Principal Engineer – Product Safety

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Job Title: Principal Engineer – Product Safety

Location: Glasgow, Bristol, or Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £60,100 depending on qualifications and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Facilitating the implementation of relevant Product Safety processes and production of deliverables


• Supporting with the management of the hazards, risks and associated mitigations and contribute to the development of the hazard log and the maturity of information contained within


• Developing safety arguments to go into the safety report


• Organising and facilitating HAZIDs and review meetings and contributing to other HAZIDs when required


• Taking responsibility for product safety assessment against major subsystems or key complex technologies

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in product safety management processes and techniques


• Familiar with report writing and developing safety arguments

Desirable:

• Experience leading hazard identification meetings


• Background within a Naval/Maritime environment or similar highly regulated industry

Applicants should ideally be Degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.

Applicants should be a Chartered Engineer or hold another equivalent professional registration with a relevant institution.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Product Safety team:

As a Principal Engineer in the Product Safety team, you will be reporting into the Product Safety Manager and will be involved in the Canadian River Class Destroyer programme. This is an exciting long term global naval programme in which you will work with international customers and stakeholders. With the chance to gain exposure across the business and even the potential for international travel you will be able to build your network within a global business. We will also support you with additional learning and development opportunities.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 11th November 2024 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 18th November.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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