Safety Case Engineer

Responsibilities

• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of the suite of Nuclear Infrastructure Design Substantiation documents.
• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of design changes/concessions
• Presentation of Design substantiations, to ‘Due Process’ nuclear safety committees
• Production and development of Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) Schedule, operating procedures and results to satisfy design requirements and safety case through life
• Producing/assessing Periodic Review of Safety reports
• Providing advice and direction to internal and external stakeholders
• Production of Independent Technical Assessment (ITA)/Independent Peer Review (IPR) Scopes of work
• Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology
• Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle engineering processes, systems, services and products in a nuclear/high risk environment
• Producing robust technical justification to allow for relevant design modifications to be authorised within a high hazard industry
• Review technical reports and other safety case submissions from external contractors
• Check and review calculations and technical documents written by other members of staff

• Reviewing of Safety Case documentation in accordance with arrangements and versus Relevant Good Practice expectations;
• Provide safety case advice to internal teams and Contractor teams;
• Production of safety justification documents;
• Attendance at review and project meetings;
• Chair/facilitate safety justification maturity review meetings;
• Attendance at Hazard Identification Workshops, optioneering reviews and other stakeholder meetings;
• Must have experience of developing safety assurance strategies for complex projects and safety case delivery or assessment in a nuclear environment.
• Ideal candidates would already have experience within a Defence or a similar high-risk environment
• Familiarity with safety case development techniques e.g., HAZID/HAZOP studies.
• Experience of working in the UK nuclear industry (energy or defence), particularly in the design and assessment of safety-related structures, systems and components.
• Knowledge of UK and US nuclear industry regulation and practice, and application of relevant nuclear-specific codes and standards.