Senior Machinery Safety Consultant

About Cenheard Limited

Cenheard is a high-growth engineering and health & safety consultancy headquartered in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. We bridge the gap between regulatory health and safety management and complex, hands-on machinery safety engineering. Operating across the full machinery compliance lifecycle, we help industrial manufacturers and OEMs navigate complex legislation with clarity and technical rigor. Every project we deliver is peer-reviewed under our BS EN ISO 9001 Quality Management System, combining technical excellence with practical, real-world solutions.

Position summary

We are seeking an experienced, highly competent Senior Machinery Safety Consultant to lead our high-level functional safety and compliance projects. Acting as a technical authority, you will take full ownership of Phase 1 design risk assessments and functional safety specifications, hold independent Technical Construction File (TCF) publishing sign-off authority, and lead client-facing compliance projects from initial scoping through to final UKCA / CE certification. This is a senior position designed to provide immediate technical leadership, mentor junior consulting staff, and act as a peer review authority within our ISO 9001 QMS framework.

Renumeration & benefits

Job title: Senior Machinery Safety Consultant.

Job type: Permanent.

Salary: 65k - £80k per annum.

Bonus: Performance driven bonus scheme.

Hours: 40hrs / week.

Offset travel model: Beyond reasonable travel to client site’s accrued in 1-for-1 Time Off in Lieu (TOIL). Holiday allowance: 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + extra day off for your Birthday (34 days total).

Pension scheme: Up to 7% matched pension scheme.

Vehicle: Car allowance or salary sacrifice lease.

Expenses: Plus, full meal, overnight, and travel expenses covered in line with HMRC rates (currently £0.55p/mile).

Healthcare: Comprehensive private healthcare coverage.

Professional subscriptions: All professional body memberships paid in full (e.g. IET, InstMC, IMechE).

Hardware & mobility: Company laptop, mobile phone, and branded workwear.

Working flexibility: Hybrid working model split between client sites, report writing from home, and collaborative working at our Harrogate head office.

Values & mindset alignment

● PROTECT: Pride in protecting workforce safety and client capital investments.

● PEOPLE: Nurturing long-term relationships through fairness, honesty, and respect.

● ENGAGE: Ability to engage effectively across all levels—from shop-floor operators to board directors.

● PASSION: Enjoys complex problem-solving and technical engineering excellence.

● ACTION: Proactive, integrity-driven approach to achieving statutory compliance.

● SIMPLICITY: Practical engineering mindset—turning complex legislation into simple, actionable steps.

Key responsibilities across the compliance lifecycle

● HAZOP studies: Lead multidisciplinary Hazard and Operability Studies (BS EN 61882) for complex or integrated machinery lines to identify process risks during early project scoping.

● Design Risk Assessments (DRA): Author comprehensive, full-lifecycle risk evaluations in accordance with BS EN ISO 12100 across all machine life phases, establishing required risk reduction measures using the hierarchy of control.

● Safety Requirements Specifications (SRS): Author detailed Functional Safety Requirements Specifications (under BS EN ISO 13849) to define required performance levels (PLr), control architecture categories, safe states, manual reset behaviours, and fault reactions.

● SRP/CS reviews: Conduct technical design reviews of safety-related parts of control systems (SRP/CS) and review client/OEM Hardware Design Specifications (HDS) and schematics.

• Safety circuit verification: Perform mathematical modelling and verification using evaluation software (e.g. SISTEMA) to calculate Category, MTTFd, Diagnostic Coverage (DC), and Common Cause Failures (CCF).
• Safeguarding positioning: Calculate safety distances and light curtain / scanner positioning under BS EN ISO 13857 & BS EN ISO 13855.

● Safety Function Testing (SFT): Lead physical, component-level fault injection testing on client sites to validate that all safety inputs, logic solvers, and output channels return machinery to a safe state under fault conditions.

● Pre-PUWER inspections: Execute pre-commissioning assessments while OEMs and installers are on-site to identify non conformities early.

● UKCA / CE Technical Construction File (TCF) sign-off: Evaluate machinery against applicable Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs), review OEM Declarations of Conformity/Incorporation, compile complete audit-ready TCFs, and exercise full publishing sign-off authority.

● PUWER assessments: Perform post-commissioning compliance audits under PUWER ACOP L22, evaluating safe operating procedures (SOPs), LOTO, maintenance schedules, and operator training.

● OEM accountability: Support clients in holding OEM suppliers commercially and contractually accountable for rectifying non-conformances at supplier expense.

● Team mentoring & peer review: Serve as a technical mentor to machinery safety consultants and act as a designated peer reviewer under Cenheard's BS EN ISO 9001 quality framework.

Candidate profile & qualifications

● Engineering background: Time-served engineering apprenticeship or Level 4 HNC/HND / Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Control, Systems, or Mechatronics Engineering.

● Functional safety accreditation: Certified Machinery Safety Expert (CMSE) or TÜV Functional Safety Engineer / Expert certification.

● Standards & regulatory mastery: Extensive knowledge of BS EN ISO 12100, BS EN ISO 13849-1/-2, BS EN 60204-1, BS EN ISO 14120, BS EN ISO 13857, BS EN ISO 13855, and the UK Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations / EU Machinery Directive.

● Hands-on software & design competency: Direct experience using SISTEMA software, reading electrical/fluid schematics, and authoring SRS documentation.

● Mobility: Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel to client sites.

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