Overview
As a Principal Safety Engineer at Devonport Royal Dockyard, you will lead safety engineering for major infrastructure projects supporting the Royal Navy’s sustainment programmes. You will influence design intent, validate safety claims, and ensure compliant, safe solutions across docks, berths, and facilities. Your work connects design and construction teams to integrate safety into every stage. This role offers high-impact work on critical national infrastructure with hybrid working and strong development opportunities.
Pay / Benefits
- generous holiday allowance
- matched pension scheme with life assurance
- Digital GP and health checks
- employee share scheme
- professional fees coverage
- disability-inclusive recruitment and flexible working options
Responsibilities
- Review safety designs for compliance with engineering and HSE standards
- Provide SME support to design and construction teams for technical problem-solving
- Guide and review safety design packages ensuring multi-discipline integration
- Verify safety case claims with complete and compliant design documentation
- Offer onsite advice for design changes and defect rectification with QA adherence
- Support DA processes and act as a Design Authority or assist DA activities
Key requirements
- Strong background in safety engineering within complex, high-hazard projects (senior level)
- Experience reviewing or managing safety cases and assessing design intent
- Dockyard, defence, or nuclear industry exposure (or oil & gas, rail, aerospace as alternatives)
- Experience as a Design Authority or involvement in DA processes
- Ability to guide teams toward compliant technical solutions
- ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across disciplines
- problem-solving mindset with proactive collaboration
- stakeholder management and advisory capability
- safety engineering in high-hazard environments
- safety case development and assessment
- design review and integration across disciplines
Principal Safety Engineer employer: Babcock
Babcock is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and leadership thrive. With competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a strong commitment to employee development, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of asset management while enjoying a healthy work-life balance in beautiful locations like Bristol, Plymouth, and Helensburgh. Join us to be part of a global organisation dedicated to making a meaningful impact on national security and public infrastructure.
