Overview

Job title: Principal Process Safety Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness – hybrid and flexible working arrangements available; speak to your recruiter about options for this role.

Salary: Competitive

Closing date: 7th August 2025

What you’ll be doing

• Completing DSEAR risk assessments and compliance activities
• Mentoring and developing junior engineers
• Reviewing and producing explosion safety strategies
• Peer reviewing work
• Risk analysis
• Developing and producing processes and policy documentation for the site

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• Experience of working in an explosion safety engineering environment and applying various methods of hazard analysis
• DSEAR risk assessment production including hazard identification and analysis (preferably from a high hazard industry)
• A thorough understanding of Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) and Proven track record in implementing business processes to achieve strategic objectives

Desirable

• Degree qualified in a STEM discipline
• COMAH – Control of Major Accident Hazards (Safety Case support) experience
• Site Asset Protection experience & Fire Safety Engineering experience

Benefits

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Safety, Environment & Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team tasked with exposure to wider strategic initiatives. You will be working with six people from principals to apprentices, liaising with operational managers, heads of departments as well as Health & Safety teams. This role offers exposure to the Wider Control Damage Hazards team while providing opportunities for professional growth within the function. relocation support packages are available across all Submarines roles, subject to eligibility.

Note

Please be aware that many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions. All applicants must at minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher levels of National Security Vetting may be required depending on the role.