1 Year Programme
Comprehensive internal and external training provided across many aspects of systems safety, such as safety methodologies/techniques
Join Our 2024 Safety Engineer Training Programme
An exciting and unique opportunity to join our 1 year training programme
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Develop Your Career in Safety Engineering
We’re launching a new training programme for the next generation of safety engineers.
Stirling Dynamics is an advanced engineering company that provides high-end engineering products and services. We have created a Safety Engineer training programme designed for engineers who have some experience within Systems Engineering and are looking to change specialisms.
Our new training programme provides opportunities to work across all stages of the design cycle from concept phase through to certification, giving you a broad range of experience to develop your career.
We are developing the next generation of Aerospace Safety engineers
We're looking for multiple talented engineers who are seeking new opportunities to develop and grow their skills towards a career in safety.
If you're experienced in systems engineering and would like to build a career within safety, we'd like to welcome you to our team!
You’ll be involved from Day 1, given a unique opportunity to work on varied projects within commercial aviation, marine, and advanced air mobility.
You will broaden your wider engineering skills by working in multi-disciplinary teams, engaging with customers, and helping contribute to the business’ internal safety techniques and processes.
If you'd like an informal chat to learn more, contact us via recruitment@stirling-dynamics.com
– Leigh Henson, Technical Manager, Systems and Safety
More About the Training Programme
You'll have the chance to develop safety engineering knowledge while working alongside technical experts on a wide range of client projects.
Classroom-based Training
The training programme will consist of internally run training sessions from our experienced Safety Engineers, as well as an intensive externally run Safety Engineer training course
Real Client Projects
You'll be introduced to a variety of clients projects and programmes
Personalised Guidance & Support
You'll receive support and guidance from our from senior and principal engineers
Certification
Once the training is completed, you'll get a certificate as recognition of your achievement
Our Previous Training Programme
We have already run a very successful training programme in our Loads & Aeroelastics team. We were very proud to award certificates of completion to four graduate engineers.
Courage
Bold thinkers and doers
We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance.
Excellence
Changing the game together
We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset.
Collaboration
Teamwork and emotional intelligence
Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks.
Respect
A hive of different profiles
We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always.
Accountability
We are reliable.
We are reliable. We celebrate our successes; we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our “right to fail” as an opportunity to bounce back and progress.
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary and bonus scheme, a generous pension contribution and flexible working hours to help you balance your work/life demands. Please see some of the key benefits listed below.
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Annual Leave
Employees receive 25 days’ annual leave per year, plus Bank/Public Holidays, this increases to 30 days with long service. Employees can also request to buy or sell up to 5 days leave each year.
Annual leave can be booked in hourly increments and employees have the additional flexibility of being able to book a day off based on the minimum core hours if they still meet their weekly contracted hours.
As part of our CSR policy, we also have a volunteering pot of hours that employees can apply to use during the year. -
Salary sacrifice schemes
Employees can make tax and National Insurance savings through their pension contributions; bike purchases through our Cycle to Work scheme; charitable giving and childcare vouchers (for existing members).
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Health & Wellbeing
We offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits including a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme helpline for employees and their immediate family members, discounts on gyms, fitness trackers and running trainers. a free annual eye test, free fruit in the office and training and awareness campaigns on mental health and wellbeing.
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Flexible working
Our core hours of attendance are 10 am - 3.00 pm Monday - Thursday and 10 am - 12.30 pm on Fridays, allowing for flexibility in the working day.
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Pension Scheme
We operate a competitive company contribution pension scheme for all employees which allows contributions to be made on a salary sacrifice basis. We also pay for the services of a third-party pensions advisor who gives quarterly presentations and is available for individual meetings throughout the year.
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Rewards
All employees have the opportunity to nominate their colleagues every quarter for an Employee Recognition Award, and to recognise and say thank you for long service, we offer Long Service Awards for every 5 years’ service.
Additionally, we encourage recommendations from existing employees for any employee roles that we are recruiting. If successful, the referrer will receive a bonus upon completion of the probationary period.
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Competitive salary and bonus
We offer a competitive salary and an annual bonus scheme. The bonus is linked to company performance and recognises employees’ individual efforts.
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Sickness support & life assurance
Employees can receive up to 6 months’ salary as sick pay in a rolling 12-month period. All employees also benefit from Permanent Health Insurance, providing long term sickness cover for up to 5 years.
We also offer Private Medical Insurance (PMI) as well as a Cash Plan which covers the excess on any claims on the PMI. We also offer Occupational Health assessments where appropriate to support employees returning to work following sickness or injury.
Lastly, a lump sum of three times your gross annual salary is paid out if the worst happens to you, to help your loved one’s cope financially.
What our employees say
"The scheme has been a great experience, giving me an opportunity to rapidly advance my skillset beyond university, work with highly experienced engineers, and gain valuable project experience. I’m excited to pick up greater responsibilities and work on more diverse projects in the future."
Bart Sharp
Loads & Aeroelastics Engineer
"The Scheme was an excellent introduction to the niche engineering capabilities at Stirling Dynamics. We have explored a comprehensive range of topics. Expert engineers in each area across the company led the sessions, giving us the opportunity to engage with various professionals across Stirling. It provided us a seamless transition from academic study to the professional realm, equipping us with valuable skills and knowledge."
Keshav Ramdawor
Loads & Aeroelastics Engineer
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