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. Requirements are scheduled to run until 14/10/2024 or 110 days (whichever comes sooner) and offer a competitive day rate inside IR35.

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.

The Safety Manager will be required to:

• 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 artefacts to time and quality requirements.

• The Safety Manager shall advise the 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 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

• Working within the DE&S ITS-SED ASEP Mode-1 resource augmentation team, deployed within the Air Domain.
• Practitioner level experience of DE&S safety management systems and processes (POSMS).
• Practitioner level experience of leading air safety management tasks.
• Practitioner level experience (Plan creation and update) of:
• Safety and Environmental Management Plans.
• Safety Case / Safety Case Report.
• Hazard Logs
• Hazard identification and assessment.
• Operation of safety review meetings.
• Type Certification Experience
• Working within DE&S Air Domain
• Working within DAT
• Fault and Event Tree (FTA / ETA).
• BowTie assessment.
• Safety arguments (CAE / GSN).
• Knowledge of applicable legislation, regulation and standards and defence policy.