Senior Nuclear Safety Engineer

Westlakes Recruit; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Nuclear Safety Engineer for a permanent position based in Newcastle. The role involves shaping safety strategies, engaging stakeholders, and producing technical documents in the nuclear safety domain. Ideal candidates will have a relevant honours degree and a proven background in safety, along with a desire for professional growth within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in safety within nuclear or highly regulated industries.
• Ready to advance in your career in a supportive environment.
• Desire to innovate and explore digital solutions in nuclear safety.

Responsibilities

• Shape nuclear safety case strategy.
• Engage with stakeholders for 'Right First Time' delivery.
• Produce safety reports and undertake safety assessments.

Skills

Safety assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Design safety

Problem-solving

Relationship building

Education

Honours Degree in physics or mechanical engineering

Job description

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Senior Nuclear Safety Engineer to be engaged on a permanent basis, based in Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow, London and Silchester.

Your purpose:

• Shaping the nuclear safety case strategy.
• Working closely with project partners to ensure a safety informed design.
• Engaging with stakeholders to facilitate 'Right First Time' delivery (incl. designers, client, site, and regulatory body (e.g. DNSR, ONR)).
• Undertaking safety assessments and safety analysis (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, HAZAN, etc).
• Producing safety reports and other technical documents (e.g. PSR, PCSR, ALARP reports, etc).
• Support to Engineering Substantiation activities.
• Managing/Leading Safety Case activities and teams.
• Whilst your office base will be in Bristol, Manchester, Silchester or Glasgow, flexibility in work location is a must-from time to time our clients do call on our team to deliver work from their sites.

What you can bring:

• You have a proven track record in safety, ideally within the defence and nuclear domain, or other highly regulated industries.
• You are ready to make the next step in your career and to join a team that will provide opportunities for growth.
• You will be hungry to expand your knowledge and experience and, thrive in a stretching but supportive environment.
• You will enjoy innovating and problem solving.
• You embrace the digital world and be eager to explore how it can be used in the nuclear safety environment. You like to engage with others, making positive strides to aid others develop and grow.
• You enjoy explaining complex ideas, helping people to 'get it', and then watch them go on and achieve more.
• You are approachable and can easily build and develop relationships and networks.
• Honours Degree (or equivalent) in physics, mechanical engineering, or closely related discipline (2:1 minimum).
• Chartered (or working towards Chartership status).
• Technical practitioner in the Nuclear/Defence domains, able to demonstrate good engineering judgement with experience in applying fundamental engineering principles.

Why We're Different:

Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.

Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge.

We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them! We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.

Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future:

As an equal opportunities business, we value applications.