Principal Engineer - Product Safety (Safety & Environmental)

Matchtech Group

  • Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
  • £74.68 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Principal Engineer - Hybrid working - £74.68 per hour UMBKey skills required for this rolesafety engineerImportantPrincipal Engineer - Product Safety (Safety & Environmental)Job descriptionRole Title V04229 Principal Engineer - Product Safety (Safety & Environmental)Role Description
  • Working as part of an Integrated Development Team, established to develop and deliver submarine systems / capability
Core DutiesTypical duties include (but are not limited to):
  • Specifically focusing on ensuring that Product Safety tasking and activities are completed across multiple systems in support of project milestones through all stages of Engineering Life Cycle Management
  • Supporting Hazard Identification and Analysis studies
  • Assisting with or generating safety reports
  • Ensuring the Integrated Development Team operates within the project Safety Management System
  • Liaising with other Integrated Development Teams and the Whole Boat Safety Team
Safety: The role holder is responsible for taking reasonable care of their own health and safety ensuring high standards for safety, health and environment (SHE) in our organisation are maintained. This includes; co-operating and following all reasonable instruction, information and training; reporting work-related hazards or incidents and using all equipment for the purpose intended. More detailed responsibilities are captured within the Company Health & Safety Policy (759/OF/016) and the Company Environmental Policy (759/OF/029).Knowledge, Skills and QualificationsKnowledge:
  • An understanding of 'Safety and Systems Engineering' and of the 'Engineering Life Cycle Management'
  • Experience working and delivering tasks as part of team, but also capable of working and delivering tasks unsupervised
  • Practical experience as a Product Safety Engineer in the maritime defence sector is preferable, although experience in other sectors will be considered
Skills:
  • The ability to be agile in working practices and customer expectations
  • Self-motivated, with good verbal and written communication skills
About the team you'll be working inIf you are interested in understanding how submarines operate and how the Royal Navy operate the submarines, then this role is for you. As a Product Safety Engineer you will assist System Engineers in influencing submarine systems and capability development. You will develop an understanding of how submarine systems work and work together and ensure that the system of system interactions considers Product Safety appropriately.The role will provide the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of safety management and safety case delivery. This includes safety requirements capture and management, hazard identification and analysis, hazard data management, application of the ALARP principle, creation/maintenance of safety documentation and continuous improvement of the safety management system. The role provides a real opportunity to gain a broad overview of a complex system (i.e. submarine).

Matchtech Group