Safety Principal Engineer

Description

General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a Safety Principal Engineer to join our established Engineering Team. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £72,000 to £90,000 based on experience and potential. This is an ideal role for someone who has a proactive and positive mindset and a keen desire to grow professionally.

Joining an established team based at our South Wales facility, you will work across a range of stakeholders to provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to Product Safety development as delegated by Safety management, including escalation of SV Ajax Product Safety issues as required.

If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:

• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to Product Safety development as delegated by Safety management, including escalation of SV Ajax Product Safety issues as required.
• Support to safety lead and governance of Product Safety across GDUK programmes, assuring compliance with GDUK Product Safety policy and process requirements.
• Attend engineering forums including design reviews, modification etc and provide Safety Engineering guidance and support as required.
• Participate, and Chair when necessary, in GDUK Product/System Safety Working Group(s), Panel(s) and Committee(s) as required.
• Ensure accurate records of meetings held with Suppliers, Customers and Engineers are produced and maintained.
• Develop and review and GDUK Product Safety Management System, Policies and Processes
• Support the Safety Programme with Basis of Effort (BOE) estimates for product safety activities.

To apply for this role, you will require the following:

• Experience in military vehicle or automotive Safety Engineering support.
• Previous experience working in an Engineering or Safety Assurance Role for complex defence programmes.
• Previous experience with Engineering and Safety Management toolsets and techniques including FTA+, BOWTIE, DOORS, FMECA, RCCA, CBA.
• Experience and knowledge of a broad range of safety standards and guidance across Defence domains including Def Standard 00-56, 00-55 Mil STD-STD-882 and IEC61508. ASEMS, POSMS, POEMS.
• Experience and knowledge in applying Product /System safety assurance within UK and EU Regulatory regime across the whole product lifecycle.
• Experience and knowledge of Noise and Vibration legislation and management techniques.
• Experience and knowledge in the development, review and management of Defence Product Safety Cases and design ALARP justifications.
• Experience with Ministry Of Defence, Government Bodies, Duty Holder Authorities and International suppliers.
• Technical knowledge of weapons, sensors, C4I and combat systems within a Defence domain.
• Experience in the regulatory certification of Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions, and Explosives (NATO/National level).
• Must have excellent written English communication skills.
• Hold or be eligible to gain the appropriate UK Security Clearance.
• Ability to travel internationally as required.

Our Company Benefits:

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight – which means every other Friday off!
• A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family’s needs
• A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company
• Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share
• A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices – giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace

About General Dynamics UK

General Dynamics Land Systems is a global leader in providing products and support across the full spectrum of combat vehicles. Our global team has more than 6,000 employees working towards creating a diverse product portfolio delivering best-in-class capability to Armed Forces communities worldwide. In the UK, we employee more than 600 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles and sustainment services. Our vision is documented and embedded into our culture, so all employees understand the Company’s direction and their role in achieving it. We are currently delivering the AJAX programme, providing 589 Armoured Fighting Vehicles in six variants to the British Army and have also developed and delivered 400 Foxhound vehicles - a highly-protected and mobile 4x4 platform with high-deployment availability.

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace – inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team