Safety Case & Human Factors - NDA group graduates

As part of the NDA group Graduate Programme, you will have the opportunity to gain experience across the organisations that make up the NDA group, working in a variety of teams, locations and environments. You'll contribute to meaningful work that has a lasting impact, helping to support the safe, secure and sustainable management of the UK's nuclear legacy. Along the way, you'll learn from industry experts, build valuable networks and develop a broad range of technical, professional and behavioural skills that will prepare you for a successful career in the nuclear sector.

Alongside your placements, you'll take part in the NDA group Graduate Development Programme, designed to accelerate your personal and professional growth. Where relevant, you'll be supported to achieve professional accreditation, registration or chartership. With guidance from experienced professionals, mentors and programme stakeholders, you'll gain the knowledge, confidence and capability needed to thrive across the NDA group and make a meaningful contribution to the future of the UK's nuclear industry.

The Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality (EHSS&Q) Job Family supports the NDA group in operating safely, securely, responsibly and in line with relevant standards and requirements. Professionals within this family help protect people, assets, information, communities and the environment by identifying risks, promoting high standards and supporting informed decision-making across complex operational and project environments.

This job family plays a vital role in maintaining compliance, driving continuous improvement, strengthening organisational resilience and ensuring work is delivered safely and effectively in some of the UK's most challenging environments.

Safety Case professionals play a critical role in demonstrating that nuclear facilities, activities and proposed changes can be operated, modified and decommissioned safely. They assess hazards, analyse risks and develop the evidence, arguments and controls needed to support compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Human Factors specialists focus on understanding the interaction between people, equipment, systems, processes and working environments. Their work helps optimise human performance, reduce the likelihood of error and improve the safety, reliability and effectiveness of complex operations.

Together, these disciplines support informed decision-making, enable safe innovation and help ensure that nuclear activities are planned, delivered and managed safely throughout their lifecycle.

As a Safety Case and Human Factors Graduate, you will contribute to work that underpins the safe delivery of one of the UK's most complex and nationally significant environmental programmes.

Safety Case and Human Factors professionals play a vital role in ensuring nuclear facilities and activities can be operated, modified and decommissioned safely. Through your placements, you will develop specialist knowledge in disciplines that help organisations understand hazards, manage risk and make informed decisions in complex environments.

Working alongside experienced specialists and multidisciplinary teams, you may contribute to activities such as hazard identification, risk assessment, safety case development, safety documentation, human performance and behavioural analysis, technical governance and regulatory compliance. You will develop an understanding of how these disciplines work together to support safe and effective operations.

You could gain exposure to operational, engineering and project environments, helping to support technical assessments, evidence gathering, safety reviews, operational planning and performance improvement initiatives. This breadth of experience will provide valuable insight into how safety and human performance considerations influence major programmes and projects.

Through this pathway, you will develop an understanding of how robust safety arguments, effective risk management and human-centred design help organisations maintain high standards of safety, reliability and performance.

This pathway would suit individuals who enjoy analysing complex problems, evaluating evidence and helping organisations make informed decisions.

Whether your interests lie in risk assessment, nuclear safety, human behaviour, organisational performance or regulatory compliance, this pathway will provide valuable experience in a unique…