Safety Engineer

SAFETY ENGINEER

SC CLEARED ESSENTIAL

We are seeking a Safety Engineer to be based in Hook, Hampshire, the successful candidate will hold the following skill set.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

Suitably qualified System Safety Engineer possessing:

- Five years' experience of safety engineering;
- A technical degree and either chartered or working towards chartership;
- Up-to-date knowledge of MOD Policy and UK (and other relevant) legislation concerning Functional Safety and Health & Safety (eg: Def Stan 00-56, ASEMS (POSMS
- Knowledge of MAA Regulatory Publications;
- Knowledge and experience of working in the Defence Aviation Domain;
- Knowledge and experience of demonstrating functional safety with air platforms and support systems and associated standards (eg SAE ARP 4754, SAE ARP 4761, RTCA/DO-254);
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Safety and Environmental engineering techniques:
- Safety Management Plan production;
- Safety Argument development using Goal-Structuring Notation (GSN) or Claims-Argument-Evidence (CAE);
- Functional Failure Analysis (FFA); Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)/Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Hazard Identification (HAZID);
- Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOPS);
- Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (OSHA);
- Occupational Health Hazard Analysis (OHHA);
- Demonstrating functional safety within software intensive systems and associated standards (eg RTCA/DO-178B, RTCA/DO-200A, IEC 61508);
- Hazard Log development and management (using databases, such as DOORS and Cassandra/e-Cassandra);
- Safety Management Systems development at all stages of the programme (ie requirements, production and operational), including the presentation of appropriate safety cases;
- Safety Case Report production;
- Experience of stakeholder management within the Defence domain;

DESIRABLE SKILLS

- Knowledge and experience of working with Mission Planning Systems.
- Knowledge of software development methods and safety related information systems.

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES

The key personal skills include:

- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Strong communication and meeting skills;
- Good writing skills;
- Methodical approach;
- Problem solving;
- Pragmatic;
- Analytical skills;
- Ability to challenge/question via structured interaction;
- Proactive, self motivated and self starting;
- Time management