Senior Safety Engineer

AtkinsRéalis is one of the UKs leading engineering and consultancy organisations supporting complex programmes across Defence Aerospace Nuclear and other highly regulated sectors. As demand for our services grows we are looking for Senior Safety Engineers to help deliver safety-critical solutions across UK Defence programmes. Previous UK Defence sector experience is essential; experience across Land Maritime Air or Weapons Ordnance Munitions and Explosives (WOME) domains would be beneficial.

As a Senior Safety Engineer you will deliver safety engineering and safety assurance activities across complex and safety-critical UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) programmes. Working in multidisciplinary teams you will support the development assurance and delivery of safe compliant and operationally effective military systems throughout the project lifecycle. You will also help clients apply more efficient digital approaches to safety processes and outputs enabling greater focus on safety thinking and decision making.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Leading and supporting the development maintenance and delivery of Safety Cases and Safety Assessments.
• Managing Hazard Logs and supporting hazard identification risk assessment and risk management activities.
• Developing safety arguments and evidence to support system acceptance and operation.
• Deriving allocating and verifying safety requirements throughout the system lifecycle.
• Applying recognised safety analysis techniques including FHA PHA FMECA FTA and Bow Tie Analysis.
• Supporting safety governance assurance reviews audits and independent assurance activities.
• Providing safety engineering guidance to systems software hardware and integration teams.
• Engaging with customers delivery partners regulators and assurance authorities to support programme objectives.
• Producing clear robust and well-structured technical reports safety documentation and client deliverables.
• Supporting business development capability growth and mentoring of junior safety engineers.

You are an experienced safety professional with a strong background in safety engineering and assurance within complex defence environments. You can apply sound engineering judgement communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance activities within the UK Defence sector or Armed Forces.
• Experience developing and maintaining Safety Cases Safety Assessments and Hazard Logs in line with recognised defence standards and good practice.
• Strong understanding of hazard identification risk assessment and risk management methodologies.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and application across the engineering lifecycle.
• Experience working on safety-critical mission-critical or high-integrity systems.
• Ability to analyse complex technical issues and develop pragmatic defensible safety solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including high-quality technical documentation and client-facing reports.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience in Engineering Mathematics Physics Chemistry or a related STEM discipline.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience across Defence domains including Land Maritime Air or Weapons Ordnance Munitions and Explosives (WOME).
• Knowledge of Defence Safety Authority regulations Def Stan 00-056 and associated safety guidance.
• Experience developing Safety Management Plans Safety Strategies and assurance frameworks.
• Experience with safety requirements capture allocation traceability and verification.
• Experience of Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) or independent assurance review activities.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or digital engineering approaches.
• Experience gained in other highly regulated industries such as Nuclear Aerospace Rail or Energy.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or actively working towards professional registration.
• Membership of a relevant…