Copy of Nuclear Safety Case & Emergency Preparedness Consultant

Job Description

An opportunity to build on your existing nuclear safety case experience in nuclear engineering, risk management, and emergency preparedness. You will support a specific highly regulated Licensee in Cumbria. The role is based in the North West with flexible working arrangements.

This position involves working as part of a multi-person team, with support from colleagues across the organization. You will also support and help develop the capability of our team providing consultancy services spanning Safety Case, Emergency Preparedness, and Security & Resilience. The work offers a stimulating mix of consultancy, engineering, and analysis, delivering challenging projects to clients in the nuclear and high hazard sectors in the UK and beyond.

The outputs of your work will be used by downstream stakeholders to manage hazards and refine risk management capabilities, making a tangible difference.

Qualifications

• A STEM background with relevant education and experience. A degree in a STEM subject is preferred, but alternative credible routes are also considered.
• Experience or interest in nuclear safety cases relevant to the Licensee or in nuclear decommissioning and waste management.

Key Skills and Experience

• Understanding of nuclear safety cases.
• Ability or willingness to interrogate Radiological Consequence Assessments and adapt them to specific contexts.
• Experience in preparing Technical Reports.
• Applying safety and risk engineering processes to identify hazards, author safety cases, and manage risks effectively.

Desirable Skills

• Hazard identification and management techniques (e.g., HAZOP, FMEA, FTA, Event Tree Analysis, Hazard Logs).
• Knowledge of REPPIR (Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations).
• Resilience & Emergency Preparedness.
• Severe Accident Analysis.
• Cyber Security.
• Nuclear Security Assessments.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive benefits package including flexible working arrangements, 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, ability to sell or purchase leave, a company pension scheme, life assurance, paid membership of professional organizations, and a cycle-to-work scheme.

We are committed to diversity and equal treatment, believing that diverse backgrounds and perspectives foster innovation and impactful solutions. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.