Product Safety Engineer
10 days ago
Bristol
About The Role Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. The Product Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring the company's products, systems, and engineered solutions are developed, assessed, tested, and supported in accordance with applicable safety legislation, industry standards, customer requirements, and internal safety processes. Product Safety Engineer will be based at either our Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple sites. This role allows for flexible working with regular visits required to our Barnstaple site. The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience. What you'll be doing • Lead and support product safety activities across the full engineering lifecycle, from concept and design through manufacture, delivery, operation, support, and disposal, • Identify hazards, assess product safety risks, and define proportionate risk reduction measures using recognised safety engineering techniques, • Knowledge of recognised safety and reliability techniques such as FMEA, FTA, HAZID, HAZOP, bow-tie analysis, ALARP assessment, reliability prediction, or safety case development, • Develop, review, and maintain safety documentation such as hazard logs, safety plans, safety assessments, safety cases, compliance matrices, and technical reports, • Work with systems, mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to ensure safety requirements are understood, implemented, verified, and traceable, • Review product designs, drawings, specifications, test evidence, and change proposals to confirm that product safety risks remain acceptable, • Support verification, validation, certification, and compliance activities, including product testing, design reviews, audits, inspections, and technical file preparation, • Provide product safety advice to project teams, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders, • Monitor relevant legislation, standards, customer requirements, and industry guidance, and translate changes into practical engineering actionsAbout our company At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets. What we offer At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we're always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer: Work life balance • Hybrid/flexible working arrangements, • 25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell, • Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual, • Half day Fridays, • Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave Family & wellbeing, • Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program, • Health Cash Plan, • All Staff Bonus, • Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution, • Cycle to work scheme, • Wellbeing Centre, • Sports & Social activities, • Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings, • Life assurance policy, • Publication and recruitment bonus rewards, • Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learningFacilities & resources, • Electric vehicle charging points at all sites, • Private seated lunch areas, • Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages, • Onsite showers and toiletries provision, • Free onsite parking The skills you need, • Ideally professional registration or working towards registration, such as EngTech, IEng, or CEng., • Experience of working in an engineering, manufacturing, defence, or technology environment. manufacturing and/or experience of working with Defence Standards 00-056 Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems, • Good understanding of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk reduction, and safety assurance principles, • Experience producing or contributing to engineering safety documentation, technical reports, verification evidence, or compliance records, • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain safety issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, • Structured, analytical approach with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks across projectsJoin us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters. If you'd like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on JBRP1_UKTJ
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