Safety Engineer
Defence Sector
Salary: Up to £75,000 + Excellent Benefits
We're supporting a leading UK defence engineering organisation in the search for a Safety Engineer to join a growing team working on complex naval and maritime programmes.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in the safety assurance of mission-critical systems that support some of the UK's most advanced defence platforms. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you'll help ensure safety is considered throughout the entire system lifecycle, influencing design decisions and supporting the delivery of highly reliable solutions.
Whether you already have experience within safety engineering or are looking to further develop your career in this area, this role offers excellent long-term progression and exposure to major defence programmes.
The Role
As a Safety Engineer, you'll support the delivery of safety activities across a range of complex defence projects, working closely with systems, software, hardware, and project engineering teams.
Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting system and product safety activities throughout the engineering lifecycle
- Conducting hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety analysis activities
- Producing and maintaining safety documentation and safety cases
- Supporting FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), HAZOP, and LOPA activities
- Defining and managing safety requirements
- Participating in design reviews and safety working groups
- Working with multidisciplinary teams to influence safe engineering design decisions
What We're Looking For
- Experience within defence, aerospace, marine, rail, nuclear, or other safety-critical industries
- Understanding of functional or product safety principles
- Knowledge of standards such as IEC 61508 and/or Def Stan 00-056
- Experience applying safety and reliability techniques including FMECA, FTA, HAZOP, or hazard analysis
- Understanding of hardware and software failure modes
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Degree, HND, HNC, or equivalent engineering qualification
What's On Offer
- Salary up to £75,000
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Compressed working pattern with every other Friday off
- Annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Health cash plan
- Holiday buy and sell scheme
- Structured training and career development
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge UK defence programmes supporting national security
Please note: Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be sole UK nationals and eligible to obtain SC Security Clearance.