System Safety Engineer

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a System Safety Engineer on an initial 6-month contract. You will undertake development and in-service System Safety activities in support of the UK MOD customer and the UK & US-based suppliers of weapon system AMS.

Role: System Safety Engineer
Pay: Competitive
Location: Yeovil, Bristol or Milton Keynes
Contract: 6-months+ (hybrid working)
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: BPSS required, current SC clearance is beneficial.

Responsibilities:

Development of Operational, Product and System Safety artefacts and associated documentation in accordance with Defence Standard 00-056 for the programme such as the generation of:
Hazard Identification and Analysis including
Hazard Logs.
Programmable Element Safety Assessment
Safety Cases, Safety Case Reports and Safety Arguments.
Zonal Safety Evaluations.
Ensure close liaison with other company, 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, and possibly US travel is expected.
Skills / 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 company 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.
If you are interested in applying for this position and you meet the requirements, please send your updated CV to: Siobhan Miller at Line Up Aviation

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