Principal Safety Case Engineer

Principal Safety Consultant

Typical Knowledge & Experience

• Cross-industry experience, knowledge of a wide range of nuclear facilities and their operations
• Experienced in:
• developing and preparing safety documentation for projects such as Hazard Management Strategy, Safety Reports (PSRs, PCSRs etc. and equivalents), ALARP arguments
• co-ordinating production of safety submissions including specialist safety input
• Knowledge and experience of Regulatory negotiation, safety management and provision of specialist advice
• Experienced in managing teams to deliver large, technically complex, fit for purpose safety cases
• Provision of leadership in key technical areas and to drive innovation and value added activities
• Experience in the mentoring, training and development of more junior staff

Typical Responsibilities

• Project Delivery
• Provision of strategic guidance based on knowledge and experience to inform and direct policies, projects and programmes
• Providing the nuclear safety input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated
• Preparing and agreeing the Safety Case Strategy
• Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders i.e. Safety Case Managers, Safety Case Owners, Client Team, Safety Committee, INSA/Peer Review, NSC, Regulators
• Producing, verifying, and approving calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports
• Acting as the Point of Contact for the Key Stakeholders, ensuring adequate communication between the Engineering Delivery Team, Construction Experts, Operators, Safety Assessors, Site Safety Case Managers and other Stakeholders
• Leading and participating in Hazard Identification studies
• Co-ordinating production of the safety submission including all specialist safety input
• Supporting submissions through the various review and approval stages
• Review and approval of design changes, concessions and technical queries
• Managing project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database.
• Raising quality plans for single discipline work packages
• Producing, verifying, and approving technical Scopes of Work, assessing tender returns, then verifying/assessing and/or approving the outputs to ensure that the requirements of the design sub-contract are met
• Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other projects
• Knowledge in specialist areas of safety case, e.g. submarines, hydrogen, chemotoxic, etc.

Bid Support

• Reviewing bids and designs
• Providing the nuclear safety input to bids
• Producing estimates for bids

Growth

• Building and maintaining customer relationships
• Growing the business through the identification and development of opportunities
• Representing the discipline to customers, regulatory and external bodies

Functional

• Maintaining awareness of wider industry process and project developments
• Reviewing industry best practice for implementation
• Undertaking any special duties as may be specified from time to time by the Functional Leader
• Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel
• Directing and supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline

Processes

• Input to development of processes and procedures that are pragmatic, proportionate, scalable and widely applicable
• Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities

Desirable for currently advertised roles

• Previous experience working in support of the UK submarine programme and new nuclear build.
• Individuals with broader non-nuclear safety case expertise may also be considered.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.

We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Principal Safety Case Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.