RELOCATION - Nuclear Assessor

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a business in the South West.

Beautiful location working at the cutting-edge of nuclear engineering.

Perfect for someone looking to relocate and enhance their career.

As an Assessor you will provide compelling advice and regulatory interface on nuclear safety, radiological safety, radioactive waste management and assurance of compliance with legal and contractual requirements.

The main core activity is the examination of Site Safety i.e., Plant Safety Cases, Modifications, Forward Action Plans (FAPs) and Concessions, against the Company’s safety principles, criteria and standards. The examination can involve checks on a Safety Case’s completeness, logic and methodology.

• Conduct Independent Review, in accordance with established procedures, of safety documents and policy, methodology, strategy and guidance documents generated under arrangements to satisfy the BMS, Nuclear Site Licence and MoD Authorisation.
• As required, and on behalf of the Manager, present the findings of Review to the members of the Nuclear Safety Committee.
• Manage the conduct of consultants sub-contracted for the execution of external Peer Review as lead assessor.
• Assist in formulating strategy and policy to address emergent issues.
• Preparation of Review reports to the required standards and timescales, their incorporation in the SCaNDS/IPR database and ultimately the Licensee’s documentation archive (via Safety Documentation records).

Essential experience of the Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor

• General experience of safety related engineering in a high hazard industry
• Significant experience in the conduct of safety analysis, ideally in a through life support environment, including Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), fault tree analysis etc. in support of probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments
• Experience in the development, management and analysis of fault schedules and the derivation of safety functional requirements
• Experience of authoring safety case claims, arguments and evidence to demonstrate how risks are being managed and controlled
• A thorough understanding of Naval Base infrastructure with a detailed understanding of submarine engineering would be advantageous

Qualifications for the Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor

• Degree in an appropriate Scientific or Engineering discipline
• Chartered accreditation by an appropriate Professional Institution
• NUC0793 Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1 (or equivalent) (Babcock are happy to put you through this)
• NUC0794 Nuclear Fundamentals (Foundation) Course Module 2 (or equivalent) (Babcock are happy to put you through this)
• NUC0911 Introduction to Safety Engineering (Babcock are happy to put you through this)