Senior Human Factors Engineer – Safety-Critical Defence Systems

Babcock Canada Inc.; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent defence contractor is seeking a Senior Human Factors Engineer in Plymouth, UK. This full-time, hybrid position focuses on human-centred engineering in high-hazard environments. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in human factors, particularly in safety assessments, and will mentor junior team members. The role offers competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and contributions towards pension and health benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Human Factors within high-hazard industries.
• Strong understanding of safety-assessment principles.
• Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative Human Reliability Analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide human-factors advice and guidance across the business.
• Undertake human-factors assessment work and manage assessments.
• Prepare scopes of work and cost estimates for human-factors tasks.
• Support mentoring of junior members of the human-factors team.

Skills

Human Factors in high-hazard industries

Safety-assessment principles

Human Reliability Analysis techniques

Applying human-factors knowledge to engineering

Education

Degree in Human Factors or related field

Job description

A prominent defence contractor is seeking a Senior Human Factors Engineer in Plymouth, UK. This full-time, hybrid position focuses on human-centred engineering in high-hazard environments. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in human factors, particularly in safety assessments, and will mentor junior team members. The role offers competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and contributions towards pension and health benefits.