Nuclear Safety Case & Emergency Preparedness Consultant

ASSYSTEM; Whitehaven; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in nuclear safety is seeking a Nuclear Safety Case & Emergency Preparedness Consultant based in Whitehaven. The role involves working on nuclear safety case experience and emergency preparedness, supporting a highly regulated Licensee. Candidates should have a STEM background and experience in safety case and risk management. The position offers flexible working arrangements and the chance to work on unique projects that impact energy transition.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Ability to sell or purchase leave

Paid membership of two professional institutions

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• STEM background with relevant education and/or experience.
• Experience in safety case and nuclear decommissioning or waste management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support nuclear safety case experience in engineering and risk management.
• Work as part of a multi-person team on consultancy services.
• Contribute to challenging projects for clients in high hazard sectors.

Skills

Familiarity with nuclear safety cases

Ability to interrogate Radiological Consequence Assessments

Experience in safety and risk engineering processes

Hazard identification and management techniques

Knowledge of REPPIR

Nuclear Security Assessments

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Job description

Nuclear Safety Case & Emergency Preparedness Consultant

• Full-time
• Type of contract ASSYSTEM: Permanent
• ASSYSTEM Sector: Nuclear

Overview

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low-carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low-carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the setup and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

The Assystem Safety & Risk business unit has over 20 years’ experience, delivering bespoke, high-quality safety, risk, and reliability consultancy services to high-hazard industries. We help our clients to minimise risk, delivering improved safety and security and fostering a nuclear safety and risk aware culture. Assystem Safety & Risk delivers an integrated and cost-effective service that includes Safety Case, Human & Organisational Factors (HOF), Risk & Reliability (Including Probabilistic Safety Assessment), Security & Resilience, and Process Safety.

We use deterministic and probabilistic techniques to help our clients to assess the risk associated with facilities and activities and confirm that risks are reduced to a level that is As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).

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

This opportunity will involve you working as part of multi-person team, with support from colleagues across the wider organisation. Outside of that specific workstream, you will be supporting and helping to develop the capability of our team providing consultancy services spanning Safety Case, emergency preparedness and Security & Resilience. This provides a stimulating mix of consultancy, engineering and analysis, along with the delivery of challenging and sometimes unique projects to clients in the nuclear and high hazard sectors in the UK and beyond.

The outputs of the projects you will be supporting will put into use by downstream stakeholders from the client site and beyond to manage the changing hazard profile of their facilities and activities and refine their risk management capabilities. Your efforts will make a difference.

Qualifications

A STEM background of experience and education. This may include a degree qualification in a STEM subject, equally valid is any other route which demonstrates credibility and competence levels.

Preferred Experience

Given the nature of current and future work, we prefer those with:

• ✅ Safety case experience relevant to that Licensee or other nuclear decommissioning and waste management experience.

Key Skills and Experience

• ⚛️ Familiarity and understanding of nuclear safety cases.
• 🔍 Either the experience or the appetite to interrogate Radiological Consequence Assessments and adapt them appropriately to the contexts of specialist assessments.
• 🚧 Demonstrable experience in applying safety and risk engineering processes to:
  • 🛑 Identify hazards and vulnerabilities.
• ⚠️ Hazard identification, assessment, and management techniques (e.g., HAZOP, FMEA, FTA, Event Tree Analysis, Hazard Logs).
• 📜 REPPIR (Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations).
• 🔒 Nuclear Security Assessments.

Benefits

• ⭐ Flexible working arrangements to suit individuals
• ⭐ Ability to sell or purchase leave
• ⭐ Paid membership of two professional institutions/organisations
• ⭐ Cycle to work scheme

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.