Principal Engineer - Safety and Environmental
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Location: Keynsham, Bristol
Starting Salary: £49,460 - £55,690

About the role

Here at Babcock International we are looking to recruit for a Principal Safety and Environmental Engineer.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to support our nuclear deterrent? Babcock provides the delivery of Design, Integrated Logistic Support and Programme Support to the UK `new build' and `in-service' submarine fleet across all classes of vessels.

From system feasibility analyses of engineering problems and solutions, to fully incorporated design changes, Babcock support the entire product lifecycle. They provide a key component to ensuring that the nation's nuclear submarine fleet is operational and the nuclear deterrent is continuous.

As a Principal Safety Engineer within the Safety Services Group, you will be responsible for the delivery of Babcock International Group Engineering Service's technical outputs to time, cost and quality within Babcock, Programme and Engineering Design Support.

The Principal Safety Engineer will lead in the day to day management of Safety Services Group programme output delivery including; project identification and definition, budgetary constraints, resource allocation, technical oversight and stakeholder liaison.

As a Principal Safety Engineer you will be responsible for the continuous professional development of safety engineers within the Safety Services Group.

What do I need to do the role?

The preferred candidate would ideally be degree qualified or have significant experience working with submarine equipment systems. The preferred candidate would ideally have achieved CEng status with the Engineering Council, or IEng accredited and actively progressing application towards chartership. The preferred candidate would have significant experience of Safety and Environment Management principals across the maritime domain including; legislative requirements, Hazard Identification and Analysis (HIA) techniques, Environmental Impact Screening and Scoping, product lifecycle, safety case management and engineering assurance.

Lastly you will have suitable project management experience and be familiar with the delivery of technical outputs within a contractual framework and an understanding of submarine systems and engineering principles or a demonstrable background of operating experience.

What else do I need to know?

The post will be based in an environment regulated by Trade Control legislation and involve working with controlled goods, technology and/or services. You must be a sole UK national and hold 'Security Check' (SC) or 'Developed Vetting' (DV) security clearance.

This position is based in Keynsham, which is situated between Bristol (5 miles) and Bath (7 miles).

About Babcock International
For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure and specialist training.

Babcock offers a supportive environment including: enhanced employment terms and conditions, money purchase pension scheme with life assurance, share ownership scheme, Occupational Health services, flexible working hours (only non-industrials), career opportunities and specialist advice and guidance from our Learning & Development teams. Additional benefits may also apply for Management posts.

Application Guidance
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to ensure that our recruitment processes are regularly reviewed and adapted, as required, to ensure we're compliant with the latest government advice. We are striving to protect both our current and future employees by acting in a responsible way which reflects the restrictions we face.

Babcock are continuing with essential recruitment activity but implementing relevant recommendations to ensure that this is done in a responsible way with consideration of the unprecedented circumstances we are facing. Please follow the link to find out more about how COVID-19 is impacting Recruitment and On-boarding for applicants: https://www.babcockinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Babcock-Guidance-for-Applicants.pdf

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Armed Forces Covenant
We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom. As part of the Covenant, Babcock offers Reservists and Uniformed Cadet Instructors up to 2 week's special paid leave to help them meet their commitments. To find out more please visit our website.

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