Job Title: Senior Product Safety Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £44, to £55, Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Help Shape Safety at the Heart of the UK’s Nuclear Engineering Future
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Product Safety Engineer at our Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol site.
The role
As a Senior Product Safety Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening Product Safety capability across our Nuclear Sector, supporting major naval and civil nuclear programmes. This is an opportunity to influence engineering safety from concept through to delivery - ensuring systems are safe by design, compliant with legislation, and underpinned by strong governance.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Support the development, implementation and maintenance of Product Safety management arrangements across nuclear programmes
2. Provide expert guidance on hazard identification, risk assessment, safety justification and compliance with legislation and standards
3. Develop and review Product Safety Management Plans and associated safety documentation
4. Influence engineering teams and stakeholders to embed best practice and drive continuous improvement
5. Contribute to assurance, audit and governance activities, reporting safety metrics and supporting improvement actions
This is a full-time role, working 35 hours per week, based at Devonport or Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available. You will work a minimum of two days a week on site.
Essential experience of the Senior Product Safety Engineer:
6. Experience working with safety management systems in high-hazard or high-consequence industries
7. Understanding of UK civil and defence safety legislation and standards
8. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
9. Knowledge of change management and project environments
10. A proactive, resilient approach to continuous improvement
Qualifications for the Senior Product Safety Engineer:
11. Degree or higher in a STEM discipline
12. Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards (Desirable)
13. APM Foundation qualification (Desirable)
14. Lean Six Sigma White Belt (Desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock - a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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