Senior Safety Case Engineer - Business Winning​/Bid Team

Senior Safety Case Engineer - Business Winning / Bid Team

Job title: Senior Safety Case Engineer (Business Winning / Bid Team)

Location: Flexible UK (hybrid) Multiple locations

Salary: Competitive + benefits (details on application)

Clearance:
Sole UK national required; must be eligible for SC clearance

iO are supporting a major UK engineering organisation operating across nuclear, defence & decommissioning programmes.

They’re looking for a Senior Safety Case Engineer to join a Business Winning / early-phase function, where you’ll help shape safety strategies, define credible delivery approaches, and influence outcomes on high-value bids before projects go live.

You would be expected to:

• Lead / coordinate safety case input into bids and proposals
• Define safety scope
  , delivery assumptions, schedules, and verification / assurance plans
• Produce and review safety case documentation
  , technical reports, and supporting justification
• Support / lead hazard identification and risk assessment activity
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to drive a consistent, high-quality approach
• Support engagement with customers / regulators as required during bid stages

Key skills and experience:

• Strong background delivering safety case work in a highly regulated / safety-critical environment (ideally nuclear or defence)
• Demonstrable experience writing / reviewing safety case documentation and technical submissions
• Good working knowledge of ALARP and familiarity with ONR Safety Assessment Principles
• Able to deliver structured technical analysis and communicate clear, evidence-based arguments
• Comfortable influencing stakeholders across engineering, delivery, and commercial/bid teams
• Degree in a relevant engineering / science discipline (or equivalent experience)

This role would suit someone who:

• Enjoys working in the front end of projects (shaping the “how” before delivery starts)
• Can balance technical depth with commercial and bid priorities
• Wants a role with real influence across nationally significant programmes