Nuclear Principal Safety Engineer

Location: Plymouth

Rate: Up to £87 per hour via umbrella (Inside IR35)

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Overview

As a Principal Safety Engineer, you will provide a service to Plant/Project Managers, specialist knowledge, support, and advice as necessary, to enable them to comply with statutory legislation and requirements as defined in the Licence Conditions/Authorisation Conditions (LC/AC) relevant to nuclear related activities carried out by, or on behalf of the Plant/Project Manager. This post lies within the Nuclear Safety Engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• To direct the development of safety strategy and its implementation
• Manage a team of professional safety staff:
  • Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of development and succession plans for the team and individual team members.
  • Ensure that each team member has objectives which align with broader business objectives and ensure that they are reviewed on a regular basis.
  • Ensure that appraisals for staff members are conducted on time as appropriate. Provide appropriate follow-up throughout the year.
  • Lead through example by maintaining personal and company standards at all times.
• To identify the need for remedial action or additional technical/safety justifications and agree with the DSM or P/SE the programme of work to be carried out.
• To support other areas of the company by providing a quality check service to an agreed scope or area of expertise.
• To be able to manage the construction, delivery, and quality checking of appropriate Hazard Identification and Safety Assessment documentation against an agreed Safety Strategy utilising the Safety Engineering techniques as defined by the following processes and in accordance with agreed standards as determined by relevant legislation associated compliance documents and company guidance:
  • Safety Strategy - SBU(D)-PM-177
  • Hazard Identification and Sentencing - SBU(D)-PM-186
  • Safety Assessment - SBU(D)-PM-187
  • Risk Reduction - SBU(D)-PM-197
• To ensure that any documentation produced covers the scope of operations, as defined by line management and agreed with relevant stakeholders, to timescales and standards that will allow continued operations. This will involve liaison as appropriate with P/SE, DSMs, Plant/Project Managers, and any other relevant stakeholders (customer).
• To provide advice to the Plant/Project Manager on the implementation and maintenance of safety cases and the implementation of LC/AC.
• Provide guidance and advice to support Plant/Project Managers, P/SE, DSMs, and the Head of Safety Engineering on Safety Case, Site Licence, and MoD Authorisation issues, and to liaise with ONR, MoD, SRD/RSD, RRMP as appropriate.