Senior Safety Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Safety Engineer

Location: Warton

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

Salary: £47,683 – £52,426

What you’ll be doing: 

• This is an exciting role where you will be expected to support the Safety Engineering activities across the FalconWorks™ cutting-edge products early in the engineering lifecycle, with the following:
• Hazard identification
• Undertaking and reviewing safety analysis and safety justifications
• Hazard log management & Product safety risk management
• Safety review of design installations (Zonal Analysis & Particular Risk Analysis)
• Capturing and verifying safety requirements
• Providing advice and guidance to project teams on product safety and product environmental issues
• Supporting Product Integrity Committees
• Supporting the management of emergent product safety issues

 Your skills and experiences:

• A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience preferable in Safety Engineering
• Experience of reviewing and assuring Safety Cases and Safety Arguments/Safety Justifications/Safety Case Reports.  A proven track record in the application of hazard identification, analysis, and safety risk assessment techniques
• A broad engineering experience with Aircraft design, test, trials and support, from design through to in-service use
• Experience in leading others and working with autonomy

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 Safety Integration team:

FalconWorks™ has been created to be a powerhouse of innovation for the Air Sector.  As a team we’ll be focusing on early life-cycle development of game changing technologies that shape the future.  Key to this will be generating a new pipeline of products and services for the Air sector.

The Safety Integration team are growing and are interfacing across a number of product and system teams, providing guidance, assurance & safety analysis.  This role will enable face paced development to help further your career in BAE Systems.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation

Closing Date: 19th September 2024

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.