DSEAR and Fire Safety Engineer

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Job description

12 contract - Inside IR35

£72.98 per hour umbrella / £63.35 per hour PAYE inc. holiday pay

Can be fully remote

Job Role:

As a Principal Engineer Product Safety, you will have the opportunity to ensure design safety across multiple submarine programmes and manufacturing facilities. The scope of the role includes support to programmes at various stages of the lifecycle, from concept design stage through submarine build and commissioning activities, as well as activities supporting operational vessels in the Royal Navy. The analysis scope of the role covers major submarine internal hazards such as fire, explosion, flood, hazardous atmosphere, extreme temperature and pressure, ensuring the effect on the submarine and personnel are understood and mitigated. You will work as part of a team and liaise with multiple engineering departments to develop design safety cases using a range of safety techniques. This role will provide you with the chance to work alongside subject matter experts within an exciting and specialist skills area, whilst working on critical and complex national security engineering projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking HAZID/HAZAN as required throughout the safety lifecycle
• Contributing to the design of submarines in concept stages, and design modifications of mature and operational submarines to ensure safety from internal hazards
• Acting as a subject matter expert for internal hazard safety at various design review meetings and as a design peer reviewer
• Developing safety case reports for multiple safety cases
• Undertaking risk, DSEAR and ALARP assessments
• Producing and peer reviewing technical papers relating to safety analysis
• Liaising with a network of engineering stakeholders on safety maters
• Developing, producing and maintaining internal hazard safety processes and risk management strategies
• Monitoring, recording and reporting against key performance indicators for internal hazard safety through a variety of key stakeholder groups

Key Attributes:

• Safety Engineering knowledge or experience gained from any of the following areas: systems safety, process safety, technical safety, product safety, nuclear safety or safety case.
• Experience in naval maritime safety case development or maintenance
• Experience in fire engineering and/or explosive atmosphere safety
• Experience with a range of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment techniques
• Degree qualified in a relevant STEM discipline

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