Senior Nuclear Safety Case & Risk Engineer

Amentum; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover

Parental leave pay

Professional development

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Safety Case Engineer to join our UK nuclear safety team. You will produce and manage Safety Cases, perform hazard and risk assessments, and support regulatory licensing across the lifecycle of major projects.

With Chartered or working towards Chartered/Inc Eng status, you will lead HAZID/HAZOP studies, develop robust technical arguments, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with clients and regulators on complex safety cases.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status or working towards Chartered/Inc Eng status with a relevant professional body.
• Proven experience in safety case management and/or delivery within an operational and highly regulated environment.
• Knowledge of nuclear plant systems or structures, and associated design and assessment guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Safety Case production and management e.g. engineering changes, safety reports, periodic safety reviews (PSRs, PCSRs etc).
• Hazard and Risk identification and assessment studies, e.g. FMEA, HAZOP, ALARP.
• Fault Studies.
• Internal and External Hazard assessments.
• Deterministic Safety Assessments / Arguments (DSA)
• Probabilistic Safety Assessments (PSA) including hazards PSA
• Nuclear Licensing and Authorisations.
• Integrating safety principles into engineering designs.
• Structural Integrity design/assessment of nuclear related structures and components.
• Delivering high quality technical work to support the demonstration that a facility or system can be operated safely and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Writing and reviewing of safety assessments and safety case documents.
• Leading HAZID/HAZOP studies
• Produce and check technical calculations and reports
• Develop clear, logical, and well-structured technical arguments and justifications.
• Liaising with clients to understand their challenges and developing solutions.
• Representing the business in technical meetings with clients, regulators and other third parties.
• Helping to maintain the technical capability/knowledge of the community and mentoring junior team members (as appropriate).
• Sharing of technical best practices across projects.

Skills

Hazard & Risk assessment

Safety Case management

Technical writing

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory compliance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

FMEA

HAZOP

PSA methods

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Safety Case Engineer to join our UK nuclear safety team. You will produce and manage Safety Cases, perform hazard and risk assessments, and support regulatory licensing across the lifecycle of major projects.

With Chartered or working towards Chartered/Inc Eng status, you will lead HAZID/HAZOP studies, develop robust technical arguments, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with clients and regulators on complex safety cases.