Senior Defence Safety Engineer

Job Description

Overview

Are you an experienced, versatile safety engineer looking to lead complex work across multiple defence domains? Do you enjoy shaping proportionate solutions, influencing clients and helping others connect technical evidence with the decisions that matter?

We’re expanding our defence safety capability across air, land, maritime, WOME and broader defence roles. Join us to lead high-impact assignments spanning complex acquisition and in-service programmes, digital safety-case transformation, independent assurance, information systems and emerging technologies.

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering some of the most complex and critical programmes across defence, aerospace, nuclear and other highly regulated sectors.

Join our established Safety & Environmental Assurance community; knowledge sharing and collaboration are at the heart of what we do. You’ll benefit from:

• Formal technical assurance, peer review and access to experienced practitioners and subject matter experts.

• Domain Communities of Interest and professional networks.

• Regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing events and informal mentoring.

• Career development support aligned wherever possible to your experience, interests and goals.

We aim to align assignments with your skills, interests and career goals while balancing client and business needs. We welcome experienced applicants from industry, MOD and the Armed Forces, including those returning after a career break. Assignments could include:

• Technical leadership of safety cases and assurance strategies for complex defence capabilities.

• Digital safety-case and safety-information initiatives that improve traceability, currency and decision support.

• Safety management for pan-domain services, information systems and emerging technologies.

• Assurance reviews, governance improvement and multidisciplinary support to major programmes.

Your role

You will lead significant safety engineering assignments and provide trusted advice to clients and delivery teams. Combining technical depth with practical consultancy, you’ll help teams focus effort on the decisions and evidence that matter most.

• Lead the planning and delivery of safety engineering and safety assurance work packages, balancing quality, schedule and cost.

• Lead the development, maintenance and assurance of safety cases, safety assessments, hazard logs and safety management arrangements.

• Select and apply proportionate safety analysis techniques, and provide technical direction to multidisciplinary teams.

• Develop robust safety arguments and evidence strategies that support informed acceptance and operational decisions.

• Provide clear, pragmatic advice to senior client stakeholders, engineering leaders, suppliers and assurance authorities.

• Review and assure technical outputs, share knowledge with less-experienced colleagues and promote consistent good practice.

• Help develop future work by understanding emerging client needs, strengthening relationships and supporting follow-on activity where appropriate.

• Contribute to capability development, reusable methods, digital approaches and the wider professional community.

About you

Essential experience and attributes

• Substantial experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence environment, gained through industry, MOD or the Armed Forces.

• Experience leading safety cases, safety assessments, hazard-management activities or technically complex work packages.

• Sound knowledge of systems engineering, with the technical judgement to develop proportionate, defensible solutions where information is incomplete or evolving.

• Confident client-facing communication, stakeholder management and production of high-quality technical deliverables.

• A relevant degree, technical qualification or demonstrable equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of Defence Safety Authority regulations, Def Stan 00-056, JSP 815, Unified SEMS or related domain policy and guidance.

• Experience of Claims, Arguments and Evidence, Goal Structuring Notation, ALARP demonstration or independent assurance.

• Experience helping to shape future requirements or activities, for example by identifying emerging needs, developing options, supporting continuation or follow-on work, or contributing to proposals or bids.

• Professional registration, or active progress towards IEng or CEng, and membership of a relevant institution such as the IET, SaRS, IMechE, IExpE or RAeS.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.