Safety Engineer
Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Safety Engineer - WOME
Location: Plymouth, Devonport - Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time and Permanent
Role ID: SF60197
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Safety Engineer specialising in Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (WOME) at our Devonport site.
The role
As a Safety Engineer specialising in WOME, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll produce outputs for Babcock products, which meet the safety and environmental requirements of applicable legislation and Ministry of Defence Policy. You will join a national team of over eight hundred engineers and designers within the Marine Sector of Babcock. We are a leading design consultancy providing naval architecture, marine system engineering, electrical engineering, design modelling and project support services to the marine and defence markets.
Day to day, you'll:
* Work as part of a team to provide professional WOME safety and environmental engineering support to naval ship projects, including design, build, launch and trials.
* Provide WOME safety and environmental input to non-conformances and design changes to influence the safety of the design.
* Provide authorship of technical documentation such as WOME Safety & Environmental Case Reports.
* Attend and record hazard identification and review meetings, as well as developing and maintaining hazard logs.
* Support other members of the UKME SEG in the development of safety and environmental assessments or cases.
This role is a full-time position and will consist of a 36-hour working week. It will be based out of Devonport with flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
Experience of the Safety Engineer:
* Engineering background in relevant discipline with WOME safety and environmental assessment/management experience.
* Experience in multidisciplinary engineering environments.
* Knowledge of complex engineering in ships/submarines or equivalent systems.
* Ability to compile high-quality technical reports.
* Understanding of Defence Standard 00-101 and SETHA process for maritime platforms.
* Awareness of International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, Allied Naval Engineering Publication 77, and hazard assessment techniques (SWIFT, HazOpS, FTA, ETA, FME(C)A).
Qualifications for the Safety Engineer WOME:
* Ideally degree qualified in an engineering discipline but extensive experience in a relevant field will be considered.
* Preferably already hold the Defence Maritime Regulator’s (DMR) Ship Safety & Environmental Management Training (SEMT) or Ship Safety Management Office (SSMO) Certification (training will be arranged if required).
* Ideally you will be a member of a relevant institution (e.g., IExpE, IMechE, RINA, IET, SARS etc.) and hold Chartered or Incorporated status (or be working towards).
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What we offer:
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
* Employee share scheme.
* Employee shopping savings portal.
* Payment of Professional Fees.
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International:
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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