Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer (Nuclear safety)

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is seeking a Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer in Derby. You will conduct safety assessments essential for the submarine program. The role requires a degree in a relevant discipline and involves collaboration on technical challenges and career development opportunities in a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Technical background at degree level including mathematics, physics or engineering.
• Training in NSRP provided by Rolls-Royce.
• Demonstrable experience working with customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct full probabilistic safety assessment process.
• Work on world-leading technical challenges.
• Collaborate with team on business transformation programmes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Technical report writing

Knowledge of probabilistic safety assessment

Education

Degree in mathematics, physics or engineering

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Raynesway, Derby / Hybrid

We have an exciting opportunity for a Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer to join our team at Rolls-Royce, Derby.

As part of this opportunity, you will be working on probabilistic safety assessment of the Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) used across the UK’s Submarine Programme comprising platforms in-service, platforms in construction and the next generation in design. Individual product programmes are at different stages of design and safety case maturity offering a range of opportunities and challenges but all part of a national endeavour vital to the security of the nation.

This role covers the full probabilistic safety assessment process including hazard identification, screening and assessment, component and human reliability assessment, determining initiating event frequencies, modelling of plant through fault trees, and interpreting and reporting on model results to inform design and substantiation. This includes working across all systems and functions involved in the design and substantiation of NSRP.

Responsibilities

This role covers the full probabilistic safety assessment process including hazard identification, screening and assessment, component and human reliability assessment, determining initiating event frequencies, modelling of plant through fault trees, and interpreting and reporting on model results to inform design and substantiation. This includes working across all systems and functions involved in the design and substantiation of NSRP.

Why Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Work on world-leading technical challenges needing your best to safely deliver to time, cost and quality
• Work in a friendly and dynamic team on one or more exciting programmes that are helping to drive business transformation
• Be supported to learn new things and progress your career with access to a range of courses, buddies and mentors
• Be supported to be at your best with a priority on physical and psychological safety and wellbeing

Who we’re looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Have a technical background at degree level including but not limited to mathematics, physics or any engineering discipline. Training in NSRP provided by Rolls-Royce.
• Be an excellent communicator who is keen to learn with demonstrable experience working with a wide range of customers and stakeholders throughout a project or product lifecycle. Proven technical report writing skills required.
• Ideally, have a background in or be interested in probabilistic safety assessment so familiar with equipment and human reliabilities, understanding hazards and hazard screening, building event trees and fault trees, running models and reporting on results etc.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Job Category: Engineering for Services
Posting Date: 09 Oct 2025; 00:10
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