Safety Engineer

Job Description

SAFETY ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - Up to £60 per hour - BRISTOL (60/40 HYBRID SPLIT) - SC CLEARED - 6 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEWYolk Recruitment are recruiting for a Safety Engineer to join our client in the defence industry on an initial 6 month deal with high likelihood of extension.An opportunity has arisen for an engineer to exploit their safety engineering skills to influence the safety aspects of technically complex and challenging products. While exploring the boundaries of best practice, this will involve optimising the effortdevoted to safety assurance, with the goal of balancing safety against the inherently lethal attributes required of complex weapon systems.Responsibilities:The immediate role is to manage the safety aspects of a 12 month contract to integrate the a Weapon System onto Royal Navy platforms; will be acting as prime contractor for this period. The successful candidate will be required to liaise with key stakeholders(i.e. MoD, the platform authority, the launcher authority, and stakeholders within our client) to define the safety boundary for the development of the Safety Case, and to define the organisation, roles and responsibilities for the safety programme. This willneed to be agreed and documented in a Safety Management Plan (SMP) for the Assessment Phase. Later in the Assessment Phase, the emphasis will shift to Preliminary Hazard Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis and supporting the development of an appropriatesafety architecture (which will include a focus on the electronic and programmable aspects and the associated functional requirements).In support of this, experience of the following is expected:

• Hazard identification exercises (SWIFT and HAZOP);
• Hazard management and risk analysis, including fault tree and event tree analyses;
• Construction of safety arguments and ALARP statements;
• Provision of support to internal and external project Safety Panels and Committees; (in conjunction with safety focal points);
• Assisting in the management and integration of these activities with system engineering and design programs to ensure the timely delivery of material supporting the safety case;
• Liaising with other functions in order to derive safety requirements and hazards;
• Working with systems teams in order to demonstrate satisfaction of safety requirements;
• Understanding of DEF-STAN 00-056, including the ability to write Safety Management Plans that meet its requirements;
• DO178C/DO-254 experience (desirable).

Skillset/experience required:Demonstrable knowledge of, and experience in, the application of UK and International system engineering processes, particularly in safety-related systems and safety assessment processes.

• Thorough understanding and experience of how the hazard analysis process integrates with the system engineering process to influence the design.
• Ability to deliver supporting information (Safety Case Reports, Hazard Analysis, Functional Failure Analysis, FTA, etc).
• Detailed electronic engineering experience is highly desirable (education to degree or HND level or a comparable level of experience is preferred). Experience of other engineering disciplines (design, software, manufacture, etc.) is also desirable.
• Good verbal, written communications analytical and problem solving skills.
• Track record as an effective team player with strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary / multi-national team.
• Stakeholder management.
• Customer/supplier interfacing skills.
• Planning and organisation skills.