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We have an exciting opportunity to join the Lockheed Martin team in Havant, Hampshire as a Lead Safety Engineer.

We’ll provide you with meaningful work and education opportunities that will allow you to develop your skills and enhance your career with us, but equally important you can also enjoy a strong work life balance. To ensure this we offer a flexible work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package to enable you to live a healthy fulfilling life in and outside of work.

Our 4 Flex working fortnight is a particular favourite amongst the team, giving you every Friday off, to spend more time doing the things you enjoy.

You will work across the business as a leader and part of the team responsible for safety engineering on our many and varied programmes as well as future capabilities, which we want you to help shape. These range from safety engineering for a number of helicopter platforms, fixed wing aircraft, autonomous air vehicles and maritime platforms. You’ll be helping to lead the business transformation of our safety culture.

For more information on the Merlin programme click here

You will primarily be home based with occasional travel to the Havant and Yeovil offices and our customer site in Crawley, Bristol and Culdrose. This would really suit you If you have a background in Aerospace, particularly rotary wing, and are considered an expert in your field.

You will experience a wide range of engineering activities including:

• Being accountable for guiding the successful completion of the work of a safety team.
• Defining and maintaining a safety culture across assigned LM UK RMS programme areas, appreciating that safety decisions have to underwrite LM UKIS’s obligations under DAOS/AAOS certification.
• Providing technical leadership and direction with respect to safety programmes on the portfolio of LM UK programmes.
• Implementing, co-ordinating and conducting programme safety and environmental related activities in accordance with company procedures in a rigorous and effective manner.
• Contributing to maintaining all safety management processes.
• Reviewing, approving and accepting flight approval and safety documentation.
• Providing safety support and expertise to new business proposals as required.
• Representing LM UK at both Senior level, Customer and Prime Sub-contractor technical review boards and meetings.
• Reviewing and accepting vendor Engineering Change Proposals.
• Preparing engineering resource budget estimates for safety activities.
• Leading safety design efforts of Bespoke Aerospace Software/Hardware interfaces and systems.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients and suppliers across all levels of the organisation both internally and with the programme customer.
• Any additional Programme related tasks assigned that are within area of expertise, competence and skill set.

What’s in it for you?

• To be part of something challenging that gives you a chance to make a difference
• Working with a supportive team who wants to see you thrive and grow
• The opportunity to learn, and master new skills

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Relevant industry experience and qualification to hold the design signatory under DAOS authority.
• Deep knowledge of UK and EU safety related legislation (e.g. Health and Safety at Work Act), Environmental legislation and management systems (e.g. ISO14001 etc.) and Defence and commercial safety standards such as Def Stan 00-056, Def-Stan 00-055, Mil Std 882,IEC61508, DSA02.
• Extensive programme experience in the use of safety, hazard and environment and analysis systems e.g. Project Oriented Safety Management System (POSMS), Project Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS), eCassandra, Bow Tie analysis.
• Safety Case development using the Adelard Safety Case Editor (ASCE).
• Event Tree and Fault Tree development using Reliability Work Bench.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on complex topics, both up and done the programme organisation.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience

• Extensive programme experience of working in a highly regulated safety industry.
• Experience of complex Airborne Systems ideally with experience of Merlin Mk2 platform (But not limited to).
• Applies extensive technical expertise to the delivery of technical problem analysis and the provision of pragmatic solutions.
• Proven ability to produce cost effective and technically compliant solutions.
• Practical experience of Model Based Systems Engineering (SysML, Rhapsody, Enterprise Architect).

13005BR

Full Time

37.5

4xFlex

United Kingdom (UK)

SC

No

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets. Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company. To achieve this mission, RMS draws on its core capabilities in advanced platforms and weapons, C4ISR, global sustainment, training and sensors.

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.

28/03/2024