Principal Safety Case Consultant

Babcock International; Leicester Forest East; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme with life cover

Employee share scheme

Digital GP and health check through Av

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Principal Safety Case Consultant for a flexible, UK-based role with hybrid working options. You will lead the safety case strategy, manage teams, and ensure regulatory compliance across major projects from locations including Warrington, Leicester, Newbury or Bristol.

Ideal candidates will have an engineering or science degree, significant safety case experience, and strong collaboration skills to engage across disciplines and with regulators.

Qualifications

• This role requires an engineering or science degree with significant relevant experience.
• Chartered status is preferred or candidates actively working toward it.
• Experience in safety case development and regulatory interactions is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide nuclear safety input across all project lifecycle stages.
• Lead safety case strategy, documentation, and regulatory compliance work.
• Manage safety case delivery teams and coordinate with Supply Chain.
• Oversee HAZID/HAZOP activities and develop hazard management strategies.
• Produce Safety Reports, PSRs/PCSRs, and supporting technical reports.

Skills

Nuclear safety input

HazID/HAZOP facilitation

Safety case leadership

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring/coaching

Education

Engineering or science degree

Chartered status (desirable)

Job description

Job Title: Principal Safety Case Consultant
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full Time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

Drive Safety Case Strategy Across Major Projects

At Cavendish Nuclear we are working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Safety Case Consultant based at one of our key locations: Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury or Bristol.

The role

As a Principal Safety Case Consultant you will have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will manage the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.

Day to day, you will:

• Provide nuclear safety input across all stages of the project lifecycle, supporting design development and delivery.
• Participate in / facilitate HAZID and HAZOP studies and lead the development of robust Hazard Management Strategies.
• Manage / lead the production of radiological safety assessments and Safety Reports, including PSRs and PCSRs and their equivalents.
• Offer technical leadership on safety case strategy, regulatory compliance, safety case documentation, as well as the supporting technical reports and calculations.
• Manage safety case delivery teams, oversee work delivered by the Supply Chain where appropriate, and maintain visibility of progress against cost and programme targets.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week hours per week and offers hybrid working. This role is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury or Bristol.

Essential experience of the Principal Safety Case Consultant:

• Although nuclear experience is a preference, we will consider applicants from other highly regulated industries, such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Defence.
• Proven experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to deliver safety case activities across a variety of project types.
• Good understanding of core engineering disciplines and how they integrate into the development of safety cases.
• Awareness of specialist safety case areas, including criticality assessment, shielding and dose assessment, environmental assessment, human factors, and relevant legislation.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with other disciplines and a wide range of stakeholders.
• Previous experience in coaching or mentoring fellow Safety Case Consultants, supporting their development and contributing to team capability.

Qualifications for the Principal Safety Case Consultant:

• Engineering or science degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.
• Preferably Chartered (or actively working toward Chartered Status).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at

What we Offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

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