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Functional Safety Engineer

Kinetic Solutions Group · Sheffield

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SCX is a leading UK engineering business delivering innovative mechanical handling, control systems and kinetic architecture solutions across the Defence, Nuclear, Aerospace, Infrastructure and Sports & Entertainment sectors. We're looking for a Functional Safety Engineer to join our team, helping to design and deliver high-integrity control systems for some of the UK's most technically challenging engineering projects. What you'll be doing You'll play a key role in ensuring our control systems are safe, compliant and delivered to the highest engineering standards. You'll:

  • Design and develop safety-related control systems for complex engineering projects.
  • Produce technical documentation, safety specifications and design calculations.
  • Carry out risk assessments, system verification and validation activities.
  • Support Factory and Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT).
  • Work closely with clients and project teams to deliver safe, high-quality solutions.
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote best practice in functional and machinery safety. What we're looking for You'll be degree-qualified in Electrical, Control or a related engineering discipline, with experience designing safety-related control systems in an industrial or regulated environment. Ideally, you'll have experience with:
  • Functional and machinery safety standards (such as

Bs En

13849,

Bs En

61508 or

Bs En

62061).

  • Electrical design tools such as Eplan.
  • PLC/HMI platforms including Siemens, Rockwell or Schneider.
  • Safety validation, risk assessments and technical documentation. Experience within Defence, Nuclear, Aerospace or other safety-critical industries would be advantageous. Why join SCX?
  • Work on innovative, high-profile engineering projects across multiple sectors.
  • Flexible start and finish times around core working hours.
  • 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Buy up to 3 additional days' holiday.
  • Salary sacrifice pension scheme.
  • Long service holiday awards.
  • Employee referral scheme. If you're looking to develop your career in functional safety while working on complex, industry-leading engineering projects, we'd love to hear from you.