Lead Safety Engineer

We are actively recruiting for a Lead Safety Engineer on behalf of a major Aerospace and Defence industry leader with a global footprint. This is a brand name in aerospace and aviation that offers a secure workplace, exciting projects at the leading edge of technology and an environment surrounded by likeminded experts in their fields.

This new role will see you undertake development and in-service System Safety activities in a Lead position to support the UK MoD.

Responsibilities:

• Take a lead position on System Safety artefacts and associated documentation in accordance with UK MOD Safety Policy.
• Be fully conversant with Defence Standard 00-56:
  • Safety Management Plans
  • Safety assessments for safety related data and information systems and the selection and application of appropriate software safety techniques.
  • Hazard Identification and Analysis including: Functional Failure Analysis
  • Hazard Logs using the CASSANDRA or other Hazard Log tools.
  • Safety Cases, Safety Case Reports for products and services
  • Safety Arguments using Claims, Argument Evidence and Goal Structuring Notation using the Adelard Assurance and Safety Case Environment.
• Ensure close liaison, through proactive lead behavior, with colleagues, customer and supplier technical disciplines to ensure appropriate evidence is available to support the Safety Cases.
• Proactively support customer and supplier safety meetings and chair System Safety Working Groups

Assist and lead on programme planning and support for safety engineering activities:

• Safety programme scoping and planning
• Resource workload setting
• Support new bids and proposals

Required Education, Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience leading and developing Safety Assessments for MoD.
• Previous industry Safety Engineering experience in the application of MoD Safety Policy and Def Stan 00-056.
• Understanding and experience of applying safety techniques to safety related data and information systems.
• Experience developing Safety Cases for information systems and Safety Cases for Services.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead on the planning of work, and develop/use meaningful metrics to evaluate safety status and provide performance visibility.
• Able to effectively identify and execute opportunities to improve strategies, processes and project plans.
• Experience of developing resource workload plans and schedules.
• Experience of providing safety support into bids and proposals.
• The candidate should possess strong communication skills, technical competency, and skills with project management concepts/tools.

Education, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Engineering OR equivalent work experience in Safety Engineering
• Trained in System Safety or significant work experience.
• Experience with the use of common safety tools, CASSANDRA, Adelard Assurance and Safety Case Environment.
• The role will have significant UK MoD interface and therefore a person who is diplomatic and professional is desirable.

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