Safety Case Engineer

Carrington West; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrington West seeks a Principal Safety Case Engineer to join our expanding nuclear safety team in the UK. You will provide senior-level safety-case expertise across the design and development lifecycle for an SMR programme, influencing safety arguments and regulatory compliance.

You will lead safety-case activities, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust safety case strategies and evidence throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in nuclear safety case engineering.
• Experience developing safety cases for nuclear facilities or safety-critical tech.
• Strong knowledge of UK nuclear safety principles and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to lead safety-case activities and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of safety case strategies and documentation.
• Provide authoritative input into design and engineering processes.
• Develop and maintain safety arguments, claims and supporting evidence.
• Identify and manage nuclear safety requirements across multidisciplinary teams.
• Support hazard identification, assessment and analysis activities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced engineers.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders on safety case matters.

Skills

Nuclear safety case

Regulatory understanding

Safety case leadership

Hazard analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Safety arguments

Job description

Principal Safety Case Engineer

• Location: Chorley Hybrid working - 2/3 days per week in office
• Contract: 12 months
• Rate: £75 Per Hour

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Principal Safety Case Engineer to join a growing engineering team working on an exciting Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the development of a next-generation nuclear technology, providing senior-level safety case expertise across the design and development lifecycle.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop robust safety arguments, ensure regulatory requirements are met, and provide technical leadership across safety case activities.

The Role

As a Principal Safety Case Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise across the safety case lifecycle, supporting the development and substantiation of a complex nuclear technology.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development and delivery of safety case strategies and documentation.
• Providing authoritative safety case input into the design and engineering process.
• Developing and maintaining safety arguments, claims and supporting evidence.
• Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to identify and manage nuclear safety requirements.
• Supporting hazard identification, assessment and analysis activities.
• Reviewing engineering designs to ensure appropriate safety requirements are identified and addressed.
• Providing technical input into deterministic and probabilistic safety assessments.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of safety requirements and their traceability.
• Identifying safety case gaps, risks and dependencies and driving these through to resolution.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to less experienced safety case engineers.
• Supporting engagement with internal and external stakeholders on safety case matters.
• Contributing to safety case governance, assurance and continuous improvement activities.
• Supporting the preparation of documentation and evidence required throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills and Experience

• Significant hands on experience working within nuclear safety case engineering.
• Experience developing safety cases for nuclear facilities, systems or safety-critical technology.
• Strong understanding of UK nuclear safety principles, legislation and regulatory expectations.
• Experience with hazard identification and assessment, safety requirements and safety arguments.
• Knowledge of deterministic safety assessment and/or probabilistic safety assessment.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between safety case, engineering design and configuration management.
• Experience producing and reviewing safety case documentation and technical reports.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to challenge technical decisions constructively and provide credible engineering advice.
• Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring to other engineers.

Please note that this role will require security clearance!