Nuclear Safety Lead

Trinzic; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, operating through the Trinzic spin-off, seeks a Nuclear Safety Lead in Glasgow to provide nuclear safety leadership across UK defence infrastructure programmes. This high-impact role involves ensuring safety remains central to delivery and supports proportionate, risk-informed decision-making within complex engineering environments.

You will review safety submissions, engage with customers and authorities, and drive governance, assurance and capability development.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in nuclear engineering, nuclear safety, defence nuclear operations, or safety-critical infrastructure.
• Experience assessing nuclear safety implications and reviewing technical and safety documentation.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience with safety cases and assurance activities.
• Chartered Engineer status or working toward chartership.

Responsibilities

• Provide nuclear safety advice and assurance across complex infrastructure programmes.
• Review safety submissions, technical documentation, safety case evidence, and assurance records.
• Support governance, compliance, and continuous improvement activities.
• Assess the nuclear safety significance of design changes and programme outputs.
• Contribute to design reviews, technical assurance activities and readiness assessments.
• Support programme teams in understanding and applying nuclear safety requirements.
• Engage with customers, technical authorities, supply chain partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Drive a proportionate, evidence-based approach to nuclear safety and risk management.
• Share lessons learned and support capability development across the wider organisation.

Skills

Nuclear safety

Nuclear engineering

Hazard management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Nuclear Technology

Job description

Title:

Nuclear Safety Lead

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

A career at KBR can change the world - and change your life. If you're ready, let's get to it.

The Opportunity

At KBR, we deliver innovative solutions that help solve some of the world's most complex challenges. As part of our growing Defence and Nuclear business, we're seeking an experienced Nuclear Safety Engineer to provide nuclear safety leadership, assurance, and subject matter expertise across major infrastructure and engineering programmes supporting UK Defence.

This is a high-impact opportunity to influence nationally significant nuclear infrastructure projects, ensuring that safety remains at the heart of programme delivery while supporting proportionate, risk-informed decision-making. The role offers exposure to complex engineering environments, senior stakeholders, and some of the most strategically important programmes within the UK defence sector

What You'll Be Doing

As Nuclear Safety Engineer, you'll provide specialist advice and assurance across the project lifecycle, helping multidisciplinary teams understand, integrate, and deliver nuclear safety requirements.

You will:

• Provide nuclear safety advice, challenge, and assurance across complex infrastructure programmes.

• Review safety submissions, technical documentation, safety case evidence, and assurance records.

• Support governance, compliance, and continuous improvement activities.

• Assess the nuclear safety significance of technical issues, design changes, and programme outputs.

• Contribute to design reviews, technical assurance activities, and readiness assessments.

• Support programme teams in understanding and applying nuclear safety requirements.

• Engage with customers, technical authorities, supply chain partners, and senior stakeholders.

• Drive a proportionate, evidence-based approach to nuclear safety and risk management.

• Share lessons learned and support capability development across the wider organisation

  Experience Required

  We are looking for a Nuclear Safety professional with significant experience in nuclear engineering, nuclear safety, defence nuclear operations, or safety-critical infrastructure environments. You will have experience assessing nuclear safety implications, reviewing technical and safety documentation, and providing expert advice and assurance within complex engineering programmes.

  The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders, applying proportionate, risk-informed decision making to support programme delivery. Experience with nuclear plant, submarine systems, reactor facilities, safety cases, assurance activities, or regulated nuclear environments is highly desirable. Experience within the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, MOD programmes, authorised or licensed sites, or nuclear infrastructure projects would be advantageous

  Candidates should hold a degree in Engineering, Science, Nuclear Technology, or a related technical discipline and be Chartered Engineer status (or actively working toward chartership). A strong understanding of nuclear safety principles, hazard management, safety functions, defence-in-depth, and risk-based assurance is essential.

  Location: Glasgow, ScotlandWorking pattern: Hybrid working, with occasional visits to site.

  Hours: 40 hours per week.

  KBR unveils Trinzic as new name for planned Independent Mission Technology Solutions Company.

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Belong, Connect and Grow at KBRAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.