Simon Venables

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ABOUT SIMON VENABLES

A respected and highly competent Principal Safety Engineer with experience of Aviation, Land and Marine safety. Responsible for multiple projects across the domains and the identification and analysis of Hazards, production and management of Hazard Logs, Safety Management Plans and Safety Case reports to Def Stan 00-056 standard. Experienced in GSN / CAE, FMEA / FMECA, FTA and limited experience of Event Tree Analysis. Fully conversant with MAA regulatory Publications and the ASPIRE toolkit. Significant experience of using Def Stan 00-056 and it\'s application to complex projects. Recent projects have included Typhoon, Airborne CBRN equipment, Sea Surveillance Radar upgrades, C-17 Safety Argument review and Loss model updates, C-130 Safety argument review and Safety Assessment. Holder of delegated authority for Technical Peer Review and Design Certification Safety Adviser signatory. A highly disciplined and reliable Chartered Manager with over 16 years’ demonstrable experience in the direct line management of up to 15 staff. Adaptable, resourceful and capable of working under pressure in adverse conditions and hostile worldwide environments with limited resources and tight timescales. A motivated and confident individual who ensures output efficiency whilst implementing decisions; displaying logic and initiative to manage multiple work streams whilst maintaining standards and team focus in time critical situations. With over 30 years mechanical engineering maintenance experience in safety critical environments, he is highly skilled in all forms of communication, particularly written technical documentation with demonstrable experience in the creation and publication of high-quality outputs within a configuration-controlled environment.