Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Principal Safety Engineer

Location: Cheadle (SK3 0XB) or Templecombe - Hybrid

Thales Underwater Systems cover a broad portfolio of engineering challenges, working at the forefront of the exciting area of remotely operated unmanned vehicles for maritime/naval operations, the introduction into service of new sonar capabilities to surface and submarine platforms in the UK and around the world, and the support for all Thales in-service sonar systems.

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Safety Engineer to lead delivery elements of safety engineering tasks for our major projects including in-house autonomous system developments and future flagship naval programmes.

Responsibilities

Lead the delivery of safety engineering activities for UWS projects, ensuring the delivery of all safety artefacts and requirements in a timely manner;
Act as the main Point of Contact for Safety Expertise to your projects, supporting the Project Design Authority and other engineering functions in the delivery of their activities;
Liaise with the customer representative for all safety related activities;
Ensure that the safety management approach for all our projects is in accordance with Thales processes, in addition to customer requirements, including but limited to Def Stan 00-056 or MIL STD 882;
Immediately raise any concerns regarding the safety of a product, or the application of policies and processes, and support / lead Product Safety Investigations to resolve these issues;
Support the UWS Safety Assurance Manager and Safety Authority in the delivery of their duties to ensure that all UWS projects and systems are adequately safe.

Experience and Skill Required

In depth knowledge of Safety Management Processes, and experienced in the implementation and delivery of Safety Engineering activities;
Knowledge and experience of formal hazard identification and assessment techniques and methods, and IT based Hazard Log management systems;
Knowledgeable with respect to product environmental, material and safety related Legislation, Regulation and Standards;
Experience within the Defence Domain and working with associated Defence Standards is desirable, or knowledge of equivalent safety management processes from similar safety critical domains;
Experience of Functional and/or Software Safety, and knowledge of Def Stan 00-055 or IEC 61508 is desirable, although not required;
Knowledge of engineering lifecycle management, its requirements and application;

Security Clearance statement

Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance (SC level minimum), please check the government website before applying. On this occasion we require sole UK national status due to the Security requirement associated with the position.

What we can offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Our packages will include significant bonus, a strong pension contribute, private healthcare, development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities. Further support can be provide towards academic and membership attainments.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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