Senior Safety Engineer

Job Title:     Senior Safety Engineer

Location:     Farnborough    

Package:     Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:   Full-time / Permanent

Role ID:       SF16591

 

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Senior Safety Engineer at our Farnborough site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The Land Safety Engineering Team supports both military and commercial sector projects. These include critical military vehicle and equipment acquisitions projects, mid-life improvement and training simulator projects of significance to the UK Army capability. The requirement for new and innovative technologies such as electric drives, autonomous and robotic systems needs individuals from diverse backgrounds to support the creation of robust Safety Cases for use of this equipment in an ever-changing environment.

 

The Role

As a Senior Safety Engineer, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will provide Land Systems safety engineering skills and advice to external and internal clients and assist in the development of business growth. You will use your safety engineering expertise to deliver defined artefacts in support of projects to our clients, as well as using your analytical skills to examine evidence to support a safety argument. Ability in the use of safety engineering tools and techniques together with excellent report writing skills is essential for the delivery of output.
 

Day-to-day, you will:

• Lead safety projects to ensure that work tasks are delivered to the specified time, cost, and required quality standards
• Support the provision of solutions to problems that are defensible, auditable and which will meet customers’ expectations and needs
• Provide support to time estimates and wording for inputs to bids
• Ensure that all work performed is consistent with QinetiQ Compliancy Procedures
• Support and develop potential business opportunities within the existing and potential customer base
• Support effective technical networks with Land Systems customers.
   

This role is a full-time position based at our Farnborough site on a hybrid basis. Please note you must be prepared to travel within the UK, often to remote sites, to meet customer and internal business needs.

 

Essential experience of the Safety Engineer:

• Knowledge and experience working in a similar role within the regulatory organisations.

Qualifications for the Safety Engineer:

• Engineering degree or equivalent.

 

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve for Security Clearance as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

Our Benefits

• Adaptive and flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal
• Holiday Trading
• Support for the Armed Forces community
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

 

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

 

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

 

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.