Senior​/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Senior/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Arcadis Warrington, England, United Kingdom

Role description:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant to join us and deliver elements of nuclear safety cases and provide oversight in a Peer Review capacity. You will be responsible for leading the production of nuclear safety cases in accordance with client requirements and cultivate insights and solutions and innovate our service offering with clients and within Arcadis.

You will work in both a team of Arcadis safety assessors and within an integrated client team. Our clients are typically nuclear site licensees alongside fusion energy organisations. You will positively lead and engage with the SHE agenda and embrace diversity, inclusion, and well‑being in the working environment. Important values for the role are Integrity & Client Success; delivering on promises, always;

and building rapport with clients.

Role accountabilities:

• Oversee an agreed scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including subcontractors, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilised
• Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution and to resolve complex technical issues
• Manage the performance of team members and subcontractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues
• Manage the production of, and quality assure project deliverables to ensure that these meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with national standards and codes of practice
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Director or Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues
• Lead and provide direction and technical advice to team members, to support them in their delivery on the project and in their professional development
• Develop and review proposal submissions to contribute to the preparation of high‑quality winning bids
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry

Qualifications &

Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline

• Chartered member of an appropriate professional institution/society is preferable (or working towards)
• Strong appropriate values and behaviours including integrity, client success, persuasive skills, and the ability to build rapport
• Breadth and depth of experience working on nuclear safety cases for site licence companies, including new build, existing operational facilities and those in waste management & decommissioning
• Good understanding of, and experience of applying:
  • Hazard Identification
  • Radiological Consequence Assessment of Potential Accidents
  • Safety‑designation and safety case implementation
  • Use of bounding cases
  • Nuclear safety hierarchy, the ALARP principle and optimization
  • The ONR Safety Assessment Principles
• You should be eligible to complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) working at OFFICIAL level.