Safety & Risk Consultant

At Amentum, we are committed to engineering the future of science, security, and sustainability through innovation and collaboration.

We are recruiting a Safety & Risk Consultant to join our Safety and Risk Methodologies (S&RM) team. Candidates may be at any experience level – early careers to seasoned experts – and will work within the Defence Nuclear Enterprise and broader nuclear safety projects.

• Undertake INSA and ITA of customer safety case documents to provide balanced and proportionate advice, focusing on time, cost and quality.
• Engage with customer safety case specialists to inform INSA/ITA.
• Present the S&RM team’s view at internal and customer meetings.
• Help produce and/or advise customers on the adequacy of their safety management arrangements.
• Produce and deliver safety case training courses.
• Interface with specialists from other technical disciplines to understand the appropriateness of the safety case.
• Work in accordance with business requirements for health, safety, environment, security and quality, and seek continuous improvements in all aspects of work.

• Degree (Level 6, minimum requirement) in Science or Engineering or equivalent.
• Membership (or working towards) of a professional institution is desirable.
• Clear and concise technical writing skills.
• Effective communication skills, ability to discuss safety case topics with subject‑matter experts from a range of other technical disciplines and provide professional independent challenge or advice.
• Knowledge and experience of the application of techniques such as HAZID, DBA, PSA, SAA, Internal and External Hazards characterisation, Human Factors / Human Reliability.
• Knowledge of safety case structures and staged safety case campaigns (PSRs, PCSRs, etc.).

Amentum is an equal opportunity employer and a disability confident employer. Requests for reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process may be made to  Amentum also welcomes applicants who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.