Explosives Safety Consultant

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors and who is looking for multiple experienced professionals to join them on permanent basis. This role is for a Explosives Safety Consultant located in Bristol.  

Job Description:  

Our client's growing team embraces the definitions of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and belonging in a vibrant workplace. Resilience Engineering, making the world safe, secure, and sustainable; through Safety Engineering, Asset and Data Analytics whilst solving the Engineering challenges of the future.  

They offer a range of engineering, technical and strategic advisory services to a wide breadth of markets and clients. They are seeking a senior consultant with ideally a good understanding of the Defence market to provide guidance and direction in the development of WOME safety management solutions for their clients.  

Responsibilities:  

- Support to sales.  

- Assurance of work undertaken by project teams.  

- Providing a vision of future needs to support the development of capability.  

- They require individuals who have self-motivation and enthusiasm, a willingness to learn and develop new skills and possess professional characteristics. You will be looking to make the next step in their career and to join a team that will provide all the opportunities for further progression that come with being part of a growing business.  

- You will be working with their clients to deliver WOME related projects; other safety related projects and will have the opportunity to inspire and be inspired by colleagues in offices across the UK and the globe.

- Professional in approach and performance, with a proven background.  

- Understanding and application of Joint Service Publication (JSP) 520 / DSA02.OME.  

- Development and update of WOME Safety & Environmental Case Reports.  

- Understanding of the Ordnance Safety Review Panel (OSRP) process.  

- Experience in the implementation of Safety Management Systems and the interpretation and analysis of results.  

- Working Knowledge of Industry, NATO STANAGs and Defence Standards, e.g. Def Stan 00-035, 07-085.  

- Experienced in developing proposals and providing technical assurance.  

- Develop innovative Safety Management solutions to support operations.  

- Manage and motivate project teams through strong interpersonal and leadership skills.  

- Build sustainable relationships with clients and develop future business opportunities.  

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills commensurate with the role, including the preparation and presentation of reports to both internal and external clients.  

- Knowledge of the Defence, Aerospace and wider markets, or major contractor’s experience.  

Desirable criteria:  

- Chartered Engineer or equivalent or working towards it.  

- Understanding of AOP-15 and Safety & Suitability for Service assessments.  

- Understanding of Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016.  

- Understanding of The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015.  

- Knowledge and awareness of their discipline and related disciplines and their developments across varied markets including Defence.  

- Expertise in hazard and safety risk management.  

- Knowledge, awareness, and ability to generate Safety assessments.  

- Knowledge and experience of working in wider markets and the ability to sell their related discipline capability to internal and external clients and across varied markets.