Safety Engineer – Nuclear Background

 Candidates for these roles can be based in either Bristol or Warrington .

 Your background ideally includes:

•           Degree or higher qualification

•           Minimum of three years experience in Safety and Risk management

•           Have sound general engineering knowledge and understanding

•           Commercial awareness

•           Good communication skills and a proactive approach to problem solving

•           Understanding of safety and risk principles and their application

•           You must be a team player

What we are looking for:

The role for a Senior Safety Engineer includes responsibilities for providing consultancy services to a wide range of clients. You will be primarily working in the nuclear defence sector but the Company services a broad spectrum of other industries here in the UK and overseas. Therefore, flexibility is an essential prerequisite. Previous consultancy experience would be useful, as would experience of working in major project environments. Some travel will occasionally be required.

Applicants should have experience in as many of the following skill areas as possible:

•           Nuclear Safety Case writing

•           Safety Management/Safety Management Systems

•           Risk Management

•           Design Basis Assessment, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and/or Hazard

            Analysis (HAZAN)

•           Safety/RAMs engineering

•           Hazard and operability studies (HAZOPS), with HAZOP chair experience

            advantageous

•           Safety analysis using fault tree analysis (FTA), event tree analysis (ETA), and/or   

            Failure Modes and effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

•           ALARP Principle and Cost Benefit Analysis

•           Peer review

Candidates offering civil nuclear experience or defence related nuclear experience in any of the main engineering or physics disciplines will be of interest. Formal safety case training would be an advantage, such as recognised Author-Verifier or Case Officer status within a client organisation, or a higher degree in safety and reliability engineering

Special note would be taken of safety case experience gained in human factors, probabilistic safety assessments or structural integrity. Knowledge of Risk Spectrum and Fault Tree Plus packages would be advantageous.

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