Safety Engineer (Defence Equipment & Support)

Engineering is the largest business function in our organisation – and it’s one of the most fulfilling too. Because it’s only by delivering the most advanced, battle-winning technology that we can keep those on the front line at the top of their game. That’s why we stay inventive and create positive change, with a strong focus on sustainable sourcing and minimising environmental impact too. Ready to make an impact that matters to the nation?

You’ll benefit from plenty of opportunities for development, access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications, and a c.27% employer pension contribution. You’ll also have access to a wide range of employee networks, including the Women in Engineering Network, Parents Network, Race & Culture Network, Neuro Inclusivity Network – and many more. We recognise that the best people for the job may have commitments outside of work, so we’re pleased to promote flexible working to support our colleagues in balancing work and home life. Are you a Safety Engineer who is looking to influence safety decisions across the lifecycle of multiple projects? If so, we want you to join our vision to save lives by ensuring our Armed Forces are equipped with capable, safe-to-operate equipment!

Our Internal Technical Support (ITS) team provides support to a huge variety of projects from combat aircraft and armoured vehicles to submarines, body armour and aircraft carriers. Joining this team will help you become a ‘go-to’ expert, through our supportive learning culture and your own drive to provide vital expertise helping DE&S manage safety risks across a breadth of high-profile projects. By ensuring military equipment is safe to operate with world-leading capabilities, this team makes a big difference to projects integral to supporting our armed forces!

Safety Engineers can choose their permanent workstation from the list below:

• MOD Manchester, Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD
• Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX
• RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset, BA22 8HT
• Wattisham Flying Station, 2 Valley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7RE

Please note some attendance to the stated site may be required for this position.

Responsibilities for Safety Engineer

As a Safety Engineer, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Developing artefacts/evidence used in the assessment of environmental/safety risk, and considering the implications of changes to equipment design, offering mitigation advice in the process
• Providing advice and support to colleagues, ensuring that appropriate safety requirements are correctly applied and delivered in contracts
• Creating and implementing safety management systems for products, services or systems, as either part of design or in-service support
• Interpreting and applying safety policy for the design and support of platforms and equipment
• Utilising your exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills to offer all of the above services across multiple areas, including Maritime, Land, Weapons, Air and Submarines, ensuring that your solutions are understood and appropriately executed

What you will be assessed against

To be successful with your application you must demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Hold a minimum of a Level 4 (e.g. HNC) qualification in an engineering or science discipline, or will demonstrate equivalent relevant industry experience
• Have demonstrable experience using a range of safety tools and techniques, to provide advice and guidance on complex projects, e.g. Hazard Log Management; Hazard Identification; Risk Assessment and

ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) justifications * Have experience in the development and writing of safety artefacts in support of compelling safety bodies of evidence

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Compliance with Policy (Practitioner)

• Complies with Systems Safety Requirements (Practitioner)
• Communicating and influencing
• Changing and improving

What’s in it for you?

Our careers offer stability, training, progression – and much more!

We’re exploring future ways of working with a flexible and a family-friendly approach in mind. This means that successful candidates may be offered the option of hybrid working, combining working at home with working at their contractual location. Further information relevant to hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post, to find a balance that suits your needs and those of the organisation. Please note that employees are responsible for meeting the cost of their travel to and from work when attending site.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a great place to work that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. To help us do this, we particularly encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, disabled people and people from LGBT communities. By bringing together different ideas, experiences and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together.