Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for a Safety Case Lead (related to Site Justification), flexible working across the NWS estate.
As part of this role you will:
- Ensure consistency of safety claims with respect to siting across all lifecycle phases.
- Promote consistency in the approach to the site selection process for work within the remit of a Geological Disposal Facility (Nuclear Safety Case, Environmental Safety Case, security and conventional safety for operations) and for Near Surface Disposal
- Liaise with Requirements function to assist in the resolution / balance of potential conflicts between nuclear safety, environmental safety, security and conventional safety (for ops) with regard to site selection and justification.
- Promote consistency across both operational and post-closure phases of operation with regard to the safety claims in relation to siting of a GDF or NSD facility.
- Provide advice to NWS with respect to nuclear site licencing, notably in respect of site justification as per ONR guidance
- Provide external hazards SME expertise, including support to ongoing operations at LLWR.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Understand ONR and EA expectations for site justification and (in conjunction with Pre-Closure and Post-Closure safety case Leads) develop NWS approach to addressing these.
- Act as NWS SME for external hazards, including for periodic safety reviews (LC 15).
- Support the development of the strategy for successful Site Licence application (SLA), defining the evolution of the site characteristics (characterisation of potentially several sites through to submission of a final Site Justification Report to underpin SLA)
- Support the development of the strategy for justification of the site with respect to the Environmental Safety Case, defining evolution of the site characteristics required for post-closure (characterisation of several sites through to justification of the preferred site to underpin environmental applications).
- Liaising with the Systems Safety Engineering lead, ensure any design requirements arising from the Siting Evaluation are appropriately captured.
- Liaising with both Pre-Closure and Post-Closure safety case leads to provide necessary site selection substantiation input to respective safety cases.
Experience Required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly at senior management level and liaison with UK regulators.
- Ability to effectively explain complex technical issues to a wide audience (including non specialists), both verbally and in writing.
- Sound knowledge of the UK regulatory framework and the application of relevant legislation, guidance and relevant good practice within the nuclear industry or other highly regulated industry.
- In depth understanding of the role of the safety case and the assessment of internal and external hazards.
- Experienced in the mentoring, training and development of more junior staff
- Direct Safety Case delivery experience, in nuclear industry with at least 10 years experience
- Strong track record of leading large multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex, challenging, fit for purpose safety cases.
- Experience in the design of engineering measures that mitigate the risk of internal and external hazards
- Highly experienced in the development of safety case strategies and plans, co-ordinating production of safety submissions including all specialist safety input.
- Experience of liaising with Regulators.
- Experience in the analysis of structures and/or systems to characterise the loads from internal and external hazards.
- Direct experience and understanding of the science of physical processes which drive natural hazards and the derivation of hazard level/frequency relationships.
Qualifications Needed
- Degree in Engineering or Science
- Current Registration with Professional body;
- SQEP in external hazards
What is in it for you
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days’ annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- 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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