Principal Engineer – Safety Engineering (Product Environmental)

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Product Environmental Engineer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop, implement and maintain the Environmental Management System for the BAE Systems Capability, Capacity & Resilience Programme (BCCR)
• Produce and manage Product Environmental Management Plans
• Lead Product Environmental Product Environmental impact and risk identification, management and assessment activities
• Influence the construction and delivery of the Project Environmental Case including Environmental Case reports
• Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Environmental Case and supporting documentation
• Understand the application of wider Safety Case, Quality and HS&E Management System documentation
• Produce, present and articulate clear and logical environmental arguments
• Support the appropriate meetings and Working Groups

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Degree or equivalent qualification
• Professional Chartership or working towards
• The ability to analyse complex problems and identify the most critical issues
• To be able to identify and quantify (i.e. screen and scope) all environmental issues to determine those that are critical/significant and those that are minor/trivial and develop suitable and appropriate solutions/mitigations/control measures
• Ability to interpret technical data and produce clear, logical and robust environmental arguments that demonstrably support environmental decision-making

Desirable:

• Project Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) qualification

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Environmental Team:

This role will require regular interaction with the Senior Engineering Manager – Product environmental, Engineering Delivery Managers and Senior Engineering managers within the Submarines Business. 

As the Senior Environmental Engineering Consultant, you will be responsible for providing support to the Senior Engineering Manager – Product environmental. You will also be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Project Environmental Management Systems for the BCCR Programme.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29^th April 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.

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