Principal Engineer Marine Safety

MB440: Principal Engineer (Marine Safety and Environmental)
Location: Bristol with hybrid working
Salary: £53,000 - £65,000
Working Hours: Monday to Friday

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic business who are looking to recruit a Principal Engineer (Marine Safety and Environmental) on a permanent basis and to predominantly be based in Bristol but with the option of WFH.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The provision of expert professional safety and environmental support to surface ship, submarine, equipment, and commercial projects.
• The provision of governance and assurance to safety and environmental projects as directed by the Head of Department (HoD).
• The provision of expert safety and environmental case input to non-conformances and design changes for specified systems.
• The provision of robust management of the Safety and Environmental Case (SEC) ‘body of evidence’ that in turn supports the argument to be made within a Safety and Environmental Case Report (SECR) that a Product, System or Service (PSS) is ‘safe to operate’ and operated safely and environmentally soundly for its given application within its defined operating environment.
• The provision of support other members of SEG in developing non-nuclear safety and environmental assessments or cases.
• The provision of subject matter advice and support in own specialisation to other members of the SEG.
• Planning and control of work to time, cost, and quality.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Substantial experience in an environmental protection role and experience of developing an Environmental Management System (e.g., ISO14001 or POEMS compliant).
• Extensive working knowledge of environmental issues & legislation.
• Working knowledge of MOD Health Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) Policy and regulations particularly the Acquisition Safety and Environmental Management Systems (ASEMS) Project Oriented Safety Management Systems (POEMS) and Project Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS).
• Working knowledge of applicable Defence Standards and Joint Service Publications (JSPs) such as 00-056 (Safety Management Requirements for Defence Systems) and JSP 418 (Management of Environmental Protection in Defence).
• Working knowledge of Defence Safety Authority (DSA) Policy and Defence Domain specific Regulations (particularly the Defence Maritime Regulator (DMR).
• The authoring of Technical Reports.
• Chairmanship and recording of technical meetings.
• Good presentational, written, analytical and IT skills.
• Good people management skills.
• Good team player but able to plan and work alone.
• Prepared and able to make decisions in own sphere of responsibility.
• Ideally degree qualified; but HND/HNC level qualification in an engineering discipline with extensive experience in relevant field will be considered.
• Ideally you will be a member of a relevant institution (e.g., IEMA, IMechE, RINA, IET, SARS etc.) and hold Chartered or Incorporated status (or be working towards).
• Ideally an ASEMS POEMS and IEMA qualified Practitioner.
• Hold the Defence Maritime Regulator’s (DMR) Ship Safety & Environmental Management Training (SEMT) or
• Ship Safety Management Office (SSMO) Certificate.

MB440: Principal Engineer (Marine Safety and Environmental)
Location: Bristol with hybrid working
Salary: £53,000 - £65,000
Working Hours: Monday to Friday