WOME Safety Consultant in Bristol

We are seeking an experienced Explosives Safety Consultant to join a growing specialist team supporting a diverse and expanding defence client portfolio. This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (WOME) safety, contributing to high-profile programmes across the UK Defence sector. You will play a key role in delivering existing contract frameworks while helping to develop long-term client relationships and identify new and emerging opportunities. The primary focus of the role is supporting MOD Ship Explosives Safety, with a secondary remit covering High Hazard Facility safety management programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain MOD contract frameworks across WOME safety and high hazard facilities
• Support MOD Ship Explosives Safety Case development
• Conduct Ship Explosive Threat Hazard Assessments
• Undertake WOME Ship Integration Threat Hazard Assessments
• Complete MOD Ship Magazine Material Assessment Surveys
• Support explosives safety residual risk management, including Risk Balance Cases and Cost Benefit Analysis
• Contribute to MOD Ship Explosives Safety Certification activities
• Apply and interpret relevant defence regulations and standards
• Produce high-quality technical reports and memoranda with a strong attention to detail
• Engage confidently with clients, providing assurance through professional, responsible consultancy support

Experience

You will ideally bring a military, defence, or consultancy background, with relevant experience in explosives safety or high hazard engineering.

• MOD Ship Class Explosives Safety Case development
• MOD Ship Explosives Safety assessments
• Knowledge of: DSA 02, OMEDSA 03, OMEDefence Standards 00-56 and 00-101

Desirable experience includes:

• Hazard and risk analysis techniques (e.g. SWIFT, HAZOP, FMECA, FTA)
• Working knowledge of COSHH, DSEAR, and ATEX assessments
• Experience supporting business development activities
• Membership of a relevant professional institution

Personal Attributes

• Professional, organised, and adaptable, with the ability to integrate quickly into a flexible team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a high standard of English and grammar
• Strong time-management skills, particularly when working remotely
• Confident producing client-facing technical documentation
• Willingness to travel regularly to UK offices, client and contractor sites, and occasionally overseas
• Due to the nature of the work, UK Security Clearance (SC) is required or must be obtainable.

What’s On Offer

You’ll join an Employee Owned organisation that prioritises quality, collaboration, and long-term success, where individuals are trusted and supported to deliver their best work. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Friendly, inclusive working environment
• Professional institution membership support
• Extensive training and development (consultancy and technical skills)
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Annual bonus linked to personal performance and company profitability
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Holiday buy/sell options
• Company pension scheme
• Optional private medical insurance (post-probation)
• Life insurance
• Recruitment referral bonus
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Clear future promotion opportunities

Why Join an Employee-Owned Business?

• A genuine employee-owned culture, where staff have a meaningful stake in the organisation's success
• Decisions driven by long-term stability and sustainable growth, not short-term shareholder returns
• Greater transparency and accountability, with leadership acting in the interests of employees
• A collaborative environment where your ideas and expertise shape the future of the business
• Shared success, with employees benefiting directly from strong organisational performance