Job title: Senior Engineer – Product Safety

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

Being part of the Safety and Environmental Hub organisation to support the QEC, T45, T23, Hunt and OPV platforms

To ensure RN Platform compliance with UK and International Legislation and other MOD procedures

Working with the engineering teams and In-Service Support teams to provide Safety & Environmental input to the effect on Safety Case Reports, Hazards and Risks associated with engineering change

Complete and oversee the delivery of Safety assessment and management tasks, both internally and externally

Attend, and represent Class Safety Leads when required, at Design Reviews, Hazard Identification / Risk Assessment Workshops

Participate as required in developing, maintaining and modifying Maritime Services Product Safety & Environmental governance documentation, including Policy, Framework and Processes

Keep up to date with Safety & Environmental legislation and advise colleagues, stakeholders (and where appropriate the business), of compliance requirements

Review and respond to any safety related engineering queries raised as a result of capability insertion and maintenance engineering activities

Make Safety & Environmental management decisions within own sphere of responsibility

Your skills and experiences:

HNC in an Engineering subject or demonstrable experience within an Engineering sector

Engineering, Naval, industry or Maritime background or similar sector experience e.g. Oil and Gas, Pharma, or have achieved an equivalent level of competence through work-based experience

Suitable for early careers Engineers and those with engineering experience seeking a new challenge

Suitable training will be provided to candidates for them to fulfil the role

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.

The Product Safety team:

As the Product Safety Engineer, you’ll be a member of a hub of Safety Engineers, managed by the Warship Support Safety Engineering Lead to support diverse safety engineering tasks as required by the respective WTA Class Safety Leads. The classes of ship include Aircraft Carriers, T45 Destroyers, T23 Frigates, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels and B1 Patrol Vessels.

This is an exciting and varied role liaising with project and engineering teams within BAE and the MoD, across various managerial levels, for a multitude of safety and Environmental tasks. There will be a requirement to conduct ship visits, and occasional travel and the role is an opportunity to expand and vary engineering experience.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 17 th August 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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