Engineering Safety Manager
Location: Filton, Bristol (Hybrid)
Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £80,000 (DOE)
Clearance: Active SC required | Sole UK nationals only
The Opportunity
An established engineering organisation is growing its safety capability across the UK weapons and effectors domain and is looking to appoint an experienced Engineering Safety Manager.
This is a senior position, leading safety delivery on a live capability programme, with scope to shape and expand the broader safety function over time. You’ll play a central role in ensuring complex systems progress through assurance, testing, and integration in a safe and compliant way.
This role would suit a Qualified System Safety Practitioner with a strong background in Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME), and experience supporting advanced or novel weapon system development.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Developing and delivering Safety and Environmental Management Plans aligned with Safety Management System requirements
* Leading safety processes and producing key artefacts, including Hazard Logs and Safety & Environmental Case Reports
* Reviewing and assuring technical input from suppliers, supporting senior engineering and safety stakeholders
* Managing safety relationships across a wide stakeholder group, including regulatory bodies and range operators
* Ensuring testing activities are conducted safely and in line with relevant standards and aviation regulations
* Identifying, assessing, and managing technical hazards to support safe system development and trials
* Advising on safety and environmental requirements during contract development
* Supporting the wider growth of safety engineering capability within the weapons and effectors domain
What They’re Looking For
* Qualified System Safety Practitioner
* Strong working knowledge of Def Stan 00-056 and ASEMS
* Demonstrated experience in OME safety across development and integration
* Background in complex weapons programmes, including testing and assurance
* Familiarity with OSRP processes
* Experience working with multidisciplinary teams on OME-related activities
* Active SC clearance / Sole UK nationality
Desirable Experience
* Involvement from early project phases through full lifecycle safety delivery
* OME assurance experience or relevant qualifications
* Exposure to innovative or non-traditional development approaches
* Experience supporting competitive trials or equipment down-selection
* Track record of managing suppliers from development through to production