Jr. System Safety Engineer
Gibbs & Cox

Arlington, Virginia

Posted in Defence and Military


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Gibbs & Cox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is the largest independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in the United States. Since our founding in 1929, 24 classes of combatants and nearly 7,000 vessels have been built to Gibbs & Cox designs. We proudly support military and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally with all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management. Our passion is solving our customers' 21st century maritime challenges with quality and integrity.

General Description

Gibbs & Cox, a well-established consulting and engineering firm in the Washington, D.C. area, is looking for a Jr System Safety Engineer/Manager with a solid technical background who is looking to join a dynamic and growing team that provides technical consulting services to diversified clients including the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, foreign military, commercial maritime and commercial transportation industries. Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills as well as the ability to fully integrate with a multidisciplinary team are required. The Jr. System Safety Engineer will support the system safety programs for a number of new ship acquisition programs to optimize all aspects of safety within the constraints of operational effectiveness, time, and cost throughout all phases of the system lifecycle.

Location: Onsite in Arlington VA, will consider remote for a more experienced engineer

Responsibilities include:

  • Providing system safety program management and engineering support to government clients including integrating all system safety domain areas; environmental, safety, occupational health, and software, into ship design and acquisition activities by reviewing contractor plans, reports, and other products in support of new construction ship design
  • Establishing system safety requirements, ensuring compliance to those requirements, identifying hazards and acceptable risk resolution, and safety testing/verification.
  • Providing hands-on technical system safety support by performing system safety reviews of designs, prototypes and as-built production systems; and perform the appropriate hazard analyses to ensure that risk are mitigated to an acceptable level and mitigation measures are effectively incorporated into system designs.
  • Conducting system safety research and studies including the development of plans, pilot testing, data collection and analysis and reporting.
  • Participating in multidisciplinary engineering and system safety working groups and working independently to identify and resolve system safety issues and ensure customer needs are met.
Education:

Bachelor's degree in safety, system safety, systems engineering, environmental science or related field required. Advanced degree preferred.

Required Skills:
  • 0-2 years of experience in applying system safety, systems engineering or other related discipline to the design and evaluation of complex systems.
  • Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, and a background in working with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Commitment and interest in maritime environmental, safety and health technical areas(s), including system safety, risk management, system engineering, etc.
  • Experience in providing technical meeting support.
  • Proficiency in standard MS Office suite and CAD.
  • US Citizenship and an Active US Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain a US Secret Clearance
Desired Skills:

  • Background in software development and software engineering.
  • Experience with surface ships in US Navy, US Coast Guard and other DOD and maritime environments preferred.
  • Familiarity with the DOD/DON acquisitions process and experience in supporting large programs.
  • Experience in applying MIL-STD-882E and performing the 'tasks' and hazard analysis outlined in the standard to the design of systems; specification development and identification of safety critical items/functions; and experience with hazard analysis techniques (FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, etc.).
  • Familiarity with the development and management of hazard management/tracking systems.
  • Experience with hazard and risk identification, assessment and management software packages.
  • Experience with development of complex, mission critical or safety-critical software systems
  • Ability to meet the Principal for Safety (PFS) requirements outlined in the Naval Sea Systems Command Instruction 5100.12B (System Safety Engineering Policy) within 18 months of hire.
Security Requirements
Applicant will be subject to a security investigation and must meet the eligibility requirements to obtain and maintain a security clearance issued by the US Government. In addition to the security clearance, this position may require an additional background screening for base access.

Gibbs & Cox is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The VEVRAA, VEVRAA | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov), covers veterans.

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