Safety Case Senior Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in nuclear operations is seeking a Senior Engineer to oversee safety assessments and manage compliance with nuclear safety regulations. This role requires expertise in safety case authoring and governance, alongside a strong background in nuclear safety topics. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust safety processes and regulatory compliance across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering nuclear safety cases.
• Senior level experience in safety analysis.
• Understanding of conventional hazards treatment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage safety case assessment processes.
• Coordinate with technical specialists for safety assessments.
• Provide expert guidance on nuclear safety issues.

Skills

Safety case authoring

Contract management

Nuclear safety analysis

Governance and review

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Job Description

• Develop the overall safety case assessment process (in the form of license condition arrangements, handbook etc.) and detailed planning schedule, identifying the requisite safety assessments, governance process and timing.
• Author the technical specification for preparing the Preliminary Safety Report (PSR) and Pre-Construction Safety Report (PCSR).
• Author specifications for undertaking specific safety assessments supporting the PSR and PCSR.
• Coordinate with technical specialists, engineers, and operations teams across the wider business to gather input data for safety assessments.
• Ensure identification of relevant safety features, devices, systems and circuits (SFDSC) that are important to nuclear safety and providing advice to the Company / project on the treatment and implementation of SFDSC.
• Develop and ensure the requisite processes for undertaking Design Reviews, HAZIDs, HAZOPs and HASANs are adequate.
• Author safety assessments and reports reflecting one’s own capabilities and time constraints.
• Provide subject matter expert guidance on nuclear safety matters to the project, company senior management and relevant stakeholders.
• Identifying relevant nuclear safety (case) learning and established processes from elsewhere in the group for implementing in the project.
• Manage the safety case modification process (during construction), including impact assessments and change control during construction.
• Liaise with ONR and represent the organization during the licensing on the safety case assessment process.

You are

Profile

• Will have a demonstrable record of delivering a range of nuclear safety cases through authoring, contract management of third party delivery:
• Experience in the delivery of safety cases in an authoring role.
• Experience in the setting to work of safety consultants, developing specifications and scopes of work, developing safety case methodologies and assessment strategies.
• Will be established senior level in their current employment one or more specific areas of safety analysis e.g. human factors, shielding, criticality and with a good understanding of these other topics.
• Experience of the treatment of non-nuclear (conventional hazards) in safety cases .
• Experienced in safety assessment governance, challenge and review and regulator liaison.
• Candidates with specific experience of the nuclear fuel cycle (e.g. enrichment, deconversion, fuel fabrication etc.) will be of particular interest.

Position Location

Bristol, England at the beginning of the project, and transfer at site (30 kms from Bristol) in due time.

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of education required: Master

Min. experience level required: Experienced (5 years +)

Employment level: Senior Engineer

Additional information

Position subject to administrative investigation: Yes

Post authorizing drug testing as part of addiction prevention: Yes

Item subject to export control authorization: Yes

Please note: The post is restricted due to the nature of the role and the export control regulations which apply. All applicants will be subject to security and export control vetting processes.

Additional information

Specialization: S4 - Operations Nuclear Safety

Level of education (all) Master

Place: United Kingdom, Bristol, Avonmouth

Employment level: Non cadre