Safety Engineer

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Bristol is our headquarters for our Maritime UK businesses which provides warship automation systems through control and simulation solutions that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. We have additional Maritime UK sites across Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours and offshore energy service providers.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible – please note, the business expectation is to be onsite 60% over a one-month period.
  
  
• Half day finish on a Friday
  
  
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
  
  
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
  
  
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
  
  
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
  
  
• Group income protection
  
  
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
  
  
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
  
  What the role will involve
  
  The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
  
  
• Responsible to the Engineering Safety Manager for delivery to a Safety and Environmental Management System and the promotion of a safety culture relevant to design and delivery of systems, through the business.
  
  
• Under supervision and with support, construct credible safety cases, support product development and ensure robust safety engineering quantitative and qualitative analysis has been scoped and carried out to high standards to underpin such safety cases.
  
  
• Undertake safety engineering tasks and analysis, drawing on knowledge of safety regulations and standards.
  
  
• Lead and support other subordinate safety professionals.
  
  
• Support the design and implementation of improvements to processes, systems or products.
  
  
• In addition to these responsibilities, carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required
  
  What you’ll bring
  
  The role requires the following experience and skills:
  
  
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. (In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience).
  
  
• Strong knowledge of safety management; be considered as a specialist within discipline.
  
  
• Experience of Hazard Management and Risk Assessment including the principles of ALARP and Tolerability.
  
  
• Knowledge/understanding of project management.
  
  
• Knowledge of marine systems engineering would be beneficial but not essential