Do you have the technical authority and systems safety expertise to support some of the UK's most advanced naval and defence technologies?
We are looking for a Principal Safety Engineer to join the Safety & Environmental Protection team at TKMS ATLAS UK, based at Winfrith, Dorset. This role has been created to strengthen safety leadership across existing and future programmes supporting the UK Ministry of Defence and major UK prime contractors.
As a Principal Safety Engineer, you will provide senior technical leadership in the application of safety and environmental protection principles across the full product lifecycle. You will act as a technical authority, championing best practice, ensuring regulatory and legislative compliance, and supporting the delivery of robust, safe, and compliant defence systems.
You will work closely with engineering, systems, ILS, and project teams to ensure safety and environmental considerations are embedded from concept through to in-service support. You will also support the development and capability growth of the wider Safety & Environmental Protection Engineering team.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Providing senior technical leadership in product safety and environmental protection activities
2. Managing and reporting safety and environmental tasks across multiple programmes
3. Supporting bids by estimating costs, timescales, and safety effort...