Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors. They are currently seeking a Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer located in Silchester, Aldershot, Bristol or Glasgow.  

Your Purpose:  

They want you to help them deliver a range of exciting major defence related programmes across the UK. This includes the design and construction of new infrastructure, life extensions and upgrades, maintaining ongoing operations, and decommissioning. You will be involved with all aspects of safety case support, including:  

- Shaping the nuclear safety case strategy.  

- Working closely with project partners to ensure a safety informed design.  

- Engaging with stakeholders to facilitate ‘Right First Time’ delivery.  

- Undertaking safety assessments and safety analysis.  

- Producing safety reports and other technical documents.  

Responsibilities:  

The role will entail providing safety case support throughout the design life of a facility and/or operation. You will support their clients in managing nuclear safety and ensuring compliance with Licence Conditions and/or Authorisation Condition. You will typically provide technical leadership for:  

- Hazard/Fault Identification Studies (e.g., HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, etc).  

- Qualitative and Quantitative Hazard Analysis Assessments.  

- Radiological Hazard Assessments.  

- Safety Case Report production (e.g., PSR, PCSR, etc).  

- ALARP Assessments.  

- Support to Engineering Substantiation activities.  

- Liaison with regulatory organisations (e.g., ONR, DNSR).  

- Development and review of Safety Management Arrangements.  

- Managing/Leading Safety Case activities and teams.  

As a Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer, you will also be expected to:  

- Mentor others in a technical capacity.  

- Assist in the production of bids and proposals to aid business growth.  

- Implement and contribute to safety initiatives.  

- Build relationships and networks within the client , and their partners.

- You have a proven track record in safety, ideally within the defence and nuclear domain, or other highly regulated industries.  

- You are ready to make the next step in your career and to join a team that will provide opportunities for growth.  

- You will be hungry to expand your knowledge and experience and, thrive in a stretching but supportive environment.  

- You will enjoy innovating and problem solving.  

- You embrace the digital world and be eager to explore how it can be used in the nuclear safety environment.  

- You like to engage with others, making positive strides to aid others develop and grow.  

- You enjoy explaining complex ideas, helping people to ‘get it’, and then watch them go on and achieve more.  

- You are approachable and can easily build and develop relationships and networks.  

In addition to having excellent communication, presentation and problem solving skills you will also be able to demonstrate the following:  

- Honours Degree (or equivalent) in physics, mechanical engineering, or closely related discipline (2:1 minimum).  

- Chartered (or working towards Chartership status).  

- Technical practitioner in the Nuclear/Defence domains, able to demonstrate good engineering judgement with experience in applying fundamental engineering principles.  

- Excellent written skills, and an eye for detail that means you can produce and review high-quality technical reports.  

- Demonstrable evidence of being a leader of technical teams and development of more junior staff.  

- Motivated and driven to meet delivery/cost targets without compromising quality.  

- Awareness of their own technical limitations and using the help and support of others to deliver.  

- Must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Security Clearance.