Safety & Environmental Engineer

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Safety & Environmental Engineer

Belfast

Summary

This is a key role within Thales to ensure that we design and deliver products that can be certified to international standards and can be safely used by our Customers.

The role plans and manages the safety related activities within bids and projects to ensure the end product risk has been reduced so far as is reasonably practicable. It will also lead and conduct the hazard analysis activities and development of safety & environmental requirements for ADW products throughout their lifecycle. It will provide direction to the design teams for the implementation of requirements and design features to provide the necessary safety assurance and safety argument.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

The role requires performance of the following safety and environmental related activities:

To assume responsibility for identification and delivery of all aspects of the S&EM design activities as part of an Integrated Project Team in accordance with the ADW safety management system.

To carry out hazard analysis, risk evaluation and specify weapon system S&E requirements in the areas of performance, engineering features, interfacing and testing requirements.

Clearly communicate a reasoned argument to all disciplines across the project team for the inclusion of S&E measures in order to ensure adherence to all the derived S&EM requirements.

To maintain and ensure compliance to S&EM processes and procedures.

To have a good understanding of all relevant S&E standards and regulations and ensure they are followed in ADW.

Planning and estimating the cost of project S&EM engineering activities.

To prepare hazard analysis reports, safety cases as well as development of valid safety arguments.

Skills

Essential

Ability to define and implement sound engineering design principles and methodology

Ability to carry out detailed safety analysis, risk evaluation and safety case construction using best practice approach

Ability to carry out detailed environmental analysis, impact and risk evaluation

Good communication skills

A methodical and logical approach to problem solving

The ability to present a reasoned argument for the inclusion of safety risk mitigation measures in a design

The ability to weigh up all available evidence and explore a designer's rationale without entering into conflict situations

Desirable

To be able to address project solutions from a whole life systems engineering viewpoint

Experience:

Essential

Experience in a safety engineering role within an engineering environment

Experience of leading safety engineering related activities

Demonstrated ability to work as an integral member of a project team

Good working knowledge of product safety standards and legislation

Broad knowledge of product safety engineering and environmental management practices

Desirable

Direct involvement with customer agencies is in a safety related role

Experience of working within an airworthiness environment

Values & Behaviours:

Focus on Customers

Perform through teaming

Innovate

Develop our people

Deliver our commitment to quality by focusing on the quality of what we deliver to the customer, being proactive and looking at continually improving the way we work

Undertake all work activities in line with Thales processes to deliver business commitments in a consistent and controlled manner

Be prepared to build and develop professional relationships with Peers and SMEs

Financial/Budgetary Responsibility:

Provision of safety work package budget estimates and schedules for approval by HoD S&EM

Manage the safety activities and deliverables for the project within the allocated budget

Qualifications:

Essential

Science or Engineering degree (or equivalent)

Appropriate safety credentials and training records

Desirable

Be a Chartered Engineer or member of a Professional Institution

A post graduate qualification (or equivalent) in safety or environmental engineering

Continued interest in professional development and potential further education

Applicants should be holders of or eligible for SC Level security Clearance

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

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