Weapons Safety Engineer

Job Description:

SDA have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Weapons Safety Engineering professional to join our Trident Systems Project Team (TSPT) at HMNB Clyde, Faslane. By joining TSPT, you will integrate with a team of highly skilled professionals and get up-close and personal with complex weapons and submarine systems. You will oversee engineering challenges unique to this industry, whilst providing support to the Royal Navy and a significant contribution to project/programme success.

As a specialist member of TSPT, you will be an authority on Weapons Safety Systems and coordination of this complex capability. You will represent SDA on the waterfront, providing assurance and specialised technical expertise to strengthen activities between Vanguard and Dreadnaught class submarine build through to delivery.

In this unique and exciting role, you will have the opportunity to develop knowledge and experience in the Trident Strategic Weapon System, its operations, maintenance, safety interfaces and management. You will also have access to longer-term investment in strategic weapon competence, inculcation to the strategic weapons programme as part of a technical development provision and associated career opportunities.

In the SDA you will have unparalleled opportunities to learn and develop as a professional and will be actively supported in this respect. Training is readily available, invested in and essential to stay abreast with new technologies and you will be working in an environment that encourages this.

Please be advised that due to the nature of security, these roles are reserved for sole UK Nationals only.

About the role

You will operate at Senior/Engineering Manager level to represent TSPT as the Safety Engineering interface between HMNB Clyde and TSPT. You will manage the integration of modernised systems, contributing to the development, delivery and through life monitoring of Safety Protection Interfaces with HMNB Clyde / Royal Navy Armament Depot Coulport Facility Safety Case. In this role, you will also have the opportunity to:

• Attendance at the various safety/engineering meetings within Clyde
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of project safety and environmental assurance plans, monitors compliance, and ensures that safety assurance evidence is gathered and assessed for compliance with the safety case
• Provide informed safety advice to decision makers through Project Safety Panels
• Report any potential for significant impact on Health & Safety, Environmental Protection or Nuclear Weapon Safety, standards, and performance
• Minimise and manage the risk to TSPT equipment availability, whilst ensuring that the solution remains safe and fit for purpose through life

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Member of a relevant Professional Engineering / Science Institute or equivalent

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• Relevant Level 4 (HNC or higher) qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of providing technical advice and leading the delivery of successful

engineering outcomes

• Wide ranging depth and breadth of technical experience in own specialism with

knowledge and application of Systems Engineering approaches

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Technical Requirements, Evaluation & Acceptance - Practitioner
• Complies with Sys Safety requirements - Practitioner
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits
We're pleased to offer a generous benefits package to support everything from your work-life balance to your bank balance, including:

• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus 1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• A market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27 percent, an annual performance-based bonus, and recognition awards
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications, with plenty of opportunities and support for progression
• A huge range of discounts including retail, sports, leisure, restaurants, gifts, days out, holidays, cinema, motoring, insurance, health care, gym memberships, and more
• Up to six days of paid leave a year for volunteering
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave schemes, offering 100% pay for 26 weeks (after a qualifying period)
• We champion a diverse and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and give their best. We believe that by harnessing the power of different ideas, experiences, and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £43,400.00-£47,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Helensburgh, G84 0EH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Helensburgh, G84 0EH

Reference ID: ORC850