DE&S Junior Safety Engineer Salisbury, England
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Our people push for best-in-class every day – because it helps keep our nation safe. So whatever your background, whatever your skill set, if you’re driven to set new standards, find your place with us. Ready to see where your ambition will lead you?
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Would you like the opportunity to work across and attend trials for Land Equipment and Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME)? Our experienced Land organisation is actively looking for Engineers with working knowledge of safety products and services to join their growing team. You will have the chance to work on a diverse range of Land Equipment and Weapons whilst supporting our Armed Forces. We actively encourage career progression and are keen to develop you in your field of expertise, providing you with a comprehensive suite of safety training to become suitably qualified and competent with fulfilling DE&S safety requirements.
In our Land Engineering Division, we need Junior Safety Engineers involved in the delivery and support within our operations teams across the following areas:
- Weapons – Munitions and weapon systems ranging from small calibre bombs and bullets through to strategic missile systems.
- Land Equipment – Armoured fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers, small calibre pistols, through to military “laser quest” systems.
As a Junior Safety Engineer your role will be to provide advice, support, and guidance to internal and external parties. You will be advising on safety issues through engineering design and development, and management of safety risk. You’ll identify solutions to reduce the risk to military personnel on the front line.
Please be advised that due to the nature of security, some of these posts are reserved for sole UK nationals only (some roles will require the successful applicant to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance after starting).
This role may involve domestic travel to other UK sites and the opportunity for international travel.
About the role
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Attend trials across Land Equipment and Ordnance Munitions and Explosives (OME)
- Work with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance with relevant UK and EU legislation and regulations, MOD regulations and DE&S Policy
- Support the development and management of Safety Cases at project level
- Provide specialist advice on the application of Safety Management systems
- Produce and contribute to Safety Management Plans
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of policy and process to satisfy the DE&S corporate standards for Safety Management
Person specification
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
- Hold a qualification in safety, or a HNC (i.e., Level 4 or higher) qualification in an engineering or science discipline or be able to demonstrate the equivalent experience
- Experience of supporting the delivery of safety products or services, in an engineering environment
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
- Adoption of safety risk management process (Practitioner)
- Application of Analytical techniques (Supervised Practitioner)
- Communicating and influencing
- Changing and improving
Benefits
We're pleased to offer a generous benefits package to support everything from your work-life balance to your bank balance, including:
- 25 days’ holiday a year, plus 1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- A market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27 percent, an annual performance-based bonus, and recognition awards
- Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
- Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications, with plenty of opportunities and support for progression
- A huge range of discounts including retail, sports, leisure, restaurants, gifts, days out, holidays, cinema, motoring, insurance, health care, gym memberships, and more
- Up to six days of paid leave a year for volunteering
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave schemes, offering 100% pay for 26 weeks (after a qualifying period)
- We champion a diverse and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and give their best. We believe that by harnessing the power of different ideas, experiences, and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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Selection process details
1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills
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3. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. More details about our Behaviours can be found attached at the bottom of the page.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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