Warhead Senior Safety Assessment Specialist

Job Overview

Warhead Senior Safety Assessment Specialist –

Location:

Coulport, 20 minutes north of Helensburgh (Scotland). Package up to £65k depending on experience. Core working hours 07:15‑16:45, Monday to Thursday.

• Lead complex safety analyses across warhead products, shaping design‑for‑safety strategies.
• Deliver high‑quality safety assessments that support compliant decision‑making throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage the TSA Safety Case and provide specialist safety‑case expertise on behalf of the TSA Facility Operator.
• Ensure all activities remain within the bounds of the current safety case, signing off maintenance concessions and contributing to long‑term safety‑case strategies.
• Guide the interpretation and application of safety assessment outputs, developing design safety options that reinforce AWE’s global safety standards.
• Work closely with project teams and stakeholders to apply technical safety expertise across nuclear, radiological, chemical, and explosive hazards.

• Degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification in mechanical, electrical, nuclear or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Proven experience in developing, maintaining, and justifying safety cases, including safety reviews, concessions, and lifecycle safety assurance.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with excellent report‑writing and presentation abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to apply technical skills across the nuclear lifecycle, from projects through decommissioning.
• Experience applying skills across multiple hazard types (e.g., proportional risk assessment).
• Extensive experience in safety assessment for radiological, chemical, and/or explosive hazards.
• Background in nuclear, high‑hazard and/or highly regulated environments.
• Experience across multiple domains (management system, front‑end, project design, commissioning, operations, decommissioning) within or outside AWE.
• Experience working within highly regulated, high‑hazard industries, ideally nuclear.

• Market‑leading contributory pension scheme (9%‑13% of pensionable pay).
• Generous holiday entitlement – 266 hours a year, inclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Family‑friendly policies: 39‑week full‑pay maternity leave and 4‑week full‑pay paternity leave.
• Professional career development opportunities, including funding for annual membership of relevant professional bodies.
• Employee Assistance Programme and on‑site occupational health services, including physiotherapy and GP appointments.
• Life assurance at 4× annual salary.
• Access to savings discounts on everyday spending.
• On‑site gym and assisted transport services (subsidised buses).
• Special leave policy – paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.