About The Role
If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.
Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. The Product Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring the companys products, systems, and engineered solutions are developed, assessed, tested, and supported in accordance with applicable safety legislation, industry standards, customer requirements, and internal safety processes.
Product Safety Engineer will be based at either our Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple sites. This role allows for flexible working with regular visits required to our Barnstaple site.
The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience.
Whatyoullbedoing Lead and support product safety activities across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept and design through manufacture, delivery, operation, support, and disposal
Identify hazards, assess product safety risks, and define proportionate risk reduction measures using recognised safety engineering techniques
Knowledge of recognised safety and reliability techniques such as FMEA, FTA, HAZID, HAZOP, bow-tie analysis, ALARP assessment, reliability prediction, or safety case development
Develop, review, and maintain safety documentation such as hazard logs, safety plans, safety assessments, safety cases, compliance matrices, and technical reports
Work with systems, mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are understood, implemented, verified, and traceable
Review product designs, drawings, specifications, test evidence, and change proposals to confirm that product safety risks remain acceptable
Support verification, validation, certification, and compliance activities, including product testing, design reviews, audits, inspections, and technical file preparation
Provide product safety advice to project teams, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders
Monitor relevant legislation, standards, customer requirements, and industry guidance, and translate changes into practical engineering actions
About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.
What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so were always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:
Work life balance Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
Half day Fridays
Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
Health Cash Plan
All Staff Bonus
Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing Centre
Sports & Social activities
Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
Life assurance policy
Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
Facilities & resources Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
Private seated lunch areas
Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
Onsite showers and toiletries provision
Free onsite parking
Theskills you need Ideally professional registration or working towards registration, such as EngTech, IEng, or CEng.
Experience of working in an engineering, manufacturing, defence, or technology environment. xrnqpay manufacturing and/or experience of working with Defence Standards 00-056 Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems
Good understanding of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk reduction, and safety assurance principles
Experience producing or contributing to engineering safety documentation, technical reports, verification evidence, or compliance records
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain safety issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Structured, analytical approach with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks across projects
Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
If youd like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on Or reach out to us on
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