Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor

Job Title: Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits + Private Healthcare
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role : SF64801

As a Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor you will work within the Independent Nuclear Oversight (INO) Group, providing regulatory interface and assurance on nuclear safety, radiological safety, radioactive waste management, and compliance with legal and contractual requirements.

• Conduct Independent Peer Review of safety documents, policy, methodology, strategy and guidance documents under the BMS, Nuclear Site Licence and MOD Authorisation.
• Present findings of Peer Review to the Nuclear Safety Committee on behalf of the Independent Peer Review Manager.
• Lead and manage consultants contracted for external Peer Reviews.
• Assist in formulating IPR strategy and policy to address emergent issues.
• Prepare Peer Review reports, ensuring required standards and timescales, and integrate them into the SCaNDS/IPR database and the Licensee’s documentation archive.

• General safety‑related engineering experience in a high‑hazard industry.
• Significant experience in safety analysis, including FMECA and fault‑tree analysis, supporting probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments.
• Experience in developing, managing and analysing fault schedules and deriving safety functional requirements.
• Experience authoring safety case claims, arguments and evidence to demonstrate risk management.
• Detailed understanding of Naval Base infrastructure and submarine engineering would be advantageous.

• Degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering discipline.
• Chartered accreditation by an appropriate professional institution.
• Completion of NUC
  0793 Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1 (Babcock can provide training).
• Completion of NUC
  0794 Nuclear Fundamentals (Foundation) Course Module 2 (Babcock can provide training).
• Completion of NUC
  0911 Introduction to Safety Engineering (Babcock can provide training).

The successful candidate must achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many positions require national security clearance and trade control restrictions; eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, citizenship and residency. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels –  ().

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists receive 10 days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave. The annual window to request this benefit is available. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one paid day a year to volunteer with a chosen charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

08/06/2026

We are a disability confident committed employer. If a disability or adjustment is needed during application, please email car with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’.