Job Description

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation.  We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe. 

We are seeking a highly organised and motivated Senior Safety Engineer to support an innovative marine project. Based at a client site, you will be part of a team developing a new marine system. We are seeking an experienced Senior Safety Engineer to support a new programme developing a surface and underwater vessel. This is a senior, self-starting role ideal for someone who brings best practice, initiative and applies strong safety engineering practices in their every day work. You will contribute to early-phase architecture, requirements development, safety critical systems considerations and integration approaches across a complex marine platform.

Note: Expectations are you will be at the customers Portsmouth office 4 days a week for the first month, and then 1 day a week thereafter.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities as the Senior Safety Engineer will include (but may not be limited to):

• Capture, develop, and manage safety requirements in early system definition phases.
• Conduct hazard identification, develop & maintain hazard logs, and perform structured hazard analysis.
• Define and execute the project Safety Plan and Safety Case strategy.
• Carry out risk assessments and drive mitigation actions.
• Ensure safety compliance across systems and sub-systems.
• Work with Systems Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Software teams to embed safety into design.
• Prepare safety documentation, reports and contributions to design reviews.
• Support Vertification & Validation activities from a safety perspective.

Essential skills

The Safety Engineer will be required to have the following skills and experience;

• Experience of safety management application on complex, multi-disciplinary systems.
• The development of Safety Case reports, assessing Safety Case validity and safety assurance including ALARP assessments and providing Safety Arguments for Design Authority Approval.
• Comprehensive experience of Risk Management, including Hazard Logs, Hazard Identification and Hazard Analysis.
• Identification and management of safety engineering requirements.
• System Safety Analysis; e.g. Fault Tree Analysis, Bow Tie Analysis.
• Application of defence safety standards & policy (e.g. Def Stan 00-56, Def Stan 00-55, DSA02 DMR, ASEMS policy (POSMS), IEC 61508).
• Assessing supplier safety compliance, in accordance with legislative and contractual safety requirements.

Desired skills

The following skills and experience are desired, but not essential, for the role:

• Experience with SIL assessment.

What do I need before I apply

• Valid SC Clearance. Sole UK Nationality.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges 
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects  
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses 
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive