Senior Engineer – Site Safety Case (Human Factors)
Job Title: Senior Safety Case Engineer (Human Factors)
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: Negotiable depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Providing a Human Factors Intelligent Customer role within the Safety Case Team
- Undertaking Human Factors assessments
- Assessing the probability of human errors and providing Human Factors advice
- Representing the Safety Case Team in discussions with the wider business
- Providing an interface between the Safety Case and Human Factors Teams
- Supporting Safety Case delivery
- Contribute to Stakeholder Review of relevant documentation
- Interface with internal and external stakeholders as required by their scope of work
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
- Degree in Human Factors or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable Human Factors experience
- Experience with writing assessment Human Factors reports and contributing to safety cases
- High hazard area industry experience
Desirable:
- Human error assessment experience
- Chartered Engineer or working towards this
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.
The Hazard and Analysis team:
You will be working with a team of technical specialists working within the site safety case team, which is currently around 30 strong and is growing and developing as we undertake the Dreadnought and Site Redevelopment Programmes. We are currently producing safety cases covering Astute and Dreadnought build and commissioning. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 27th June 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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