Independent Peer Review Assessor

Shape nuclear safety. Strengthen national security. Build a career with purpose. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding nuclear and radiological safety across complex defence infrastructure. Operating within the Independent Nuclear Oversight Group, you’ll provide objective, expert assurance, challenging decisions, influencing policy, and ensuring the highest standards of compliance. Day-to-day, you’ll have the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with strategic influence. Your work will directly support safe operations, protect people and the environment, and strengthen the UK’s defence capability, while offering exceptional professional growth in a highly respected field.

• Conducting independent peer reviews of nuclear safety cases, policy, and technical documentation
• Presenting key findings and insights to senior governance forums, including the Nuclear Safety Committee
• Managing external consultants engaged in specialist peer review activities
• Developing and refining methodologies, processes, and “lessons learned” to strengthen assurance frameworks
• Collaborating with engineering, safety, and operational leaders to resolve technical challenges and improve safety outcomes

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor

• Demonstrating significant professional experience within nuclear safety or a related high-hazard industry
• Applying safety analysis techniques such as fault tree analysis, FMECA, and probabilistic or deterministic assessments
• Developing and managing safety cases, including claims, arguments, and supporting evidence
• Interpreting complex engineering systems, ideally within naval or defence infrastructure environments
• Influencing stakeholders through expert advice, technical authority, and independent challenge

Qualifications for the Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor

• Degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering discipline
• Chartered status with a relevant professional institution
• Nuclear Safety or Engineering training (or equivalent), such as foundation modules or safety engineering courses

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement between February and March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.