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Overview

Are you a versatile, well-rounded safety engineer, looking for variety, continuous learning and the opportunity to work across multiple domains? Do you thrive on complex challenges, enjoy learning new contexts and connecting ideas, and want to build a long-term career in a supportive environment?

We're expanding our defence safety capability across air, land, maritime, WOME and broader defence roles. Join us and work on diverse, high-impact projects ranging from complex acquisition and in-service programmes, digital safety-case transformation and independent assurance, to information systems and emerging technologies. Broaden your experience, contribute to our evolving digital safety capability and progress towards professional registration.

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organisation delivering some of the most complex and critical programmes across defence, aerospace, nuclear and other highly regulated sectors.

Join our established Safety & Environmental Assurance community; knowledge sharing and collaboration are at the heart of what we do. You'll benefit from:

  • Formal technical assurance, peer review and access to experienced practitioners and subject matter experts.
  • Domain Communities of Interest and professional networks.
  • Regular team meetings, knowledge-sharing events and informal mentoring.
  • Career development support aligned wherever possible to your experience, interests and goals.

We aim to align assignments with your skills, interests and career goals while balancing client and business needs. We welcome applications from people with relevant Armed Forces, MOD, industry or other highly regulated-sector experience, including those returning after a career break. Assignments could include:

  • Safety assurance for major UK defence acquisition and in-service programmes.
  • Digital safety-case transformation, including structured Claims, Arguments and Evidence and improved use of live safety information.
  • Pan-domain work involving enterprise services, information systems, autonomous or digitally enabled capabilities.
  • Independent assurance, safety governance and improvement of safety management systems.

Your role


Delivering safety engineering and assurance activities across complex defence programmes, you'll apply structured safety methods, produce clear evidence and help clients make robust decisions throughout the lifecycle.

  • Support the development, maintenance and delivery of safety cases, safety assessments and safety management plans.
  • Create and maintain hazard logs; support hazard identification, risk assessment and risk-reduction activities.
  • Develop clear safety arguments and manage the evidence needed to support acceptance and operation.
  • Apply proportionate safety analysis techniques such as HAZID, HAZOP, FHA, PHA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, ETA and Bow Tie analysis.
  • Derive, allocate, trace and verify safety requirements across the engineering lifecycle.
  • Produce high-quality technical reports, presentations and client deliverables.
  • Contribute to safety working groups, assurance reviews, audits and multidisciplinary engineering decisions.
  • Build effective relationships with clients, delivery partners, operators, suppliers and assurance authorities.

Engineering

Location

Various locations

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-165939

Salary range

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Sudhan Prabhu

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About you

Essential experience and attributes

  • Relevant experience delivering safety engineering or safety assurance in a defence environment, gained through industry, MOD or the Armed Forces, including contributing to safety cases, safety assessments, hazard logs or structured risk-management activities.
  • An understanding of systems engineering and the engineering lifecycle, with the ability to analyse technical information and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • A collaborative, curious and delivery-focused approach, with the confidence to ask questions and seek support when needed.
  • A relevant degree, technical qualification or demonstrable equivalent professional experience.

Desirable experience

  • Knowledge of Defence Safety Authority regulations, Def Stan 00-056, JSP 815, Unified SEMS or related domain policy and guidance.
  • Experience of Claims, Arguments and Evidence, Goal Structuring Notation, ALARP demonstration or independent assurance.
  • Experience using digital safety, requirements or risk-management tools.
  • Professional registration, or active progress towards IEng or CEng, and membership of a relevant institution such as the IET, SaRS, IMechE, IExpE or RAeS.

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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