Principal Safety engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by Manpower UK Ltd
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Plymouth, Devon
Summary: The Principal Safety Engineer role in Plymouth involves overseeing the safety engineering aspects of a facility specializing in naval vessel maintenance. The position requires ensuring compliance with HSE requirements and guiding engineering development to meet project timelines. The engineer will also provide technical design guidance and review safety design packages while ensuring quality management arrangements are in place. This role is subject to specific nationality requirements and security clearance vetting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure delivery of safety engineering aspects of the facility.
- Review Safety Engineering design for compliance with engineering standards.
- Provide Subject Matter Expert advice for engineering problem solving.
- Guide technical design and review safety design packages.
- Ensure safety case claims are substantiated by designs.
- Ensure design documentation meets operational scope and corporate standards.
- Review Inspection & Testing Plans for accuracy.
- Provide on-site advice regarding design changes or defect rectification.
- Ensure effective Quality Management Arrangements and compliance with engineering processes.
- Document processes and maintain appropriate records and quality controls.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in Safety Engineering within complex projects.
- Ability to derive safety requirements and develop safety strategies.
- Experience in verification of substantiation claims and safety case documentation.
- Knowledge of change management within a nuclear regulated environment.
- Eligibility for security clearance vetting as a sole British citizen.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Plymouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Engineering
Role: Principal Safety Engineer
Location: Plymouth(Hybrid)
Duration: 12 months
Inside IR35: Umbrella
About our client: Our client in Devonport is a leading engineering and maritime organisation specialising in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of naval vessels. The site operates with a skilled workforce across mechanical, electrical, and technical disciplines, delivering high-quality and complex engineering projects. It offers a structured and collaborative working environment with opportunities for hands-on experience and professional development.
Main Purpose of Role
Responsible for ensuring the delivery of the safety engineering aspects of the facility. Ensure systems are designed against a clear statement of compliance with defined requirements, including demonstration that the design meets relevant HSE requirements. Guiding the development of engineering to the required scope and quality to support timely delivery of the project.
Review of Safety Engineering design for compliance against relevant engineering standards on behalf of the receiving Design Authority
Provide Subject Matter Expert advice for engineering to assist with problem solving as required
Provide Technical design guidance and review of safety design packages
Provide Technical design guidance and review integration of safety designs with other design packages
Ensure the developing safety case claims can be substantiated by designs within your area
Ensure that the design documentation covers the scope of operations required for the facility and is produced in accordance with corporate standards and that deliverables are complete and accurate
Ensure Design Specifications are clear and review Inspection & Testing Plans for accuracy to ensure validation of design intent
Provide on site advice regarding design change or defect rectification as required
Ensuring effective Quality Management Arrangements operate and deliver through compliance with our client's engineering processes
Ensure that the processes and activities being managed are appropriately documented with appropriate records maintained and configuration and quality controls applied.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences
The candidate should have extensive experience of:
- Safety Engineering within a complex project
- Derivation of safety requirements and developing / guiding safety strategies
- Verification of substantiation claims and safety case documentation
- Change management within a nuclear regulated environment
Due to the nature of the work carried out at our client's site, these roles are subject to specific nationality requirements and are only open to sole British citizens. Candidates who meet this criterion will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting.