Forces Recruitment Services (FRS) - Atkins - WG1544

WG1544 - Senior Safety Consultant

My client is seeking a highly experienced and competent Senior Consultant to join their growing team of Safety experts working in Farnham in the Defence, Aerospace, Airport and Air Traffic Management domains.

Location: Farnham
Salary: To £55,000 plus benefits

Job Summary

The right candidate will be required to work independently and manage a team conducting Safety Analysis, developing safety arguments for novel and complex avionic systems and able to clearly and concisely justify that argument to both internal and external customers. The role is both technically and commercially challenging and the successful candidate will be expected to work under their own guidance and interact with customers at a high level.

Candidates will be expected to be heavily involved in generating new work, bid preparation, presentation skills and an understanding of commercial issues is required. Experience of civil and military safety and airworthiness standards is essential.

The Requirements

MEng or MSc in Safety Engineering or Technical Discipline or equivalent experience

A Chartered Engineer probably with RAES, IET or SARS

Will have worked within Defence, Aerospace, Air Traffic or other relevant safety related sectors

Knowledge of the following standards is essential: DO-178B, DO-254, ARP4754/4761, Def Stan 00-56 & CS25

The application of Safety Legislation and Standards and be able to clearly and concisely explain their implication to customer’s activities

Conducting/ Facilitating Hazard Identification using such techniques as HAZOPS, SWIFT, Functional Failure Analysis, etc.

Conducting Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

Managing Safety programmes and implementing Safety Management Systems

The creation and maintenance of Safety Cases and Safety Case Reports, detailing the safety activities conducted, the level of Risk attained and justifying the

ALARP-type arguments developed

Normal MS Office and IT skills

Security Clearance

Successful applicants will be required to be security cleared to at least SC level without restrictions prior to appointment.

The Responsibilities

Development of innovative solutions to customer problems drawing on best practice from the many domains of the company and beyond

Undertake internal Project Manager role on major projects with responsibilities for understanding customer requirements, developing proposals (technical & commercial), planning & management of activities and assurance of the outputs

Building sustainable relationships with customers in an account management role, seeking out future business opportunities and managing these through to new work

Good written and verbal communication skills and be experienced in preparing and presenting safety reports and presentations to both internal and external customers

Experienced in successful bid and proposal writing

Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Interested applicants will be expected to complete and return by email a simple application form to which CVs must be pasted.

This position would ideally suit someone with an Armed Forces background. Applications from ex-military candidates are strongly encouraged.

For further information about the above vacancy, please contact Nick Lyons on 01285 654566 / 01285 612012 or by e-mail at nlyons@forcesrecruitment.co.uk.

Forces Recruitment Services is acting as recruitment consultancy on behalf of their client for this vacancy.