Product Safety Team Leader

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a Product Safety Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the safety of equipment integrated onto, interfacing with, stowed on, or carried on the Challenger 3 vehicle.

This will be by managing a team identifying and analysing potential hazards and risks, then supporting the systems, trials, design, and sub-system teams to ensure those risks are minimised.

This is a varied and demanding role, requiring close liaison between Engineering teams and suppliers.

Significant drive and energy, strong engineering skills, and the ability to deliver a diverse programme to demanding time, target cost and quality requirements are essential attributes to succeed.

**Position Duties and Responsibilities**
- To support the Project Safety, Environmental and Legislative (SEL) Lead in the successful delivery of the Safety Programme to quality, cost and schedule
- To be responsible for ensuring the safety of equipment integrated onto, interfacing with, stowed on, or carried on the Challenger 3 vehicle, including WOME.
- Maintain and operate in accordance with, a Safety, Environmental and Legislative management plan
- Interact with suppliers and suppliers’ safety information:

- To ensure receipt of complete and credible subsystem safety and environmental cases
- Analyse appropriately for inclusion within the vehicle-level safety case
- Determine the appropriate approaches to be undertaken to ensure safety of equipment.
- Establish safety targets with decomposition into sub system targets and requirements.
- To facilitate and chair Hazard Identification and Hazard Analysis meetings on behalf of customer and project.
- Undertake safety analysis utilising a variety of techniques such as; Functional Failure Analysis (FFA), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Provide guidance to engineering and other functional departments in relation to their Safety, Environmental and Legislative requirements
- Generate and maintain robust Hazard Log entries
- Provide support to assurance that the design is adequate i.e. it is robust, underpinned by supporting evidence for the safety case
- Generate coherent safety justifications and Safety Case Reports on behalf of customers and projects
- Lead and manage a team of Safety Engineers, Graduate Engineers and Early Careers employees including:

- Delegation and management of safety task/project activities to achieve programme objectives
- Directing day-to-day activities
- Resource management
- Technical mentoring of staff
- Undertake staff performance reviews
- Competently and confidently interact with Suppliers, Customer and User at all levels, as a lead in the specific areas of responsibility above.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS YOU SHOULD HAVE
- Experience of safety engineering within a vehicle and/or defence environment
- Experience with the design and/or operation of armoured fighting vehicles
- Experience of engineering within the defence environment
- Working knowledge of MOD Safety & Environmental Management Systems
- Understanding of MoD safety management activities and processes, e.g. DSA01.1, DSA02.DLSR, DEF STAN 00-051, 00-055, 00-056 and the ALARP process
- Experience of carrying out safety analyses
- A good working knowledge of hazard management tools
- A willingness to examine and investigate issues
- A desire to ensure that equipment is safe
- Completing and overseeing the production and presentation of reports
- Ability to effectively manage conflicting priorities and deadlines
- Able to work under pressure and be able to schedule, coordinate and to maintain efficiency
- Credible presentation skills
- The following are desirable:

- Experience with Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (WOME) within the defence environment
- Engineering degree
- ONC/HNC or equivalent experience in Engineering
- Knowledge or experience of one of the following would be beneficial:

- Functional Safety (IEC 61508)
- Accident analysis
- Supplier safety management

WHAT WE OFFER YOU
- Our employees receive a competitive benefits package and work for a growth organisations that offers great opportunities for personal development and career advancement. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme and Cycle2work. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

WHO WE ARE

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) is a UK-based combat vehicles design, manufacturing and support business. Headquartered in Telford in the West Midlands, RBSL employs a skilled workforce, located in Telford as well as at sites near Newcastle, Bristol and in Dorset. RBSL’s employees work continually to protect people and national security by supplying the most advanced products and in-service support available.

As a Joint Venture, RBSL combines Rheinmetall’s military vehicles technology and products, with the capabilities and products from BAE Systems including Trojan, Ter