We are talent sourcing for experienced Safety Case Engineers to join teams flexible working from offices in Harwell, Warrington and Cumbria.
The main purposes of this job are to:
- Deliver safety assessments and other safety case deliverables to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Provide high quality safety advice to engineers, designers and other stakeholders to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Define and specify the work required to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Progress safety case deliverables through the relevant Technical Governance process steps
- Effectively communicate the key findings, outputs and conclusions of the Operational Safety Case to a wide range of stakeholders (internal/ external, technical/ non-technical)
- Ensure that safety assessments and other elements of the GDF Operational Safety Case are delivered to time, cost and quality
- If required, and as agreed with the GDF Operational Safety Case Lead, the job holder will also provide safety case support to other NWS priorities (e.g. Transport, Site Evaluation, GDF
- Post Closure safety, Near Surface Disposal and LLWR Repository Site activities).
Roles and Responsibilities
The main purposes of this job are to:
- Deliver safety assessments and other safety case deliverables to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Provide high quality safety advice to engineers, designers and other stakeholders to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Define and specify the work required to support the GDF Operational Safety Case
- Progress safety case deliverables through the relevant Technical Governance process steps
- Effectively communicate the key findings, outputs and conclusions of the Operational Safety Case to a wide range of stakeholders (internal/ external, technical/ non-technical)
- Ensure that safety assessments and other elements of the GDF Operational Safety Case are delivered to time, cost and quality
Ideally the job holder will have skills and experience in one or more of the following technical skill areas:
- Hazard Identification (HAZID) exercises (either leading or recording output). NWS use mostly HAZard and OPerability studies (HAZOPs), but experience of Structured What If Technique (SWIFT), Hazards of Construction (HAZCON), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) would be desirable
- Fault Studies/ Nuclear Safety Assessment
- Internal Hazards assessment
- External Hazards assessment
- Fault schedule development
- Design Basis Accident Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) (fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, etc.)
- Engineering schedule development and reconciliation
- Identification of Safety Functional Requirements
- Identification of Hazard Management Strategies
- Presentation of the safety case using a Claims, Argument, Evidence approach
- Radiological consequence assessment
- Radiation protection, normal operations dose assessment and shielding assessment
Additional Responsibilities
The job holder will also be expected to:
- Contribute to development of the NWS safety case capability, methodology and guidance
- Develop their own skills/ experience via Continued Professional Development (CPD) (either as part of a professional institute or independently)
- Support the GDF generic Disposal System Safety Case (gDSSC) Change Control procedure
- Contribute to the training and development of team members, including maintenance of SQEP capability, resilience and succession planning
- Interface effectively with internal GDF teams (e.g. engineering, waste management, requirements, research, post-closure, transport).
- Deal responsively, but also proactively, with a range of internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Nuclear Safety and Environmental Committee (NSEC), Independent Oversight/ Independent Assessment (IO/IA))
- Contribute to regulatory interactions
- Represent the GDF Programme and NWS at national and international fora and events
- Work collaboratively with other NWS staff and suppliers to ensure good value for money
Experience Required
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex safety arguments to a wide range of stakeholders (specialist and non-specialist)
- Safety case production experience, preferably in UK civil nuclear
- Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) subject (combined degrees which incorporate a strong STEM element will also be considered)
Desirable
- Experience of radiological safety assessment of UK nuclear waste handling, packaging and storage
- Familiarity with higher activity radioactive wastes, handling/ packaging processes and the related safety issues
- Ability to present safety case documents to stakeholders (e.g. safety committees, regulators)
- Experience of Requirements Management, Systems Engineering and the Claims, Arguments, Evidence approach to safety case presentation
- Experienced in the mentoring, training and development of more junior staff
- Knowledge of the UK nuclear regulatory context
- Membership of a relevant professional institution, either with a charter or working towards
What is in it for you
- On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
- Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
- Learning and development support
- Payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
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