Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

The Opportunity

As part of our growing nuclear business, we are seeking established Nuclear Safety Assurance individuals with particular experience of submarine power plants, civil nuclear and / or naval nuclear facilities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for self-starters to join a growing company that already has an excellent reputation for delivery. The successful candidate will be integral in helping to shape a growing company.

Day to day, you will work with clients providing specialist consultancy services and support business development activities. You will use your engineering knowledge to influence the design, operation and maintenance of complex systems to ensure that technical risks are identified, communicated and managed; and that the safety of those using or relying on the system is not compromised.

Requirements

To be successful in the role, you will ideally have:

• Bachelor / Master of Engineering/Science Degree (essential).
• Minimum of 6 years delivery experience in nuclear safety assurance including:
• Delivery of Systems Safety activities (inc. operational safety case development, hazard listing and fault schedule development, safety case report authoring, HAZOP, Bow Tie, ALARP optioneering etc.) (essential).
• Delivery of Deterministic Safety Assessments (design basis assessment, beyond design basis assessment, safety functional requirement derivation etc) (essential).
• Demonstrable knowledge of Authorising Conditions and Licensing Conditions for nuclear sites (essential).
• Demonstrable knowledge of PWR2 or PWR3 (desirable).
• Delivery of Probabilistic Safety Assessments (desirable).
• Radiological consequence assessment (desirable).
• Client management / stakeholder engagement skills (desirable).
• Chartered Status with UK Engineering Council (desirable).
• Consultancy experience (desirable).

Location: Throughout the UK / Company Offices / Client Sites / Home Working.

Candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Why work with us?

We invest in our people. You will learn and grow with people dedicated to helping you succeed. We offer diverse and structured career paths for our people as they solve some of the complex multi-disciplinary problems for our clients. You will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and help forge our path for tomorrow. We are committed to support your work life balance and hybrid working arrangements. We have a set of core values that are everything to us. They are:

• Simplicity
• Integrity
• Relationships
• Challenge
• Impact

Benefits

We provide our people with excellent benefits package that comprises of:

• Attractive pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life Assurance (4x salary) and Income Protection (75% of salary)
• Annual bonus linked to company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• EV lease salary sacrifice scheme.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.