Senior Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Engineer

Are you an experienced safety practitioner ready to lead specialist work in weapons, ordnance, munitions and explosives? Do you want to shape assurance approaches, guide teams and influence decisions across high-hazard, conventional and novel technologies? We’re expanding our defence WOME safety capability. Join us to lead safety engineering and assurance from acquisition and platform integration through trials, qualification, operation and through-life support.

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering complex and critical programmes across defence, aerospace, nuclear and other highly regulated sectors. Join our established Safety & Environmental Assurance community; knowledge sharing and collaboration are at the heart of what we do. You’ll benefit from:
Formal technical assurance, peer review and access to experienced WOME safety specialists. Domain Communities of Interest and professional networks. Regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing events and informal mentoring. Career development support aligned wherever possible to your experience, interests and goals. We aim to align assignments with your skills, interests and career goals while balancing client and business needs. We welcome senior WOME specialists and safety leaders from industry, MOD and the Armed Forces, including those transferring from air, land or maritime domains and those returning after a career break.

Assignments could include:
Leading safety engineering and assurance across weapon, munition, explosives, system and integrated-platform levels. Shaping the safety assessment and assurance of conventional and novel weapon integration, including Directed Energy Weapons, across land, air and maritime platforms. Providing technical leadership for trials safety, test and evaluation, verification and validation, qualification and introduction into service. Leading explosives safety and ordnance assurance across storage, transport, handling, operation, maintenance, disposal and other through-life activities.