Senior Safety Engineer

  • Matchtech
  • Aug 13, 2025
Full time Government

Job Description


Overview
Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance minimum 5 years UK residency. All applicants must hold British Nationality as their sole / primary nationality.
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The Senior Safety Engineer will provide safety engineering support to Ultra projects. Operate as a key member of the project team bringing experience in safety engineering to the team, whilst also supporting bid work by scoping the safety engineering tasks for the proposed work.
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Key Responsibilities:
  • Supporting the safety engineering aspects of projects.
  • Drafting and estimating the safety engineering aspects of bid work.
  • Applying appropriate safety engineering practice on projects.
  • Generating and maintaining high quality safety documentation and gaining formal review approval for release.
  • Use of systems engineering tools for safety requirements management
  • Supporting representations of project safety engineering to the project or customer community.
  • Advising or mentoring less-experienced team members, including graduates or apprentices, on safety engineering matters.
  • Provide technical leadership in specified areas for the team and the company as a whole.
  • Drafting concise and accurate technical reports, requirements specifications as required meeting the specific needs of the deployed equipment.
  • Supporting other engineering or related disciplines as required, e.g. design, production or test.
  • Contribution to ongoing development and improvement of engineering/business processes.
  • Any other relevant duties as and when required
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Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:
  • HND/Degree (or equivalent) qualified engineer, preferably in electrical/electronic engineering.
  • Experience of safety and systems engineering or design and in a safety regulated industry.
  • Knowledge of safety system design in accordance with IEC 61508 or similar safety standards (IEC 61513, IEC 61226).
  • Awareness of systems engineering processes, standards and methodologies (e.g., IEC 15288, UML). Including knowledge of product lifecycle management
  • Knowledge of DOORS for requirements management.
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Desirable Experience:
  • Experience working within the defence or nuclear sector would be an advantage.
  • Chartered or Incorporated Engineer with membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant institution would be an advantage.
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Even If you feel like you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to reach out an apply.
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Company Benefits;
    • Flexible working hours
    • Annual bonus
    • Casual dress
    • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
    • Option to buy or sell holiday.
    • Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
    • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    • Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
    • 4 x annual salary life cover
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Company Details:
Working: Possible Flexible and some remote working potentials.

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