Principal Product Safety Engineer

Principal Product Safety Engineer
Pay: £65 PAYE (£74.45 ph Inclusive of holiday pay) or £87.83 ph Umbrella
Location: Barrow,1 or 2 days a month onsite (rest remote)
Contract length: 12 months
SC Clearance required

The Principal Product Safety Engineer shall provide support to the Engineering Delivery Manager in the development, delivery and maintenance of the Project Product Safety Management System and Product Safety Case to ensure Products are safe to own and legal to operate.

Typical duties include, but not limited to:
• Derive and manage Product Safety requirements.
• Develop, implement and maintain the Safety Management System.
• Produce and manage Project Safety Management Plans.
• Lead Product Safety hazard and risk identification, management and assessment activities.
• Provide Product Safety engineering advice to the wider BAE Systems community.
• Oversee the administration and management of the Project Hazard Log.
• Influence the construction and delivery of the Project Safety Case including Safety Case reports.
• Support the production of training material to support training delivery.
• Deliver training to the Product Safety and Environmental domains and the wider BAE Systems community.
• Lead engagement with internal and external customers, ensuring that their requirements are fully considered and adequately supported where appropriate and agreed.
• Produce, present and articulate clear and logical technical safety arguments.
• Complete peer reviews, checking, verification and assurance tasks to demonstrate the adequacy and robustness of the Safety Case and supporting documentation.
• Oversee and peer review junior rules in the Product Safety team.
• Understand the application of wider Safety Case, Quality and HSandE Management System documentation.
• Support the appropriate meetings and Working Groups.
• Chair hazard identification meetings.
• Support the development of realistic programme status updates, identify problem areas and implement agreed recovery plans.
• Lead appropriate meetings and Working Groups.
• Safety Management System development and maintenance including Process updates.
• Production of Safety Management Plans.
• Hazard identification and management and Risk assessment.
• Product Safety case production.

Key Skillset
• Demonstrable knowledge of design, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and testing submarines lifecycle phases.
• The ability to analyse complex problems and identify the most critical issues.
• Ability to interpret technical data and produce clear, logical and robust safety arguments.