.
• Support ongoing safety management and engineering assurance activities.
• Review and maintain safety evidence to support effective management of engineering risk.
• Work collaboratively with technical and project stakeholders to ensure safety considerations are appropriately identified, assessed and managed.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Understanding of Product Safety and Systems Safety principles within safety critical industries.

Desirable

• Relevant professional membership or working towards chartership.
• Formal training in safety engineering methodologies and standards.

Essential skills

• Strong capability in hazard identification, risk assessment and risk mitigation.
• Ability to support ongoing safety management, governance and assurance activities.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and project stakeholders in the management of engineering safety risks.

Experience

• Demonstrable Safety Engineering experience covering the development and/or maintenance of safety cases, hazard logs and supporting safety evidence.
• Experience undertaking hazard identification, risk assessment and risk mitigation activities.
• Experience providing independent safety advice, governance and engineering assurance within a complex engineering environment.
• The successful candidate must be capable of supporting ongoing safety-management and engineering-assurance activities and working effectively with technical and project stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in Safety Engineering within a complex engineering environment.
• Experience developing and/or maintaining safety cases and hazard logs.
• Experience developing, maintaining and reviewing supporting safety evidence.
• Experience providing independent safety advice and engineering assurance.
• Experience working within complex defence or similarly regulated engineering environments would be beneficial.
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering and project stakeholders would be advantageous.

What do I need before I apply

• This role supports UK Defence and safety-critical programmes. Applicants should be comfortable working on these programmes within highly regulated engineering and assurance environments.
• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance.
• Some assignments may require attendance at customer, secure or classified sites.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits 
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive