Senior Land Safety Engineer in Birmingham

Are you an experienced land safety engineer ready to lead work across military vehicles, equipment and emerging technologies? Do you want to shape clear, current and decision-focused assurance that remains useful across acquisition and in-service delivery? We’re expanding our defence land safety capability. Join us to lead platform- and equipment-level safety work, influence client decisions and develop modern approaches to safety cases, operational hazard management and lifecycle traceability.

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 land 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 experienced applicants from industry, MOD and the Armed Forces, including those returning after a career break.

Assignments could include:

• Leading safety cases and assurance strategies for major Army platforms, upgrades and in-service change.
• Transforming safety cases through structured CAE, digital hazard management and lifecycle traceability.
• Integrating safe-to-operate, maintained-correctly and operated-safely arguments across acquisition and in-service organisations.
• Safety leadership for autonomous, software-intensive and multi-system land capabilities.

Your role

You will lead land safety assignments across acquisition and in-service delivery, ensuring that platform- and equipment-level evidence supports practical decisions about integration, acceptance, operation and maintenance. You will provide pragmatic advice and help clients maintain safety arguments that remain current and usable as capabilities and operating contexts change.

Lead land safety work packages for military vehicles, equipment, integrated capabilities, upgrades and in-service change, balancing quality, schedule and cost. Lead the development and assurance of platform and equipment safety cases, design and operational hazard logs and safety management arrangements. Shape structured safety arguments covering safe-to-operate, maintained-correctly and operated-safely claims across Delivery Agent, Lead User and other accountable organisations. Provide technical direction on platform integration, autonomous or software-intensive capability, trials, land system certification, acceptance, introduction into service and modification. Advise Delivery Teams, Delivery Agents, Lead Users, operators, maintainers, suppliers and assurance stakeholders on proportionate and usable safety solutions. Review and assure technical outputs, guide hazard workshops and promote consistent land safety practice and lifecycle traceability. Help develop future work by understanding emerging client needs, strengthening relationships and supporting follow-on activity where appropriate. Contribute to digital safety cases, operational hazard-management approaches, reusable methods and the wider professional community.

About you

Essential experience and attributes:

• Substantial experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence land environment.
• Strong experience of military vehicles, land equipment, defence acquisition, systems integration, operations or maintenance.
• Experience leading safety cases, safety assessments, hazard-management activities or technically complex work packages.
• Sound knowledge of systems engineering, with the technical judgement to develop proportionate, defensible solutions where information is incomplete or evolving.
• Confident client-facing communication, stakeholder management and production of high-quality technical deliverables.
• A relevant degree, technical qualification or demonstrable equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience:

• Detailed knowledge of MOD land safety management systems, policy, assurance and the National Armaments Director environment.
• Experience leading CAE-based safety cases, operational hazard logs, JDAC or other digital assurance approaches.
• Experience helping to shape future requirements or activities, for example by identifying emerging needs, developing options, supporting continuation or follow-on work, or contributing to proposals or bids.
• Professional registration, or active progress towards IEng or CEng, and membership of a relevant institution such as the IET, SaRS, IMechE, IExpE or RAeS.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Additional information

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.