Senior Safety Case Engineer

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Flexible working

Dynamic environment

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Senior Safety Case Engineer to join our Business Winning team. The role is flexible in UK locations with hybrid working and travel to various sites.

You will contribute to safety case development for major bids, shaping safety priorities from early project stages and coordinating with engineering teams. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, experience in regulated environments, and strong skills in safety documentation, hazard analysis, and

Qualifications

• Experience in highly regulated environments.
• Contributed to safety case documentation.
• Understanding of ALARP and ONR Safety Assessment Principles.
• Ability to prepare technical analyses and safety submissions.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety-case contributions to major bids.
• Develop safety case scopes, schedules, and verification plans.
• Produce and review safety case documentation and technical reports.
• Support hazard identification and risk assessment processes.
• Promote collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Regulated environment experience

Safety case documentation

ALARP principles & ONR principles

Technical analyses & submissions

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering

Job description

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Senior Safety Case Engineer

Location: Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Preston, GB, PR2 2YB Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Safety Case Engineer

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71410

Shape Safety, Win Work, and Influence the Future of the UK’s Nuclear Landscape

About Us

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Safety Case Engineer within our Business Winning team at one of our main sites: Warrington (Cheshire), Preston (Lancashire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury (Berkshire), or Bristol.

As part of our Business Winning team, you’ll play a central role in developing the safety case solutions that help us secure the major clean‑energy, nuclear‑defence and decommissioning programmes that support the UK’s long‑term resilience. You’ll shape innovative approaches, influence high‑value bids, and guide technical excellence from the earliest stages of project development.

The Role

As a Senior Safety Case Engineer within our Business Winning, you’ll bring your deep safety case knowledge to the early phases of project development.

This is a full‑time role based at one of our main sites: Warrington (Cheshire), Preston (Lancashire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury (Berkshire), or Bristol with travel to other Cavendish Nuclear and customer locations as required. Hybrid working arrangements are available.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Lead safety‑case contributions to major bids.
• Develop safety case scopes, schedules, and verification plans.
• Produce and review safety case documentation and technical reports.
• Support hazard identification and risk assessment processes.
• Promote collaboration and continuous improvement.

Essential experience for theSenior Safety Case Engineer:

• Proven experiencewithin a highly regulated environment.
• Experience contributing to safety case documentation.
• Understanding of ALARP principles and ONR Safety Assessment Principles.
• Ability to prepare technical analyses and safety submissions.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Qualifications of the Senior Safety Case Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Flexible working options
• A dynamic working environment

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 07/10/2026

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