System Safety Engineer – Aviation

Our client has an opportunity for experienced Safety Systems Engineer preferably with experience in the aviation Defence sector to join them on a contract basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established organisation, providing class leading military aviation support. Collaborating with the Systems Safety and Environmental Engineering Manager and working within the Safety team, you will undertake safety assessmenst of Over and Above tasking development and/or in-service System Safety activities in support of the UK MOD customer for the UK P8 aircraft.

Role: Safety Systems Engineer (P8)
Location: Yeovil, Somerset (Hybrid 2 days onsite)
Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri Days only.
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain BPSS, SC
Hourly Rate: By negotiation

Contract Position 12 Months

Key Responsibilities:

The role has the following key responsibilities:

• Development of Operational, Product and System Safety artefacts and associated documentation in accordance with Defence Standard 00-056 for the P8 programme such as the generation of:
• Hazard Identification and Analysis including’
• Hazard Logs’
• Safety Cases, Safety Case Reports and Safety Arguments’
• Loss model development.

• Ensure close liaison with other Boeing, customer and supplier technical fields to ensure appropriate evidence is available to support the Safety Case.
• Support customer safety meetings and chair System Safety Working Groups
• Identify, supervise and implement risks, issues and opportunities and support the development of mitigation plans.
• Identify and apply appropriate safety legislation and regulations.
• Proactively support the further development, maintenance, review and update of safety process.
• Some UK travel may be required.

Qualifications/Experience Required:

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Formal system safety training.
• Proven experience leading and developing Safety Assessments for aircraft training and associated synthetic training systems.
• Previous industry Safety Engineering experience in the Military Air environment. This should include application of Def Stan 00-056.
• Experience developing Safety Management Systems and in-service management of Safety Cases, and Hazard Logs.
• Experience with the use of common safety tools, such as CASSANDRA, BowTieXP, Adelard Assurance and Safety Case Environment.
• Experience of identifying and applying appropriate safety legislation and regulations.
• The candidate should possess strong communication skills, technical proficiency, and skills with project management concepts/tools.
• The role will have significant UK MOD customer, supplier and wider Boeing interface and therefore a person who is diplomatic whilst being strong minded is essential.
• Platform or system experience and product knowledge of UK military aircraft is highly desirable.
• Completed or working towards a post graduate qualification in System Safety Engineering is highly desirable but not essential.

To be successful in your application it is a requirement that you hold UK ‘right to work’ at the time of application and hold UK citizenship so that you can achieve the necessary UK security clearances.