Principal Safety Engineer Location: New Malden – hybrid and flexible working pattern
Competitive IR35 contract - 12 months with likely extension
Experis are working with an incredible organisation who are seeking a Principal Safety Engineer to play a critical role in National Defence initiatives.
This is an opportunity to work on evolutionary projects using cutting-edge technology and transformation.
The successful candidate will lead the delivery of complex safety systems and defence requirements across numerous platforms. They will be responsible for safety engineering activities following the business safety protocols.
You will benefit from working for an employer who genuinely care about your career development and support your requirements, be that flexibility requests and so on in order to maximise your work / life balance.
Safety Analysis e.g. HAZOPS, FFA, FTA, FMECA following company safety protocol.
Create safety requirements for the system, ensuring system design meets targets.
Be able to reasonably convey complex safety issues / improvements to internal and external stakeholders to influence their consideration of safety decisions.
Work in collaboration with different disciplines to maximise the highest quality outputs.
Proven experience conveying and liaising Systems Safety within the UK Defence industry.
Degree/HND/HNC in Safety Management/Engineering/related discipline OR equivalent relevant experience
Acknowledgement, knowledge and application of Safety Standards – preferably IEC 61508 and Def Stan 00-056
Knowledge of safety assurance of COTS PE based systems or high integrity software
Experience with safety/reliability analysis techniques such as FMECA, FTA, FFA and hazard identification and analysis.
Understanding and familiarity with tools and techniques used in Risk Assessments
Diversity
Our client is an all inclusive employer, owing the heart of their success to diversity.