Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer

Our client is one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors. They are currently seeking a Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer to join their team in on of these locations (Bristol, Manchester, Aldershot, Silchester or Glasgow, Newcastle), flexibility in work location is a must-from time to time work on sites.  

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 organisation, their clients and 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.