Chief Nuclear Safety Engineer

Searchability NS&D; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chief Nuclear Safety Engineer to join their team in Bristol or Cardiff. This pivotal role involves providing technical oversight for high-profile Nuclear Defence projects and ensuring quality standards are met. The successful candidate will lead assurance activities, shape technical strategy, and support the growth of the nuclear assurance community. With a focus on safety, security, and quality, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to major projects while fostering a strong nuclear safety culture. If you are an experienced professional with a passion for nuclear safety, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in nuclear safety and assurance in the nuclear industry.
• Established leader with a track record in safety case programmes.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical oversight to nuclear assurance projects.
• Leading assurance activities and winning work in the defence nuclear sector.

Skills

Nuclear Safety

Assurance and Licensing

Stakeholder Engagement

Safety Case Management

Business Development

Education

Degree in Engineering or Related Field

Tools

BIM

Job description

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National Security & Defence Consultant - South West

Job Title: Chief Nuclear Safety Engineer

Location: Bristol or Cardiff

Clearance: SC Cleared

Job Description

As a Chief Nuclear Safety Engineer, you will be joining a leading Defence and Security provider and play a pivotal role at enterprise, platform, or system level. You will have the opportunity to be part of some of the largest, most high-profile Nuclear Defence projects or deliver more local, niche consultancy projects.

Responsibilities:

1. Providing technical oversight to nuclear assurance projects – ensuring that you maintain the highest quality standards and ‘right first time’ delivery.
2. Leading assurance activities – from major project delivery working with the wider business capability, through to smaller consultancy tasks to solve key client problems.
3. Winning work in the defence nuclear sector, working with the existing framework and market teams to design compelling technical assurance solutions.
4. Shaping the wider business technical strategy, working with the discipline Leads to ensure that the business is at the forefront of technical innovation, and that they have a shared vision across client domains.
5. Supporting the growth of the nuclear assurance technical community in the department, through the development and delivery of training, mentoring and coaching; and by supporting recruitment activities.

Your Background:

1. Extensive experience in nuclear safety, assurance and licensing in nuclear industry (civil nuclear and defence) with experience across the nuclear system engineering lifecycle (from new build to end of life and decommissioning).
2. Established leader in nuclear safety and sets the highest standards for safety, security, quality, environmental protection, sustainability and ED&I. Able to undertake independent reviews on behalf of projects / clients.
3. Extensive knowledge of UK nuclear regulatory regimes and current standards of safety assessment methods, including deterministic and probabilistic methods.
4. Able to build positive, productive relationships and networks and successfully engage with and influence stakeholders, including regulators, to achieve successful project outcomes.
5. Track record in the planning and implementation of safety case programmes for complex major projects – including Safety Case Manager or Director roles on high-category safety cases.
6. Able to support business development and bidding activities [market analysis, opportunity identification, solution architect for bids, programme development, cost estimating, risk management, bring knowledge or wider market, trends, competitors etc.
7. Able to establish high performing teams with a strong nuclear safety culture and shared aims / objectives. Able to support competency building of a growing technical team, through design of training programmes plus effective coaching and mentoring.

Desirable Technical Attributes:

1. Alpha facility experience.
2. PWR2 / 3 experience.
3. Docking infrastructure experience. Understanding of disciplines associated with safety: e.g. criticality, human factors, nuclear fire.
4. Working knowledge of digital tools such as BIM.
5. HAZID / HAZOP leader.
6. Peer Review / Verification / Independent Technical Assessment. Experience working as a licensee, operator or regulator (including RN Submarine experience).

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Media