Job Description

RINA is looking for an experienced Senior Weapons & Explosives Safety Consultant to join a specialist and growing team working for its Space and Defence (S&D) clients across all military platforms including vehicle, surface ship, submarine, unmanned, fixed wing and rotary.

The Safety team are experiencing a real breadth of project work on some of the most technically advanced programmes in UK Defence, including naval destroyers, submarines, unmanned air systems, Apache, Chinnock, Typhoon, but to name a few. The successful candidate will be encouraged to take a lead on safety critical or ISA projects, not only saving lives, but also driving engineering efficiency.

This role can be based out of our Chippenham, Leatherhead or Lincoln offices though RINA has adopted a smart working policy, between home/office/client, so living within commuter distance of the office is not necessarily required.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead a variety of Safety Engineering projects to ensure requirements are delivered on time, to budget, and to the required quality;
• You will manage projects either as an individual or managing a small team;
• Support to bids, proposals, analysis and report writing;
• Promote RINA\'s Safety capability to customers, providing expert counsel, through face-to-face liaison, relationship building and presentations;
• Assist the Capability Manager with developing new safety capability to meet new and emerging market demands;

Qualifications & experience

• At least five years\' experience in the application of safety engineering management solutions in high hazard environments;
• Knowledge of UK MOD Land platforms or Weapon systems (WOME);
• Experience in conducting Hazard & Safety Risk Analysis or Independent Safety Assurance (ISA) projects and have developed safety cases;
• Experience in the use and application of Safety Engineering tools such as Reliability Workbench, ASCE, BowTie, ETA or FTA;
• Some working knowledge of the following Defence Standards: Def Stan 00-056, Def Stan 00-970 series;
• Some working knowledge of ASEMS, POSMS and POEMS processes;
• You will have an engineering background. This is not a Health & Safety(HSE) position;
• Ideally you with have UK Security Clearance, or you must be a British citizen, and be prepared to go through vetting.

About RINA Defence Consulting:

RINA Defence consulting has been awarded Gold status with the Armed Forces Covenant Employers Recognition Scheme and proudly supports those who serve.

We are a key engineering consulting partner to the Defence sector, providing a portfolio of consultancy services, including Safety Engineering, Environmental Safety , Integrated Logistics Support, Training Analysis, Cyber Assurance, Human Factors and Data Science & Analytics.

We offer the opportunity for you to specialise in your chosen technical specialism whilst working on a diverse range of client engagements, supporting some of the military\'s most technically advanced programmes.

About RINA:

RINA is a 5,300 strong global engineering services firm, providing innovative services to critical industry sectors, including Defence, Industrial, Energy, Oil & Gas, Power, Renewables, Transport and infrastructure sectors. It operates out of 70 countries, giving us the depth of experience across engineering disciplines and have a strong reputation providing services that are of the highest quality, creating significant value to our clients.

The Benefits we offer:

On top of a competitive salary we also provide the following benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• 6% Pension Contributions
• 25 days annual leave (option to buy extra days)
• Competitive maternity cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Military reservists additional annual leave
• STEM ambassadors additional annual leave
• Professional membership contribution
• Professional development (i.e. Chartership)
• Employee referral bonus

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. #LI-JB1

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