At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead product safety assurance and manage safety analysis for innovative projects.
- Company: Join a leading defence company focused on safety and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities to evolve safety practices.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in ensuring product safety within complex systems.
- Qualifications: Experience in product safety engineering and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Senior Engineer - Product Safety We are looking for a highly experienced and diligent Senior Product Safety Engineer to be the focal point for Product and System Safety Assurance.
The Senior Product Safety Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that Drumgrange’s products and systems are safe to use and certifiable to applicable standards.
This will be achieved through planning, managing and delivering all aspects of product and system safety across the Drumgrange portfolio of bids and projects.
Working as part of a Supportability Engineering team, this will include both managing and conducting Safety Management activities, utilising internal and external stakeholders to accomplish tasks.
The role will be responsible for production of all relevant documentation in accordance with relevant Safety legislation, regulations, project Safety Management System and contractual requirements.
Although the company policy is for all employees to attend site a minimum of 2 days/wk, there are likely to be projects that require up to 5 days due to the phase or classification of the project.
Reporting to: ILS Functional Lead What you’ll do Establish and work to Safety Management Systems and Plans.
Determine priorities through review of contractual, policy and legislative requirements, Carry out detailed Safety Analysis, risk evaluation and Safety Case construction using best practice approach.
Lead and conduct Hazard Identification and analysis activities, providing documented evidence through maintained Hazard Logs.
Conduct Safety based Risk Assessments, as part of Safety Case management and for legislative compliance.
Resolve Product Safety engineering issues and problems, compiling technical reports, and accompanying presentations.
Provide Safety input to bids and proposals, identifying work packages, effort and time required.
Manage delegation of tasks internally, and externally where Safety management tasks are subcontracted.
Evolve company working practices and processes as appropriate to ensure that product Safety considerations are an integral part of the design process.
Lead/attend internal and external Safety Working Groups.
What you’ll need Key Must Have skills Hold acknowledged competency in Product Safety Engineering, with proven experience of delivering Product Safety Management as part of complex systems, preferably within the Defence industry.
Experience of leading and conducting Safety Analysis, Risk Evaluation and Safety Case construction.
Experience of leading and conducting Hazard Identification and analysis activities.
Working knowledge of Safety based risk assessments, including identification, estimation and reduction techniques.
Have a high level of both verbal and written communication skills providing regular communication to internal and external stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.
Good understanding of Safety and Regulatory standards and policies, such as Def Stan 00-056, DSA02-DMR, IEC 61508.
Working knowledge of compliance for CE/UKCA marking.
Be able to manage, motivate and develop engineering employees to ensure they fulfil their roles and meet targets within agreed timelines and standards of quality.
Key Nice to have Skills Chartered Member of a professional Engineering or Science Institute or working towards chartership.
Previous experience in the Maritime domain.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience Degree in Engineering, Maths or Science subject or equivalent experience.
Sole UK National.
Holding or ability to attain UK security clearance, minimum SC, preferably DV.
Full driving license.
Senior Safety Engineer in Surrey employer: Drumgrange Ltd
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