Principal Safety Case Engineer

Cavendish Nuclear; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Principal Safety Case Engineer for a full-time, hybrid role. The successful candidate will manage engineering activities related to safety case development, requiring collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and strong technical knowledge. Generous benefits and the opportunity for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Paid leave for volunteering

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status or working towards it.
• Experience in multi-discipline teams.
• Good communication skills for interfacing with other disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop hazard management strategies and participate in HAZID / HAZOP studies.
• Author radiological safety assessments and produce technical reports.
• Manage delivery for work undertaken by Supply Chain.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Hazard Management

Education

Engineering degree (or equivalent)

Job description

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Job Title: Principal Safety Case Engineer

Location: Flexible - UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role ID: SF61045

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Safety Case Engineer at one of our UK sites.

The role

As a Principal Safety Case Engineer you’ll 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’ll

• Develop hazard management strategies and Participate in HAZID / HAZOP studies.
• Author radiological safety assessments, including Hazard Management Strategy, Safety Reports (PSRs and PCSRs etc. and equivalents)
• Produce and check calculations, design basis documentation and technical reports.
• Manage the delivery for the work undertaken by the Supply Chain as appropriate and maintain an overview of progress against cost and programme, and the management of project risks, for the work undertaken within their agreed remit.
• Maintain an overview of technical and safety case strategies being delivered, and the key arguments used, to share ‘best practice’ between projects.
  
  

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 Bristol, Warrington, Leicester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Newbury.

Essential Experience Of The Principal Safety Case Engineer

• Chartered Engineer status (or actively working toward Chartered Status).
• Experience in working collaboratively in multi-discipline teams to deliver activities on a range of project types.
• Demonstrable experience in covering a variety of tasks across a range of complexities.
• Good communications skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines.
• Previous experience of coaching or mentoring other Safety Case Engineers
  
  

Qualifications For The Principal Safety Case Engineer

• Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant engineering discipline, with significant demonstrable experience.
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Level security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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
  
  

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 30/07/2025

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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