Principal Safety Engineer - Maritime, Southampton, England, United Kingdom

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Principal Safety Engineer - Maritime, Southampton

Client: RINA

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: a1a07fe4f1eb

Job Views: 6

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

RINA’s Maritime Safety Consulting division is seeking an experienced Safety Engineering Consultant to join a specialized team working for Defence clients across naval platforms including surface ships, carriers, submarines, and unmanned vessels. This role offers an opportunity to develop RINA’s Safety and ISA capabilities, providing world-class safety advisory services to the Royal Navy.

The position can be based in Southampton, Chippenham, Leatherhead, or Lincoln, with RINA supporting hybrid working arrangements. Moderate travel across the UK is expected.

The role

Lead various Safety Engineering projects, ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and quality deliverables.
Manage projects individually or lead small teams.
Support bids, proposals, analysis, and report writing.
Promote RINA’s Safety capabilities through client engagement, relationship building, and presentations.
Assist in augmenting safety capabilities to meet market demands.
This is not a Health & Safety (HSE) role.

Qualifications & experience

Minimum ten years’ experience in safety engineering management in high hazard environments.
Knowledge of UK MOD maritime platforms.
Experience with Hazard & Safety Risk Analysis, Safety Assurance, and developing safety cases.
Proficiency with Safety Engineering tools such as Reliability Workbench, ASCE, BowTie, ETA, and FTA.
Familiarity with Defence Standards like 00-56 and regulations including DSA02-DMR.
Understanding of UK MOD frameworks like Aurora.
Knowledge of ASEMS, POSMS, and POEMS processes.
Engineering background required.
UK Security Clearance or British citizenship with vetting willingness preferred.

About RINA Aerospace & Defence (ASD) UK:

RINA ASD UK is recognized for supporting armed forces, offering services in Safety, ILS, Training, Cyber Assurance, Environmental, and Human Factors, supporting advanced military programs across air, land, and sea.

RINA Group

RINA is a global engineering services firm with 6,000 employees, operating in 70 countries, providing safety-related services across various sectors, ensuring the safety of products and platforms.

Why RINA

We offer competitive salaries, pensions, generous leave, private medical, life insurance, and opportunities for professional growth, including Chartership. Join our global team of world-class engineers and clients in diverse sectors, with benefits like 25 days leave, holiday options, smart working, professional development, and more.

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Location:: Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Salary:: £125,000 - £150,000
Category:: Engineering

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