Principal Engineer – Safety & Environmental Engineering; Control Damage Hazards

Position: Principal Engineer – Safety & Environmental Engineering (Control Damage Hazards)
Job Title:

Principal Safety Engineer – Safety & Environmental Engineering

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary:
Competitive

What you’ll be doing :

Provide technical  leadership  as a subject matter  expert  in safety engineering

Mentor and develop engineers, guiding safety  analysis  and influencing design  decisions

Analyse  and influence nuclear submarine design using safety engineering techniques, focussing on major hazards (fires, explosions including DSEAR, steam release)

Apply engineering judgement to justify design safety and compliance

Interface with regulators, clients within the MOD and internal stakeholders

Develop and review safety case documentation to substantiate design safety

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Degree qualified in a relevant STEM discipline or equivalent experience

Strong   analytical , written and oral communication skills with a practical and pragmatic approach to problem solving

Proven  ability to produce clear, structured safety case arguments and supporting technical documentation for  complex  systems

Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate hazards in  complex  engineering environments

Desirable:

Experience in a highly regulated industries (nuclear, oil and gas, maritime, aerospace)

Experience in DSEAR and fire risk assessments, including hazard identification and  analysis .

Familiarity with hazard  analysis  techniques (e.g. HAZOP, FMEA, Fault and Event Tree  Analysis )

Benefits

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Safety & Environmental team

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team tasked which offers exposure to the wider strategic initiative. You will be working with six people from principals to apprentices, liaising with operational managers, heads of departments as well as the Health & Safety teams.

This role offers exposure to the Wider Control Damage Hazards team whilst individually being given the opportunity for professional growth within the function. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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:  2nd February 2026

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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