Overview
This role sits within a dedicated Skill Group alongside other engineers working within the technical discipline of Safety Engineering.
Specialisms associated within this role include - System Safety Policy and Governance; System Safety Management; System Safety Assurance and Audit Organisation environment and structure.
DE&S operates as a matrix managed organisation. Within this you are part an Engineering Skills Group that compliments your technical background listed above, working alongside other Skill Groups of different technical backgrounds, in different phases of the acquisition lifecycle and/or differing support enabling entities. From your Skill Group, your People Coach will provide you with exciting work, meeting internal priorities, aligned to the Themes being operated within DE&S. Broadening your skills and experience across DE&S, you may work within:
- Gateway - which brings work into DE&S, plans projects coherently and efficiently, and monitors/supports evolving future innovation.
- System Integration - which supports delivery teams, by providing collaborative insights, integrate equipment capabilities, manage/mitigate/reduce corporate risk, and be a single point of contact for external regulator.
- Corporate - underpins DE&S by, guiding the organisation, managing expertise, and providing services from regulation, communication to digital infrastructure.
- Core is our largest area which focusses on the acquisition and support of equipment systems and is split into the following Environment or Technology Themes.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- you will be responsible for providing advice and guidance in supporting the delivery of Acquisition Safety policy and solutions to simple equipment.
- It involves through life management of project safety risk management delivery in support of safe and suitable equipment, systems, and services to Front Line Commands.
EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
- Hold a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics based qualification at RQF Level 4; and
- Have experience of providing technical advice and delivery of successful safety systems/safety acquisition/ engineering outcomes; and
- Have technical safety systems/safety acquisition/engineering experience in in a variety of contexts; and
- With a relevant Professional body/institution related to your discipline, be professionally registered* as either:
- Engineering Technician (EngTech) or
- Registered Science Technician (RSciTech)
- *Alternatively, if professionalisation registration is not held, you must hold a minimum RQF Level 6 in a Science, Technology or Engineering based discipline.
- Note: Alternatives to RQF listed above (which cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland only), is the Scottish SCQF or international equivalent qualification backed.