Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer (Nuclear safety) in Swindon

Energy Jobline ZR; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer to work within the Nuclear Steam Raising Plant programme. The role involves conducting hazard identification, reliability assessments and working with a dynamic team to ensure safety and reliability. Candidates should have a technical degree and excellent communication skills. Opportunities for hybrid working and career development are offered, along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Access to courses, buddies, and mentors

Qualifications

• Technical background at degree level including mathematics, physics or any engineering discipline.
• Proven technical report writing skills required.
• Be an excellent communicator keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Work on world-leading technical challenges to deliver safely.
• Collaborate within a friendly and dynamic team on exciting programmes.
• Prioritize physical and psychological safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Technical background (mathematics, physics or engineering)

Excellent communication skills

Experience with probabilistic safety assessment

Technical report writing

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Event trees and fault trees

Job description

Job Description

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 exciting 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 in design. Naturally, 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 endeavour vital to the security of the nation.

This role also covers the full probabilistic safety assessment process of hazard identification, screening and assessment, component and human reliability assessment, determining initiating event frequencies, modelling of plant through fault trees as well as interpreting and reporting on model results to inform design and substantiation. Hence, 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. We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This role, and various product programmes, are at the forefront of Rolls‑Royce Submarine's growth over the next ten to twenty years, which collectively offer some of the most exciting and world‑leading multidisciplinary opportunities in the world. Joining Submarines genuinely offers the chance for a career for life within a company at the forefront of security for the rest of the century.

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.

To be successful in this role you will need to: 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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 or, in MoD approved cases, a dual .

Job Category Engineering for Services Posting Date 09 Oct 2025; 00:10 Posting End Date PandoLogic. Keywords: Nuclear Safety Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX

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