Senior Safety Case Engineer

Simpson Booth Limited; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A consultancy firm in energy solutions is looking for a Senior Safety Case Engineer to oversee projects in the nuclear sector. You will provide nuclear safety input, manage project delivery, and produce safety case documentation. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering and experience in high-hazard sectors like oil and gas. This hybrid role requires excellent communication and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to obtain security clearance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable knowledge and industry experience of a range of nuclear facilities.
• Experience in delivering fit-for-purpose safety cases.
• Experience in training and development of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide nuclear safety input to design projects.
• Manage delivery within agreed remit against cost and programme.
• Produce and verify calculations, design basis documents, and technical reports.
• Participate in Hazard Identification studies.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Nuclear safety understanding

Experience in safety case documentation

Education

Bachelor Honours Degree in relevant Science or Engineering

Job description

Role : Senior Safety Case Enginer (staff)

Hybrid : 3 days per week

Locations : Warrington, Bristol, Newbury, Leicester

Description : Our Client ensures security of energy supply and helps protect populations across the world by providing specialist project development, engineering and safety solutions across the nuclear lifecycle.

• Have you been following the recent exciting UK nuclear sector funding and project news?
• Always been interested in this fascinating industry, but never been sure how to transition into it?
• Are you experienced in developing safety cases for high-hazard projects in the oil and gas, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical arenas?

We here at Simpson Booth can help. Our client is keen to review applications from experienced high-hazard safety case personnel eager to transition into the nuclear sector for their mission‑critical, high‑stakes projects.

The Role : As a Senior Safety Case Engineer, your day‑to‑day responsibilities will cover all aspects of the business, from business winning to subsequent project delivery. You will be a key member with the responsibility for supporting the team, both internally and within the customer organisations. You will use your expertise and knowledge to help develop the next generation of Safety Consultants through the Client’s business portfolio.

Project Delivery

• Providing the nuclear safety input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated;
• Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders;
• Producing and verifying calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports;
• Ensuring adequate communication between the Engineering Delivery Team, Construction Experts, Operators, Safety Assessors, Site Safety Case Managers and other Stakeholders;
• Leading and participating in Hazard Identification studies;
• Support production of the safety submission;
• Supporting submissions through the various review and approval stages;
• Managing project risks by assessing safety items on the Technical Issues Register;
• Producing and verifying technical Scopes of Work;
• Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other projects.

Bid Support

• Providing the safety case input to bids;
• Producing estimates for bids.

Growth

• Building and maintaining customer relationships;
• Growing the business through the identification of opportunities;
• Representing the discipline to customers and external bodies.

Functional

• Maintaining awareness of wider industry process and project developments;
• Awareness of industry best practice for implementation;
• Undertaking any special duties as may be specified from time to time by the Functional Lead;
• Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel;
• Supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline.

Processes

• Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Honours Degree (minimum) in relevant Science or Engineering related discipline;
• Demonstrable knowledge and industry experience of a range of nuclear facilities and their operations;
• Demonstrable experience in delivery of fit for purpose safety cases;
• Demonstrable experience in the training and development of junior staff;
• Demonstrable problem solving and communication skills;
• Demonstrable experience of producing Safety Case documentation, for example :
• Hazard Management Strategy;
• Radiological Safety Assessments;
• DBAA;
• Consequence Assessment;
• Derivation of SFRs;
• Verification of peers’ reports;
• HAZOP Chair, secretary, and production of HAZOP Reports;
• Safety Reports (PSRs, PCSRs etc.);
• ALARP Justification.
• Demonstrable knowledge of ONR Safety Assessment Principles and relevant legislation such as, the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019, the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, and IAEA SSR-6 and associated transport legislation.
• Chartership by a relevant Professional body.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Level security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting : clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).