Nuclear Safety Lead - Hybrid, Risk-Informed Assurance

Assystem; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

8% pension

Healthcare cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Professional and industry membership

Job summary

Assystem seeks a Nuclear Safety Lead in a hybrid role with travel to UK sites. You will advise on nuclear safety, interpret requirements, assess implications and apply proportionate controls, embedding Fingleton Review principles across assurance activities.

You will collaborate with engineering, safety, environmental and quality leads, guiding programmes through safety case reviews, design reviews and readiness assessments while maintaining stakeholder engagement and delivering practical

Qualifications

• Significant nuclear engineering, safety, infrastructure or defence experience.
• Strong knowledge of safety functions, hazard controls and lifecycle risks.
• Experienced in reviewing safety cases, technical and commissioning evidence, quality records and management systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal nuclear safety adviser to programmes and audiences.
• Apply risk-informed assurance and define appropriate decision routes.
• Review safety strategies, submissions and evidence; escalate risks and uncertainties.

Skills

Nuclear safety

Safety case review

Hazard controls

Stakeholder management

Education

Nuclear engineering degree

Chartered status in progress

Job description

Assystem seeks a Nuclear Safety Lead in a hybrid role with travel to UK sites. You will advise on nuclear safety, interpret requirements, assess implications and apply proportionate controls, embedding Fingleton Review principles across assurance activities.

You will collaborate with engineering, safety, environmental and quality leads, guiding programmes through safety case reviews, design reviews and readiness assessments while maintaining stakeholder engagement and delivering practical