Senior Safety Case Engineer
Reference: 868167
Location: Warrington, Bristol, Newbury, Leicester
Type: Perm, Full-Time, Hybrid Working
Sector: Energy
Description
Our Client ensures security of energy supply and helps protect populations across the world by providing specialist project development, engineering and safety solutions across the nuclear lifecycle.
Have you been following the recent exciting UK nuclear sector funding and project news?
Always been interested in this fascinating industry, but never been sure how to transition into it?
Are you experienced in developing safety cases for high-hazard projects in the oil and gas, petrochemical, or pharmaceutical arenas?
We here at Simpson Booth can help. Our client is keen to review applications from experienced high-hazard safety case personnel eager to transition into the nuclear sector for their mission-critical, high-stakes projects.
The Role
As a Senior Safety Case Engineer, your day-to-day responsibilities will cover all aspects of the business, from business winning to subsequent project delivery. You will be a key member with the responsibility for supporting the team, both internally and within the customer organisations. You will use your expertise and knowledge to help develop the next generation of Safety Consultants through the Client’s business portfolio.
Responsibilities
Project Delivery:
Providing the nuclear safety input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated;
Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders;
Producing and verifying, calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports;
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;
Support production of the safety submission;
Supporting submissions through the various review and approval stages;
Managing project risks by assessing safety items on the Technical Issues Register;
Producing and verifying technical Scopes of Work;
Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other projects.
Bid Support:
Providing the safety case input to bids;
Producing estimates for bids.
Growth:
Building and maintaining customer relationships;
Growing the business through the identification of opportunities;
Representing the discipline to customers and external bodies.
Functional:
Maintaining awareness of wider industry process and project developments;
Awareness of industry best practice for implementation;
Undertaking any special duties as may be specified from time to time by the Functional Lead;
Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel;
Supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline.
Processes:
Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.
Key Requirements
Skills & Experience
Bachelor Honours Degree (minimum) in relevant Science or Engineering related discipline;
Demonstrable knowledge and industry experience of a range of nuclear facilities and their operations;
Demonstrable experience in delivery of fit for purpose safety cases;
Demonstrable experience in the training and development of junior staff;
Demonstrable problem solving and communication skills;
Demonstrable experience of producing Safety Case documentation, for example:
o Hazard Management Strategy;
o Radiological Safety Assessments;
o DBAA;
o Consequence Assessment;
o Derivation of SFRs;
o Verification of peers’ reports;
o HAZOP Chair, secretary, and production of HAZOP Reports;
o Safety Reports (PSRs, PCSRs etc.);
o ALARP Justification.
Demonstrable knowledge of ONR Safety Assessment Principles and relevant legislation such as, the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019, the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, and IAEA SSR-6 and associated transport legislation.
Chartership by a relevant Professional body.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC Level security clearance for this role.
Due to current workloads, Simpson Booth regrets to inform that in the instance you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of your application, you are to consider your application unsuccessful at this time.