Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for a Safety Case Lead (related to Site Justification), flexible working across the NWS estate.
As part of this role you will:
- Ensure consistency of safety claims with respect to siting across all lifecycle phases.
- Promote consistency in the approach to the site selection process for work within the remit of a Geological Disposal Facility (Nuclear Safety Case, Environmental Safety Case, security and conventional safety for operations) and for Near Surface Disposal
- Liaise with Requirements function to assist in the resolution / balance of potential conflicts between nuclear safety, environmental safety, security and conventional safety (for ops) with regard to site selection and justification.
- Promote consistency across both operational and post-closure phases of operation with regard to the safety claims in relation to siting of a GDF or NSD facility.
- Provide advice to NWS with respect to nuclear site licencing, notably in respect of site justification as per ONR guidance
- Provide external hazards SME expertise, including support to ongoing operations at LLWR.
- Understand ONR and EA expectations for site justification and (in conjunction with Pre-Closure and Post-Closure safety case Leads) develop NWS approach to addressing these.
- Act as NWS SME for external hazards, including for periodic safety reviews (LC 15).
- Support the development of the strategy for successful Site Licence application (SLA), defining the evolution of the site characteristics (characterisation of potentially several sites through to submission of a final Site Justification Report to underpin SLA)
- Support the development of the strategy for justification of the site with respect to the Environmental Safety Case, defining evolution of the site characteristics required for post-closure (characterisation of several sites through to justification of the preferred site to underpin environmental applications).
- Liaising with the Systems Safety Engineering lead, ensure any design requirements arising from the Siting Evaluation are appropriately captured.
- Liaising with both Pre-Closure and Post-Closure safety case leads to provide necessary site selection substantiation input to respective safety cases.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly at senior management level and liaison with UK regulators.
- Ability to effectively explain complex technical issues to a wide audience (including non specialists), both verbally and in writing.
- Sound knowledge of the UK regulatory framework and the application of relevant legislation, guidance and relevant good practice within the nuclear industry or other highly regulated industry.
- In depth understanding of the role of the safety case and the assessment of internal and external hazards.
- Experienced in the mentoring, training and development of more junior staff
- Direct Safety Case delivery experience, in nuclear industry with at least 10 years experience
- Strong track record of leading large multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex, challenging, fit for purpose safety cases.
- Experience in the design of engineering measures that mitigate the risk of internal and external hazards
- Highly experienced in the development of safety case strategies and plans, co-ordinating production of safety submissions including all specialist safety input.
- Experience of liaising with Regulators.
- Experience in the analysis of structures and/or systems to characterise the loads from internal and external hazards.
- Direct experience and understanding of the science of physical processes which drive natural hazards and the derivation of hazard level/frequency relationships.
- Degree in Engineering or Science
- Current Registration with Professional body;
- SQEP in external hazards
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days’ annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. We are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, we welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.