As a Principal Land Safety Consultant at AtkinsRéalis, you will serve as the technical lead for safety management across major Defence programmes and consultancy projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and shaping safety outcomes. You will mentor engineers, drive innovation in safety practices, and contribute to business growth through proposals and client engagement.
What You'll Do
- Be the recognised Subject Matter Expert for Land Safety within project teams.
- Lead and assure the delivery of safety management systems, safety cases and regulatory compliance activities.
- Provide authoritative advice on DSA and Defence Standards (e.g., Def Stan 00-056).
- Translate complex, often ambiguous safety challenges into clear, actionable strategies for clients.
- Drive innovation — including digital tools, new methodologies and data-led approaches.
- Mentor and develop safety engineers, shaping the next generation of specialists.
- Identify and shape future opportunities with new and existing clients.
- Lead and contribute to bid activity, proposals and work-winning initiatives.
What We're Looking For
- A proven track record delivering safety management and safety cases at enterprise, platform or system level.
- Solid working knowledge of Defence safety regulations and DSA/DS standards.
- Ability to interrogate and interpret safety data to identify risk, gaps and improvement opportunities.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills — able to motivate teams and influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong client relationships that contribute to new business opportunities, specifically experience in win-work, developing proposals and providing technical assurance.
- An understanding of Defence, MOD, major primes, or wider safety-critical industries.
Nice to Have
- Broader domain knowledge (e.g., Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives).
- Experience navigating certification regimes (civil or Defence).
- Interest or experience in digital approaches to safety engineering.
- An engineering degree or related qualification.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it.
Technical Stack
- Defence Standards (e.g., Def Stan 00-056)
- DSA regulations
- Safety management systems
- Safety cases
- Regulatory compliance frameworks
- Digital safety tools
- Data-led safety methodologies
Team & Environment
- collaborative community of safety specialists, engineers, technologists and consultants
- multi-disciplinary team focused on innovation and rigour in safety engineering
Benefits & Compensation
- Real influence on high-profile programmes
- Opportunities to shape the direction of the Land Safety capability
- Flexible & hybrid working
- Clear pathways for professional registration
- Access to a huge network of technical specialists and innovation programmes
- Competitive salaries
- Employee rewards
- A brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Hybrid working culture
- Flexible holiday allowances
Work Mode
- hybrid
- flexible and remote-working policies, hybrid working culture, flexible holiday allowances
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
