Our client, a large government customer, are seeking a Safety Manager to join their team. The role is based in Bristol. The role requires SC clearance and ITAR, and candidates must be sole UK nationals. 

Initial requirements are scheduled to run until 31/03/2025 and offer a rate up to £550/day.

IR35 STATUS: Inside IR35. Our client has indicated that they intend to operate the engagement as Inside IR35. Candidates would be required to operate through an umbrella company on this engagement. The rates above represent rate payable to the umbrella co. 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 07/11/2024 at 10:00

Brief Team Description

ITS-SED requires a Safety Manager that is able to act as a ‘controlling’ mind in advising Senior Safety accountable and responsible personnel on delivery of safety programmes and artefacts.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver against the overarching programme and established safety management plan.
• Evolve and advise the safety programme to de-risk delivery and capitalise on opportunities.
• Work for assigned delivery teams to produce safety and environmental artefacts to time and quality requirements.
• The Safety Manager shall advise the Delivery Team (DT) to ensure the programme will deliver artefacts to demonstrate that policy, legislation, and defence regulation have been met and that assets are demonstrably safe.
• The Safety Manager shall be the Delivery Team (DT) focal point.  As a result, will be required to represent the DT at required safety engagements, including regulatory interface, and can brief up and down.
• The Safety Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day activity, delivering against agreed activity and tasks.

Essential Skills and Experience

• ITAR is required.
• Working within the DE&S ITS-SED ASEP resource augmentation team, deployed within the Weapons Domain.
• Practitioner level experience of DE&S safety management systems and processes (POSMS).
• Experienced in OME Safety
• Practitioner level experience of Safety and Environmental Management Plans.
• Practitioner level experience of Safety Case / A Safety Case Report.
• Practitioner level experience of Hazard Logs.
• Practitioner level experience of Hazard identification and assessment.
• Practitioner level experience of Operation of safety review meetings.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Working with WOC
• eCassandra.
• Fault and Event Tree (FTA / ETA).
• BowTie assessment.
• Safety arguments (CAE / GSN).
• Knowledge of applicable legislation, regulation and standards and defence policy.
• ASPIRE.
• ASSERT.

Specialisms Required

• Defence Safety Management and Environmental Protection Planning.
• Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives (OME) Safety Management.
• Defence Regulations (DOSR).
• Through Life Safety Management.
• Defence Safety Management Systems.
• Safety Case Management and Reporting.
• Safety Legislation, Regulation, Conventions.

Candidate Eligibility

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, this role will not offer Visa sponsorship. Tier 2 – General visas cannot be accepted.

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