Safety Engineer - HAMPSHIRE

Hampshire  ‐ Onsite
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Currently seeking a Safety Engineer, to be based at my clients site in Hampshire on a contract opportunity with an initial duration of 6 months.

Due to the nature of the role and the time scale and requirements issued by the client, candidates have been advised to hold current SC level security clearance for this position, or be willing and eligible to undergo security clearance up to SC level.

Please find full details below in relation to the role, as provided by the client for your consideration:

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Provide the safety assessments undertaken within the assigned work stream, which will involve the following activities:

  • Review of safety and environmental requirements and policies
  • Advising on MoD/OGD safety and air environmental policies
  • Liaison with customer Safety Team
  • Participation in Safety Panel/Working Group meetings
  • Examination of potential safety risks
  • Creation of safety and environmental strategies and plans
  • Design of safety and environmental aspects of the emerging solution
  • Safety options assessment
  • Production of the Safety Case Report and supporting documentation; eg, Preliminary Hazard Analysis, maintenance and management of Hazard Log, System Hazard Analysis, Software Safety Assessment/Records.

Essential Skills:

Primary skill:

  • System Safety Engineering.
  • Suitably qualified System Safety Engineer (preferably CEng plus at least 5 years experience, ideally with Safety MSC).
  • Up-to-date knowledge of MoD Policy and UK (or other relevant) legislation concerning Functional Safety, Health & Safety, Product Safety, and Environmental Protection (eg, Def Stan 00-56, ASEMS (POSMS & POEMS), and JSPs 418, 430, 454, 480).
  • Safety and environmental engineering skills such as: Goal-Structuring Notation (GSN); Claims-Argument-Evidence (CAE); FFA; FMEA/FMECA; Hazard Log (using Cassandra).
  • Experience of developing safety management systems at all stages of the programme (ie requirements, production and operational), including the presentation of appropriate safety cases.

Other essential skills:

  • E xperience of stakeholder management within the Secure Government domain.

Desirable Skills:

  • Experience of demonstrating functional safety within software intensive systems and associated standards (eg RTCA/DO-178B, IEC 61508).
  • Previous experience of equipment installation in military platforms is highly desirable.

Personal Competencies:

  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong communication and meeting skills
  • Methodical approach
  • Problem solving
  • Pragmatic
  • Analytical skills
  • Ability to challenge/question via structured interaction
  • Proactive, self motivated and self starting
  • Time management
Start date
DECEMBER/January
Duration
6 months
From
Synergize Consulting Ltd
Published at
14.11.2014
Project ID:
807990
Contract type
Freelance
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