Job Detail

OME Safety

• Field: Military/Government
• Deadline: 2026-01-25 09:01
• Bristol

OME Safety Consultants 
50-80K DOE + Bens 

This permanent opportunity offers a hybrid working model with travel to Bristol and client sites. It suits experienced professionals with current SC clearance and a background in , Weapons, Ordnance, Munitions & Explosives systems safety, or defence engineering.

What You’ll Be Doing You’ll work directly with clients, providing specialist consultancy services and supporting business development. Your engineering expertise will help shape the design, operation, and maintenance of complex systems ensuring technical risks are identified, communicated, and managed, and that safety is never compromised.

You’ll join a team delivering some of the most advanced WOME programmes in the UK, including:

Directed energy weapons
Hypersonics
Autonomous ordnance clearance
Conventional weapons
Strategic deterrent systemsYour work will span multiple platforms including air, land, sea, and sub-surface environments.

Key Responsibilities
Authoring safety management plans and safety cases
Undertaking detailed hazard and risk analyses
Deriving and demonstrating compliance with safety requirements
Conducting WOME integration studies across platforms
Supporting WOME certification and qualification programmesWhat You’ll Need
Degree-level education (or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline
Current SC clearance
Experience in WOME or OME delivery, ideally across defence platforms
Experience in safety management plans and safety cases, and undertaking detailed hazard and risk analyses.Desirable
Chartered status with the UK Engineering Council
Prior consultancy experienceSalary and Benefits
Salary: £50,000 to £80,000 depending on experience
Bonus: Annual bonus linked to company and individual performance
Leave: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with additional loyalty leave
Pension: Matched contributions up to 8% from day one
Healthcare: Private medical cover
Protection: Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection (75% of salary)
Development: Targeted professional development and paid membership fees
Lifestyle: Cycle to work and EV lease salary sacrifice schemes
Support: Family-friendly policies