Senior Product Safety & Environmental Consultant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Product Safety & Environmental Consultant

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:

• Lead a team of product safety engineers on the delivery of Whole Boat & IDT product safety technical and management system activity
• Engage and communicate with ESO Safety & Environment on a regular basis to ensure the safety plan is delivered on time to the required quality
• Provide discipline expertise and technical leadership and input into the construction and delivery of the Project Safety Case including Safety Case reports
• Develop key discipline specific Product Safety capabilities (processes, methods, tools and facilities) to meet the project strategy
• Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to other professionals
• Apply Product Safety engineering expertise to a complex engineering product, system and process development or problem resolution and be able to resolve & guide others in solving complex project-related issues / conflicts across disciplines

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Substantial work experience as a Product Safety practitioner with the skills to analyse, define, evaluate plan and deliver assigned engineering activities to meet customer requirements
• Qualified to at least degree level or equivalent in Product Safety or relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related discipline related discipline
• Professional chartership or working towards

Desirable:

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Royal Navy submarine systems and operation and able to resolve complex specialist problems and issues
• Demonstrable knowledge of MoD Product Safety Policy and key standards (Def Stan 056, JSPs etc.)
• Proven experience of Safety Case development, implementation and maintenance across multiple platforms and programmes
• Previous experience within Defence/Rail or Oil & Gas

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 Safety & Environmental Team:

This role will require regular interaction with the Principal Engineering Manager – Product Integrity and interaction with Engineering Delivery Managers and Senior Engineering managers within the Integrated Design Teams (IDT), Office of Chief Engineer, externally into the UK MoD, SDA and SSNA partners as required. 

As the Senior Safety & Environmental Engineering Consultant you will be responsible for providing support to the Head of Engineering SSNA/Principal Engineering Manager – Product Integrity. You will also be responsible for the development and maintenance of the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Cases for the SSNA project and be able to resolve & guide others in solving complex project-related issues/ conflicts across disciplines from a Product Safety perspective. 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, 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: 21^st March 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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