Safety Engineering Specialist / Engineer

Description

At General Dynamics Land Systems we put our Customers at the centre of everything we do. Our commitment to protect and enable the people who serve drives us to develop products and systems that give them a clear advantage for mission success. We are looking for passionate individuals to help us deliver innovative, unique solutions to our Customers.

Key Job Elements:

• Collaborate with design teams to eliminate operational & maintenance hazards, Occupational Health hazards, Hazardous Materials and Environmentally damaging material during vehicle design
• Conduct system safety assessment and surveillance of automotive subsystem during design and development
• Maintain and execute program system safety duties 
• Evaluate customer requirements for ESOH and determine vehicle compliance
• Support System Engineering Department in the decomposition of customer safety requirements into subsystem level ESOH related requirements
• Plan and conduct, as required, ESOH testing (Noise Testing, Air Quality Testing) to determine compliance to contract and/or system specification requirements
• Generate, as required, product Safety, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials and Environmental Impact reports to be submitted to the Customer

 Required Qualifications:

• Degree in an ESOH discipline or equivalent (engineering, environmental, industrial hygiene, etc)
• Experienced in conducting safety analyses
• Knowledge of Safety Engineering Principles, Design Standards and able to assess if concept designs are likely to achieve numerical safety targets
• Knowledge of automotive system design
• Advanced knowledge of international and local safety, occupational health and environmental standards (legislative and design)
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment with minimal supervision
• Strong communication, organization and prioritization skills
• Ability to travel (5% Cdn) and (5% US & International) and possess/be able to acquire and maintain a valid passport
• Must be able to meet Anthropometrical Size Requirements for confined space

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in System Safety in product design
• Experience in applying safety related Military Standards (i.e.: MIL-STD-882, MIL-HDBK-764) to product design
• Professional certification in safety (i.e.: CRSP, CHSC, CSP, ROHT, CIH or equivalent)
• Able to construct and update Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analyses (ETA)
• An understanding of Functional Safety and ISO 26262
• Familiarity with Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS)