Senior/Principal Safety Consultant - Defence

Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

As a Principal/Senior Safety Consultant, you will be responsible for the delivery of Technical Assurance, safety case and environmental management services for a wide range of projects, primarily across all the defence domains; land, maritime, air, nuclear and, command and control domains. Experience of implementing safety and or environmental management in the defence industry is essential with experience from other high hazard sectors, such as oil and gas or chemical industry being of interest.

This role is hybrid, with candidates considered from the whole of the South of England and due to variety of workload we will consider Senior, Principal or Consultant level applicants.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken here at RPS candidates will be required to undergo the security clearance process.

As RPS, our people are our success. RPS require people who share our passion for solving the problems that matter. Our Dynamic team creates greater collaboration and speed of communication. Our teams have some of the brightest minds in the industry, we’ll need your input.

About The Team

The RPS Defence team has been a leading provider of technical assurance in defence safety and risk consultancy services to clients in the UK for over 30 years. We provide our core safety and environmental assessment services, including management support and independent audit to both MOD and defence supply chain organisations and some other non defence, exciting technology based clients.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in over than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing lasting relationships and frameworks with clients
• Perform safety and or environmental management support and Independent Safety and/or Environmental Audit across a range of domains
• Lead and mentor junior staff
• Business and service development support
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• Understanding of UK safety regulations and supporting assessment techniques and software tools.
• Understanding of UK Defence Sector.
  
  

Core Competencies Include

• Hazard identification and analysis
• Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment
• Safety Case and Hazard Log development
• Independent Safety Audit
• Degree held within a STEM subject and working to Chartership
• Excellent numeracy, reporting writing, attention to detail and time management skills
• Self-motivated team player with interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic and looking to learn new skills
• Be able to multitask and work within budget and deadlines
  
  

Because of the nature of the work we undertake, this post is required to meet special nationality rules and therefore is only open to British Citizens (as defined in the British Nationality Act 1981). All selected candidates will also be expected to be able to hold SC or DV clearance.

What’s in it for you?

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

What happens next?

The selection process is likely to be a two-stage competency and behavioural interview. Initial interview via MS Teams and then if successful followed by an interview at the office in Basingstoke.

All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.

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We know we develop better solutions together. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

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