Safety Case Leader for Nuclear & Critical Infra

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem in the United Kingdom seeks a Safety Case Manager to lead and assure safety activities across highly regulated infrastructure programmes. You will operate as a technical authority, setting expectations and guiding safety decisions across design, construction and operations.

You will engage with customers, regulators and delivery partners, challenging assumptions to ensure robust, proportionate safety cases while maintaining high standards of governance and quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Safety Case development, management and assurance in highly regulated industries.
• Strong understanding of UK regulatory frameworks, including ONR and DNSR.
• Trusted technical authority providing guidance across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, interrogate evidence, and influence technical decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders, customers, regulators and technical specialists.
• Balancing technical excellence with programme delivery under commercial/operational constraints.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with sound judgement.
• Proactive, accountable approach with high governance and quality standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience across defence and civil nuclear programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and integration of Safety Cases across design, construction, and operational phases.
• Assure the strength of safety arguments, supporting evidence, and hazard management approaches.
• Provide oversight of safety strategies and Safety Case justification plans.
• Challenge design and safety assumptions to ensure proportionate, compliant, and defensible outcomes.
• Assure supply chain outputs meet technical, quality, and regulatory expectations.
• Interface effectively with customers, stakeholders, delivery partners, and regulators.
• Provide clear, authoritative technical advice within complex programme environments.

Skills

Safety Case development

Regulatory frameworks (UK)

Technical authority

Challenge & influence decisions

Stakeholder management

Programme delivery balance

Analytical & problem solving

Governance & quality

Written & verbal communication

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Defence & civil nuclear experience

Job description

Assystem in the United Kingdom seeks a Safety Case Manager to lead and assure safety activities across highly regulated infrastructure programmes. You will operate as a technical authority, setting expectations and guiding safety decisions across design, construction and operations.

You will engage with customers, regulators and delivery partners, challenging assumptions to ensure robust, proportionate safety cases while maintaining high standards of governance and quality.