Principal Warhead Safety Assessment Specialist

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AWE is seeking a Principal Warhead Safety Assessment Specialist to lead safety assessments within the Surety Engineering Group. The role involves managing teams, conducting thorough safety analyses, and providing expert guidance on safety and engineering processes. This role promises excellent development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Contributory pension scheme

Family-friendly policies for maternity/paternity

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Paid time off for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience leading safety assessments for high-consequence projects.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects.
• Experience in safety analysis across engineering lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage teams of safety engineers for assessments.
• Conduct safety analysis against requirements and standards.
• Balance priorities and liaise with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Engineering Judgment

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Honours Degree in Science or Engineering

Job description

Principal Warhead Safety Assessment Specialist

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Principal Warhead Safety Assessment Specialist.

Closing Date: 26th June 2025

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston, but there is scope to occasionally work for home.

Package: £64,340 - £85,000 per annum (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is recruiting for a Principal Warhead Safety Assessment Specialist within the Surety Engineering Group.

Key aspects of the role will be to lead and manage an in-house warhead safety assessment capability in support of delivering the company's strategic objectives. The role will entail effective leadership and delivery of warhead safety assessments, providing advice on warhead safety, systems, electrical or mechanical design, explosives, nuclear and process engineering.

We are seeking leaders or technical experts, with diverse backgrounds and experience, to help lead and manage our dynamic team of Nuclear Safety Engineers. We are proud to have such a friendly and supportive group for you to join which offers excellent development opportunities for our staff to progress. Within the team there are a number of learning and training opportunities, including up to Master’s level following the recent launch of the Defence Nuclear Safety Engineering MSc.

Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities

• Lead, support and manage teams of warhead safety engineers to deliver warhead safety assessments on time and in full, aligned with company management procedures.
• Build effective relationships across the Defence Nuclear Enterprise to optimise and enhance the Safety Management System.
• Conduct safety analysis against requirements and standards across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to apply appropriate safety methods, tools and techniques to a product.
• Ability to consider higher level system and detailed component or material issues.
• Liaise with a range of stakeholders as part of a wider system design and verification team, balancing conflicting priorities and perspectives.
• Support external activities as required as part of the Outreach and Engineering Programme, i.e. through presentations to external conferences/symposia.
  
  

Who are we looking for?

We Do Need You To Have The Following

• Honours Degree (or equivalent) in science, engineering or related discipline (or equivalent level of experience).
  
  

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Leading teams of technical or safety focussed engineers to deliver high consequence safety assessments.
• Managing multiple stakeholders through complex and time critical projects.
• Communicating effectively through written reports and verbal presentations.
• Able to demonstrate excellent engineering and scientific judgement.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
• Possess the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload.
• Achieve or working towards Chartered or Fellow of a relevant professional institution.
  
  

Some Reasons We Think You’ll Love It Here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body (inc. chartered application).
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
  
  

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Next Steps

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important Things You Need To Know

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
  
  

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Education and Training

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing, Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, and Oil and Gas

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