Nuclear Safety Consultant

At Electus Recruitment, we are working with a specialist consultancy renowned for its exceptional delivery in the nuclear sector. They are seeking an established Nuclear Safety Assurance professional with a robust background in submarine power plants, civil nuclear, or naval nuclear facilities. This isn't a role where you will be lost in a large corporate structure; instead, you will thrive within a close-knit, agile SME, contributing significantly to its continued growth and success.

Your Day-to-Day Impact:

You will be at the forefront of providing expert consultancy services to clients, utilising your deep understanding to:

• Lead and deliver high-quality systems assurance activities, including authoring safety management plans and undertaking detailed hazard and risk analyses.
• Derive and demonstrate compliance with safety requirements.
• Develop comprehensive safety cases and risk management plans.
• Author overarching safety assurance arguments and lead periodic safety reviews for equipment and facilities.
• Liaise with Regulators as necessary, defining scopes of work and work breakdown structures.
• Develop creative commercial strategies for successful new business acquisition.
• Act as a strong customer advocate, adept at understanding requirements, building professional relationships, and consistently delivering results.
• Communicate complex information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in written reports.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering the next generation of talent.

What You'll Bring:

• A Bachelor or Master of Engineering/Science Degree is essential.
• A minimum of six years' delivery experience in nuclear safety assurance.
• Proven expertise in delivering Systems Safety activities, encompassing operational safety case development, hazard listing, fault schedule development, safety case report authoring, HAZOP, Bow Tie analysis, and ALARP optioneering.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering Deterministic Safety Assessments, including design basis assessment, beyond design basis assessment, and safety functional requirement derivation.
• Sound knowledge of Authorising Conditions and Licensing Conditions for nuclear sites.
• Experience with PWR3 is desirable, as is the delivery of Probabilistic Safety Assessments and radiological consequence assessment.
• Client management and stakeholder engagement skills are beneficial, as is prior consultancy experience and Chartered Status with the UK Engineering Council.

Location: This role offers flexibility with a blend of office-based work in Bristol, client site visits, and home working.
Salary: £75,000 - £90,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Security Clearance: Candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must satisfy UK National Security Vetting (SC) criteria.

Beyond the Remuneration:
Our client believes in supporting their people. Their comprehensive benefits package includes:

• An annual bonus linked to company and individual performance.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements to support your work-life balance.
• An attractive pension scheme with matched contributions up to 8% from day one.
• Family-friendly policies.
• Private healthcare.
• Targeted professional development to enhance your career.
• Life Assurance (4x salary) and Income Protection (75% of salary).
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme.
• EV lease salary sacrifice scheme.