Senior Safety Consultant (aviation)
Surrey
45000 - 55000
Senior Safty Consultant urgently required to work with one of the UK's Largest defence companies. You will need to be a highly experienced and competent Senior Consultant to join a growing team of Safety experts working in Farnham in the Defence, Aerospace, Airport and Air Traffic Management domains.
The successful candidate will be required to both work independently and manage a team conducting Safety Analysis, developing safety arguments for novel and complex avionic systems and be able to clearly and concisely justify that argument to both internal and external customers. The role is both technically and commercially challenging and the successful candidate will be expected to be able to work under their own guidance and interact with customers at a high level.
Candidates will also be expected to be heavily involved in generating new work, bid preparation, presentation skills and an understanding of commercial issues is required. Experience of civil and military safety and airworthiness standards is essential.
The requirements
* MEng or MSc in Safety Engineering or Technical Discipline or equivalent experience
* A Chartered Engineer probably with RAES, IET or SARS
* Will have worked within Defence, Aerospace, Air Traffic or other relevant safety related sectors
* Knowledge of the following standards is essential: DO-178B, DO-254, ARP4754/4761, Def Stan 00-56 & CS25
* The application of Safety Legislation and Standards and be able to clearly and concisely explain their implication to customer's activities
* Conducting/ Facilitating Hazard Identification using such techniques as HAZOPS, SWIFT, Functional Failure Analysis, etc.
* Conducting Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
* Managing Safety programmes and implementing Safety Management Systems
* The creation and maintenance of Safety Cases and Safety Case Reports, detailing the safety activities conducted, the level of Risk attained and justifying the ALARP-type arguments developed
* Normal MS Office and IT skills
Security Clearance: Successful applicants will be required to go through a security clearance process without restrictions prior to appointment.
The responsibilities
* Development of innovative solutions to customer problems drawing on best practice from the many domains of the company and beyond
* Undertake internal Project Manager role on major projects with responsibilities for understanding customer requirements, developing proposals (technical & commercial), planning & management of activities and assurance of the outputs
* Building sustainable relationships with customers in an account management role, seeking out future business opportunities and managing these through to new work
* Good written and verbal communication skills and be experienced in preparing and presenting safety reports and presentations to both internal and external customers
* Experienced in successful bid and proposal writing