Principal Safety Engineer and Team Leader

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Principle Safety Engineer and Team Leader

South West England

Permanent - c. £55,000 - £65,000 + Full benefits package including - Contributory pension scheme, share incentive plan, health care scheme, childcare vouchers and other leisure discounts

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Safety Engineer to join a global leading Defence Technology & Security Organisation.

The role

To provide system safety engineering skills to external and internal clients and to assist in the development of business growth. The successful candidate will be required to fulfil a line management role to manage a Team delivering safety and environmental management capability.

The primary output for this role will be provision of safety engineering expertise to deliver defined artefacts in support of projects to our clients. Artefact production will cover the whole range of Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) documentation for domain platforms, and the applicant should possess analytical skills to examine evidence to support a safety argument. Ability in the use of safety engineering tools and techniques together with excellent report writing skills is essential for the delivery of output.

This role will also be responsible for the line management and professional development for a team of up to 14 Safety Engineers ranging from graduates to principals. It is expected that this will be approximately 20-30% of the role and the remainder of the role will be focused as the SME on tasks associated with the delivery of output.

The role will predominantly be working with platforms in several domains requiring safety engineering support. In order to deliver output, the successful candidate will need to be flexible to work in a variety of safety support roles, and be prepared to travel to meet customer and internal business needs. There will also be a need to support, mentor and supervise other resources within the Group.

Key Accountabilities:

- Ensure that work tasks are delivered to the specified time, cost, required quality standards and any other specifications given.

- Provide recommended solutions to problems that are defensible, auditable and which will meet customer's expectations and needs.

- Support time estimates for inputs to bids.

- Manage other safety engineering resources within the project to ensure quality of output and timeliness.

- Work collaboratively with Project Managers and Capability Managers to meet the customer's needs.

- Ensure that all work performed is consistent with company compliance procedures.

- Explore and develop potential business opportunities within the existing and potential customer base.

- Develop and maintain effective technical networks with customers.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

- Engineering/ Mathematics or Scientific degree or equivalent.

- An MA in Safety and/or environmental management related discipline would be advantageous

- Good judgement for reliably identifying and managing opportunities and risks, and also for selecting the most appropriate solution from a range of options.

- Good questioning, listening, influencing and general interpersonal skills to obtain relevant and accurate information from others.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.

- A collaborative willingness to take the lead and influence/persuade others to align to a particular course of action.

- Good team working and collaboration skills.

- Knowledge and experience in working with regulatory organisations.

- Excellent leadership and management skills

To Apply

If you're ready to apply, fantastic! Click "apply" and if your CV is shortlisted I will call for an initial chat/screening in confidence within the next week.

Interviews will take place on an ad-hoc basis but if you're interested please don't hesitate as we are short listing as we speak!

If you need any further information give me (Jenny) a call on 01179 309 759 or email

If you don't have an updated CV that's no problem - just give me a call to discuss.