Hybrid Safety Assurance Manager

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About the role

  • Safety Assurance Manager providing independent product safety assurance for bids, projects, and SFRD in a defence technology company. Collaborating with teams to ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards.

Responsibilities

  • Provide independent Product Safety Assurance of safety engineering activities for bids, projects, Self-Funded Research & Development (SFRD) and products
  • Support the approval of (potential) suppliers through audit and review activities
  • Provide guidance on safety issues, methods, tools and techniques to their Business’s Project Safety Committee (PSC) and individuals
  • Ensure safety requirements are integrated into the products functional and technical descriptions
  • Participate in key bid, project, SFRD technical reviews within their Business
  • Ensure that safety engineering and compliance/conformance risks have been properly identified, assessed and managed within bids, projects and SFRD tasks
  • Review and approve project safety management plans and estimates for safety activities
  • Review and approve of key safety artefacts and deliverables including Declarations of Design Safety, Safety Cases, Assessments and Reports from projects and advising the Business on their completeness and correctness

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subject or Higher Education/equivalent training and experience
  • HNC/HND also acceptable with relevant experience in the technical areas indicated above
  • Significant experience within functional safety management
  • Knowledge of Defence Standards 00-055, 00-056 & 00-051
  • Significant experience in a senior technical role in complex systems development
  • Good understanding of systems engineering, software engineering and functional safety
  • Detailed knowledge of system safety lifecycle, system requirements definition, safety design concepts (system and software), safety and risk analysis
  • Experienced with safety standards (CENELEC, IEC, IEEE, MIL), best practices, safety methods and techniques (HAZID, HAZOP, PHA, SHA, OSHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, FSA)
  • Experience with Product Safety Appraisal (Audit / Review)
  • Good technical writing skills
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
  • An effective team player who can interface at all levels.

Benefits

  • Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
  • Hybrid working
  • Pension Scheme
  • 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
  • Life Cover
  • Progression and Development Opportunities
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
  • Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
  • Development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.

Job title

Safety Assurance Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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