Safety Engineer (Explosives Licensing)

Our client, a defence prime, is seeking a Safety Engineer to generate safety cases against specific explosives licences identified by a strategic assessment. You will gather and assess evidence, evaluate risk and produce defensible safety arguments, reporting to the accountable manager. This is a contract assignment.

What you will do

• Generate safety cases for the specific explosives licences identified by the assessment.
• Define the scope of each safety case, and gather and assess the supporting evidence.
• Identify hazards, evaluate risk and document controls.
• Produce defensible safety arguments that comply with applicable explosives-licensing requirements.
• Maintain traceability between licence requirements, evidence, hazards, controls, conclusions, actions and approvals.
• Resolve review comments and manage residual risks through the appropriate governance.
• Secure approval of each completed safety case from the accountable manager for its intended use.

What you will bring

• Experience of explosives licensing.
• Experience of producing or assuring safety cases.
• Ability to assess evidence, identify hazards and evaluate risk.
• Ability to document controls and produce defensible safety arguments.
• Ability to maintain traceability across requirements, evidence, hazards, controls and approvals.
• Current SC clearance.