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The Role
Would you like to play a crucial role within fire safety to ensure the safe delivery of Royal Navy submarines? We currently have a vacancy for a Principal Engineer - Fire Safety in our submarines business.
As a Principal Engineer - Fire Safety, you will act as a subject matter expert for fire safety and will be a key contributor in ensuring safe submarines by design. You will engage with a wide range of engineering stakeholders across our programmes to develop and embed fire safety requirements, conduct fire risk assessments and reduce risks from fire hazards.
The role is currently offered with remote working, with occasional requirements for site visits to support specific project needs (Barrow in Furness).
This role will provide you with the chance to work alongside subject matter experts within an exciting and specialist skills area, whilst working on critical and complex national security engineering projects. This role will also give you the opportunity to develop processes and policies for the site, and influence change.
Role Requirements:
Not limited to...
Taking a lead role in fire risk assessment activities
Developing, producing and maintaining fire safety process documentation
Producing and reviewing fire and explosion safety strategies and risk assessments
Engaging with engineering stakeholders to develop and implement fire safety requirements
Production and review of safety case documentation (relevant to fire safety)
Providing support to regulatory compliance
Chairing fire and explosion safety workshops and working groups
What are BAE Systems looking for from you?:
Fire risk assessment experience gained from a high hazard industry or construction environment
Experience of working in a fire safety engineering environment and applying various fire safety guidance including Defence Standards, ADB, BS 9999 and relevant NFPA standards.
Application of risk based approaches to fire safety engineering
Experience of safety case development
Fire hazard identification and analysis
Fire risk assessment production and review
Fire strategies
Safety case authoring
Stakeholder engagement
Security Requirements: SC, ITAR & UK EYES ONLY
This role will require the person to hold full Security Clearance (SC) prior to working onsite. You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must currently hold or be eligible and willing to obtain SC. In addition, this role involves direct and/or indirect access to ITAR Material which means there are restriction. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.
You must be a sole British national in order to apply for this role.
The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles
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