Submarine Safety Consultant – Bristol

Submarine Safety Consultant (UK Defence / Naval)

Location: Bristol (hybrid)

On-site: Typically 3 days a week (some flexibility)

Clearance: Active SC required (must already hold)

Type: Permanent preferred

Salary: £65,000 – £85,000

A specialist consultancy supporting a major UK naval/defence programme is seeking a Submarine Safety Consultant to embed safety engineering throughout the design phase of a complex platform programme. You’ll work in a multi-party delivery environment, supporting safety governance, hazard management and safety case delivery across key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and support whole-platform “whole boat” hazard identification and analysis during design.
• Define, manage and track safety targets and associated safety requirements.
• Apply and improve the project’s safety processes and safety management approach.
• Produce, review and maintain safety case inputs and supporting evidence packs.
• Contribute to technical reviews, assurance activities, and stakeholder working groups across partner organisations.
• Demonstrable hands‑on safety engineering experience in submarines or warships (or closely related naval platforms).
• Strong working knowledge of hazard management and safety case lifecycle delivery.
• Experience operating effectively across multiple stakeholders/organisations in a delivery setting.
• Able to work on‑site in Bristol as required.
• Active SC clearance (cannot be put forward without it).

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