Systems Safety Engineer in Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Systems Safety Engineer

12-month contract

Based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Hybrid working

Offering circa £75ph Inside IR35

Active UK SC clearance required

Are you an experienced safety engineer?

Do you have experience in the Defence/Aerospace sector?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Systems Safety Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to obtain UK SC clearance in this role.

What you will be involved in:

• Manage safety processes and the generation of artefacts to comply with IEC 61508 in support of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) claims.
• Evolve/review safety designs for products, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishment of safety requirements for assigned systems
• Focus on directing members of the team to meet critical schedules, resolution of complex technical and operational performance problems.
• Participation in projects in establishing the content and degree of support required for each Project.
• Development of acceptable risk criteria from first principles
• development of Independent analysis and mitigation identification to control or eliminate hazards
• development of definition and delivery hazard identification and hazard analysis requirements using appropriate hazard analysis types and techniques
• development and delivery of appropriate ALARP strategies
• development and delivery of safety management of potentially hazardous trials
• development and delivery of safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements
• Participate in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assist in the identification of causes and corrective actions
• Evaluate the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost-effective program

Your Skillset:

• Function Safety management, particularly IEC 61508 and Def Stan 00-55
• Qualified to degree or equivalent standard in an engineering subject or equivalent experience/combined education with professional experience; or professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• Proven experience in a safety-associated role, preferably in a defence-related industry.
• Detailed understanding and experience of UK, US and EEC Safety Legislation.
• Fully familiar with the relevant Joint Service Publications and Defence Standards associated with the safety assessment of defence equipment.
• Experience with IT based toolsets common to the system safety discipline.
• Competent in the use of MS-Office applications.
• The role will require the candidate to have good verbal and written skills.

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Systems Safety Engineer

12-month contract

Based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Hybrid working

Offering circa £75ph Inside IR35

Active UK SC clearance required

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.