Functional Safety Engineer

Functional Safety Engineer - Hybrid - Warwickshire - Electrical/Controls - £60-68k + overtime 30 days holiday + bonus + enhanced pension contribution

Samuel Frank is recruiting a qualified Functional Safety Engineer for a Warwickshire based specialist engineering company reviewing and assessing projects for their safety levels.

Key aspects of the Functional Safety Engineer role include;

• Product safety background would be ideal, for example brake systems on cars or trains would be perfect. Client open to a qualified Functional Safety Engineer who has unrelated industry experience who can cross train though.
• Huge opportunity for growth and professional development - the successful Functional Safety Engineer could progress and ultimately head up Functional Safety at group level in years to come
• Perform safety analysis (FMEA, FTA, LOPA etc.) and risk assessments (e.g. SIL determination) for new and existing systems
• Assist with the development of the company's Functional Safety Lifecycle & Functional Safety Management Plan
• Experience with safety-related PLCs, sensors and actuators
• Hybrid working - 1 day per week in the office once you're up and running
• 80% of the role will be based either at home or in the office with the remaining 20% based on customer sites - could be Europe, US or South Africa - typical duration of a trip is 1 week, 2 weeks maximum
• Standard working week is 40 hours - Monday to Friday overtime hours are paid at x1.25, Weekend overtime hours are paid at x1.5 and bank Holidays paid at x2.0
• TUV Rheinland or equivalent Functional Safety Engineer certification.

The office element to the Functional Safety Engineer's role will be based in Warwickshire and is easily commutable from the following places - Coventry, Birmingham, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Redditch, Nuneaton, Rugby, Daventry and Northampton. Given the amount of home working that's involved, the successful Functional Safety Engineer could live much further away.

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