Assurance Standards, Criteria & Evidence Requirements

• Define what "safe to operate" means for Solutions — including the assurance criteria, evidence requirements, and acceptance thresholds that must be met before a system is approved for deployment, client delivery, or live operations.
• Set the standard for how risk acceptance decisions are taken across Solutions — including who has authority, what evidence is required, and how decisions are recorded and traceable.
• Define what design and engineering evidence must be produced across the Solutions lifecycle (e.g. FMEA, design review outputs, test results, configuration records) — and ensure the Advisor and project teams can deliver against those requirements.
• Own the assurance approach for Solutions as a whole — ensuring it is consistent across the portfolio, proportionate to the delivery context, and credible to external audiences including clients, regulators, and auditors.
• Represent HSEQ in Solutions governance forums, bid/no-bid reviews, contract reviews, and programme steering groups.

Hands-On Advisory Contribution (transitional)

• In the first 12 months, while the Solutions HSEQ team is being established, the Lead will carry direct advisory work on priority Solutions projects alongside the framework-building responsibilities above. This includes attending design reviews, supporting readiness assessments, and contributing to client-facing assurance activities where capacity requires it.
• This hands-on advisory load will reduce as the team is onboarded and established. The Lead's steady-state focus is framework ownership, assurance standards, senior stakeholder engagement, and team leadership — not ongoing project-level delivery.

Team Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Line manage the Solutions HSEQ Advisor (and any future Solutions HSEQ resources).
• Act as the single senior HSEQ interface for Solutions leadership — building trust, credibility, and a shared understanding of how HSEQ adds value in a fast-paced, engineering-led environment.
• Facilitate coordination between engineering, commercial, and operations teams to ensure HSEQ is integrated early and practically — not imposed late.
• Build capability within Solutions project teams so that routine HSEQ expectations are understood and applied without permanent HSEQ presence.
• Contribute to broader HSEQ leadership — including cross-functional alignment with Data Services, Quality Governance, and the Management System & Assurance function.

Security Clearance & Export Controls

• This role involves access to UK Government / UK MoD customer information and export-controlled data. Appointment is subject to candidates being eligible for and able to obtain/hold UKSV Security Check (SC) clearance, as required by contract, and to ongoing compliance with information security obligations and export controls (including ITAR, where applicable). DV clearance eligibility is highly desirable.
• Candidates must be sole UK nationals for security clearance purposes.

Essential

• Significant experience in HSEQ, safety assurance, or system safety leadership within defence, maritime, aerospace, autonomous systems, or complex engineering environments.
• Demonstrable experience building or shaping HSEQ frameworks — ideally in an environment where processes were still maturing.
• Strong understanding of system-level assurance: design evidence, engineering acceptability, FMEA, readiness and mobilisation frameworks.
• Experience working with defence or sovereign customers where assurance expectations are non-negotiable and externally scrutinised.
• Understanding of export controls, security clearance requirements, and how they constrain delivery.
• Knowledge of relevant ISO standards (9001, 45001, 14001) and their practical application in engineering-led environments.
• NEBOSH IGC Certificate or equivalent; further qualifications in system safety, quality, or assurance desirable.
• Eligible for and able to obtain UKSV SC clearance; sole UK national required.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills — able to influence at senior levels and build credibility with engineering teams.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, scaling environments with compressed timelines and evolving designs.

Desirable

• Experience with autonomous or remote systems, uncrewed vessels, or robotics.
• Familiarity with relevant defence assurance standards (e.g. DEF STAN 00-56, IEC 61508, or equivalent).
• DV clearance eligibility.
• Chartered IOSH membership, or equivalent.
• Experience leading small teams and developing junior HSEQ professionals.

Salary

Salary for this position: Up to £75,000 per annum

Salary: The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required.

What You Can Expect

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