Lead Safety Engineer

Lead Safety Engineer

Our business partner is working with us exclusively on this role. They are a global manufacturer of survival equipment. Established over 150 years ago they are responsible for pioneering a number of technologies used today in modern military and commercial operations. They operate worldwide across 8 manufacturing sites and employ in excess of 2000 people.

Key Responsibilities;

The Lead Safety Engineer is responsible to the Design Assurance Manager for maintaining and developing Safety Engineering practices as follows:

• Responsible for ensuring the design is legally compliant and operable.
• Responsible for providing advice to design engineers on safety requirements and ensuring that an ALARP/Safe design is achieved.
• Act as the Project Manager regarding changes and updates to Safety Case requirements
• Responsible for carrying out and documenting safety assessments and other technical inputs to safety cases and other safety documentation for a range of equipment and operational fields
• Responsible for ensuring technical accuracy of safety assessments
• Mentoring others to develop Safety Engineering Assurance practices.
• Responsible for ensuring that projects conform to ALARP principles and best practice arrangements according to the relevant regulatory requirements.
• Provide high quality safety case advice to all stakeholders.
• Identify and drive improvement initiatives on Safety Case understanding and implementation in the workplace.
• Optimise safety case compliance and facilitating communication and exchange between all relevant stakeholders including safety advisers, plant owners, regulators, site process owners, committees, etc.

Key Requirements;

• Qualified to degree level in an Engineering discipline
• Participation in Contract and Design Reviews
• Maintenance, review and update of existing Safety Cases and Systems
• Must possess an in depth knowledge of UK MOD DAOS and EASA Part 21G&J approval requirements and be able to liaise with regulatory bodies.
• Display a thorough methodical approach and show attention to detail.
• Completed suitable education/training of EASA Part 21 Subpart G & J and UK MAA DAOS/DEFSTAN 0056
• Maintain an un-compromised position towards Safety Engineering procedures to the requirements of the company’s UK CAA, EASA and DAOS Scope of Approval
• Be acceptable to the regulatory authority.
• An understanding of Safety Case Development Principles and the ability to develop Safety Cases with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage the creation of safety cases within external contractors
• Ability to proactively design, plan and carry out work.
• Demonstrate a track record in the preparation and delivery of safety cases according to the requirements of DEF STAN 0056