Senior Human Factors Specialist

4 weeks ago


Barrow, Cumbria, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time

**Job Title:** Principal Engineer - Human Factors

**Location:** Flexible working arrangements available

**Salary:** Negotiable depending on experience

**Job Summary:** We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Human Factors Engineer to join our team at BAE Systems. As a key member of our Human Factors team, you will be responsible for assessing risks of human error and providing Human Factors advice to support the design, build, and operation of our submarines.

**Key Responsibilities:**

  • Assessing risks of human error and providing Human Factors advice
  • Performing task analysis
  • Working with Process authors to improve procedures to reduce risk of unintended outcomes
  • Representing Human Factors at design technical reviews
  • Conducting design substantiation reviews
  • Supporting Safety Case delivery

**Requirements:**

**Essential:**

  • Degree in Human Factors/Psychology or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrable Human Factors experience
  • Previous experience of stakeholder management
  • Proven experience in coaching and mentoring others
  • Experience in writing assessment reports and safety cases

**Desirable:**

  • Chartered Ergonomist status with CIEHF (or capable of achieving this)

**Benefits:**

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

**About the Role:**

As a Principal Human Factors engineer, you will be part of a team working across all 3 submarine programmes at BAE Systems. This is a very exciting time to be joining one of the largest Human Factors teams in the UK. Our team provides safety-oriented support to the day to day business of designing, building and operating submarines and to the maintenance of our nuclear site licence. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.



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