Senior Safety Case Engineer

Babcock International; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Digital GP & health checks

Employee share scheme

Be Kind Day volunteering leave

Flexible working options

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Senior Safety Case Engineer to join the Business Winning team across Warrington, Preston, Leicester, Newbury, or Bristol, with hybrid working. You will bring deep safety-case knowledge to early project development, lead safety-case contributions to major bids, and shape verification plans.

The role requires a degree in science or engineering, experience in regulated environments, and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Experience in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience contributing to safety case documentation.
• Knowledge 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 ONR principles

Technical analyses & submissions

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or engineering

Job description

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 the Senior Safety Case Engineer:

• Proven experience within 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.

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.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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
• Reservists receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading scheme
• 'Be Kind Day' volunteering leave
• Flexible working options
• A dynamic working environment

Cavendish Nuclear 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.