Principal Land Safety Consultant

Principal Land Safety Consultant

Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 + £5,800 car allowance + 5-10% bonus

Locations: Bristol, Epsom, Cheltenham, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow

Job Type: Hybrid or fully-remote

Security Clearance: SC (or higher)

Summary

As a Principal Land Safety Consultant, you will be the technical lead for safety management across significant Defence programmes and bespoke consultancy engagements whilst also contributing to growth in the practice. You'll:

• 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.

About you

We're looking for a senior practitioner who can bring confidence, clarity and leadership to safety activities. You'll have:

• 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.

Experience of the following would also be highly advantageous:

• 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.