Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Job Title: Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Location: Halifax, NS.

Salary: $85,206 – $140,000

What you’ll be doing:

• You will establish and maintain a comprehensive register of UK and Canadian legal and regulatory requirements relevant to the River Class Destroyer (RCD), ensuring up-to-date and accurate documentation.
• You will be responsible for mapping Canadian legal and regulatory requirements to UK and European standards, ensuring all mappings are accurately reflected in the RCD database for compliance purposes.
• Be the primary point of contact between the central Governance team and the RCD project teams, you will monitor any amendments or updates to current legal and regulatory requirements, ensuring seamless communication and compliance alignment.
• Work closely with Delivery Teams and Technical Authorities (TAs) to confirm and identify applicable legal and regulatory requirements, assisting in the gathering and verification of compliance statements and evidence.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive body of evidence to demonstrate that all legal and regulatory requirements have been met, or equivalence has been demonstrated, ensuring robust documentation for audit and regulatory purposes.

Your skills and experiences:

• Applicants should ideally be degree qualified or have equivalent experience, likely to be in a technology, engineering, science or IT related discipline.
• Solid knowledge of the Canada Gazette.
• Extensive knowledge of Canadian legislative frameworks and how they operate, particularly in relation to compliance and regulatory matters.
• A solid understanding of maritime legal and regulatory aspects, including relevant laws, standards, and operational requirements in the maritime sector.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a generous annual leave allowance and paid sick leave. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, group health, dental, and vision benefits as well as life insurance – you may also be eligible for an annual bonus.

In addition, you will also be entitled to a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) company match of up to 5% of your annual salary.

The Engineering team:

You will be joining the endeavour to deliver Canada’s largest Defence Procurement and the build programme as part of the BAE Systems River Class Destroyer team. We are based both in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Glasgow, United Kingdom. This collaborative, cross-regional team works seamlessly together as one unified group. In your role, you will serve as a key point of contact between our smaller team in Canada and the larger team in the UK, ensuring smooth communication, alignment, and coordination across both regions. Based in the Halifax office, you will be part of a supportive and dynamic team that is dedicated to helping each other succeed and achieving our collective project goals.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: April 24, 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.