Safety Case Lead in Reading

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For more than 75 years, Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) has supported the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy and the Continuous at Sea Deterrent. They use nuclear know-how and technical expertise to provide innovative solutions that support the UK’s counterterrorism and nuclear threat reduction activities. Like Bechtel, they create and maintain a safe operating culture where safety is front and centre of everything they do. From building state‑of‑the‑art facilities, to supporting Production, Science, Engineering and Technology programmes, the management of Environment, Safety, Health and Wellbeing underpins all activities at AWE.

Project Summary: Bechtel is collaborating with AWE as an integrated team to deliver the preliminary design for the facilities within the Future Materials Campus. Since 2023, Bechtel has provided delivery and technical support, ensuring the project is completed on schedule and within budget.

Job Summary: This position is for a Safety Case Lead who will work a multi‑year contract on a United Kingdom (UK) nuclear infrastructure programme for which Bechtel are providing the Project Management and Engineering services. This project is at the conceptual design phases driving a programme involving a multi‑billion‑pound investment in nuclear and non‑nuclear facilities. The Safety Case Lead will be a proactive and driven individual who will support a Delivery Manager as the safety lead for engineering activities. You will provide Assurance leadership and strategic engagement for the project. The individual will provide leadership to a group of Safety Case Engineers in developing safety cases, representing the project to the regulators and interfacing with engineering to support long‑range design and engineering support. The candidate will provide input during the development of project schedules and support regulatory approaches to accomplish project mission. The Safety Case Lead will conduct periodic assessments of nuclear safety and communicate regularly with customers and regulators to enable project mission. You will have the ability to work independently and use engineering judgment. In addition, you will help others and respond to requests for help in solving technical or procedural problems or issues. You will be responsible for leading assurance process execution in a technically adequate manner and in accordance with company, contract, and industry codes and standards.

This position is designated as part‑time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in‑person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in‑person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.

Major Responsibilities:

• Executes assurance deliverables according to a set of requirements utilising approved procedures, practices, and codes and standards.
• Assists in the development of the nuclear safety cases including periodic reviews.
• Support the review of submissions pertaining to system & operational safety planning & execution throughout the project’s life cycle ensuring that submissions are compliant with the requirements.
• Assists in the engineering design development of systems involving nuclear safety requirements to ensure safety case is optimised with design.
• Support development of resource‑loaded schedules for safety case development in support of project milestones.
• Support delivery of Safety Cases to regulators, including development of practical approaches to issues, and satisfy established requirements.
• Assist in interface with engineering, customers, and regulators regularly to discuss progress, receive feedback, and ensure customer satisfaction with safety case approach and development.
• Support studies into the environmental impacts and sustainability of the proposed design / construction process.
• Participate in safety reviews (HAZID, HAZOP), as well as reviewing compliance with applicable safety and quality standards.
• Identify issues (risks and value improvement opportunities) and help clarify areas of complexity during all phases of the works.
• Support informal studies and technical briefing with customers, suppliers, and other departments and disciplines.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• A recognised bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Ideally will have worked within a licensee organisation with knowledge of interfacing with regulators – in the delivery of projects.
• 10 years minimum experience in Assurance Safety.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of nuclear safety principals and techniques.
• Understanding of the site license conditions and pertinent nuclear safety requirements with an ability to anticipate license changes necessary to enable effective project execution.
• Knowledge of how safety controls are implemented and maintained within the safety case and the application of safe operations practices including temporary shielding, containment and other measures for radiological control.
• Understanding of engineering design processes and configuration management practices.
• Knowledge of Nuclear Safety Processes and Standards.
• Analysis for safety cases and technical reports to regulators to support project milestones and achieving approved documents to support the project.
• Strong critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Must be able to obtain an SC Clearance for access to the AWE Site.

Other:

The role will be based primarily at Aldermaston, UK however travel to Bechtel’s London office may also be required. Flexibility in work locations includes three days per week working at the project site and two days working from home or the Bechtel office. This arrangement will change as project needs adjust. The position is open to United Kingdom (UK) Nationals only. This position is also subject to a successful interview and agreement upon terms and conditions of employment.