SLCM-N Safety Engineer (Mid-level) Job Listing at SPA in Washington, DC (Job ID 2025-19681)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Reports to Maritime Plaza, Washington DC, up to full-time, based upon the needs of the client.
• Active SECRET or higher DoD security clearance.
• 5+ years of experience as a System Safety Engineer.
• Strong Communication skills with experience briefing senior/executive leadership on projects, system concepts, or design decisions.
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute workload to meet requirements and deadlines and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment conducting analysis with uncertainties or incomplete data.
• Capable of breaking down complex issues into simplified problem statements and laying out objective approaches to identify and compare the merits of competing solutions.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM field, or Master's Degree in a related field.
• Experience in any of the following: nuclear weapons safety, Navy weapons safety, explosives safety, flight testing safety, technical review panels, safety data packages, multi-discipline working groups.
• Active DoD TOP SECRET security clearance.

The Safety Engineer will support Navy SSP in providing vision, direction, and oversight of safety planning in support of Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) Program. They will act as primary liaison with other safety working groups supporting the program. They will report to top level systems engineering team concerning all SLCM-N safety updates and issues and coordinate with the contractor government safety team to address safety hazards and environmental impacts, identifying and documenting all potential hazards, related mishaps, and associated risk information specific to the SSB. The disciplines covered include discrepancy reporting, training and certification, documentation change control, configuration control, material review systems, corrective action systems, and process proofing. In addition, the Engineer will identify safety areas of responsibility pertinent to support the weapon system. Areas of responsibility include (but are not limited to): weapons systems safety, explosive safety, environmental and asset safety, transportation and logistics safety, fire prevention, lightning protection and grounding, as well as Occupational Safety and Health, and hazardous material (HAZMAT) safety.