Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer

Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer (Bristol)

Help shape safer, cleaner next-generation maritime platforms. We’re looking for a Principal Safety & Environmental Engineer to lead safety and environmental engineering across complex naval and government ship design programmes—working with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders to keep risk controlled and compliance clear.

What you’ll do

• Own and evolve Safety and Environmental Management Plans aligned to customer needs and regulatory frameworks.
• Set project strategy across the full lifecycle: design, build, test, acceptance, in-service and disposal.
• Drive “design for safety” and environmental performance—identifying hazards/aspects early and reducing risk to ALARP.
• Deliver and assure core artefacts (e.g., Hazard Logs, environmental registers, safety cases/justifications and compliance matrices).
• Define scopes for supplier...