Safety Case Manager / Safety Case Manager (Projects) in England

UKNNL is seeking to build resilience in safety case management capacity across facilities and projects. A Safety Case Manager (Projects) (SCM(P)) is a project‑specific role to support the UKNNL Safety Case Delivery Lead and facility Safety Case Managers to ensure continued compliance with all safety case‑related Site Licence Conditions (principally LC14, 15, 23, 27). SCM(P) is responsible for planning, alignment, development and implementation of safety cases required to meet project demands. The role ensures that the safety case is delivered in a clear and user‑friendly way. SCM(P) is a lead role and must perform duties with minimal management direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of governance arrangements to ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory, environmental, safety and quality requirements across the area of responsibility.
• Develop, implement and maintain a clear strategy for ongoing management of the project safety case in line with relevant process arrangements.
• Act as the customer (on behalf of the SCO) regarding project safety case requirements and alignment with the facility safety case, and serve as the primary point of contact for project safety case issues.
• Sponsor documentation through the safety committee (PMP, MSC).
• Ensure the project safety case is clear, fit for purpose, pragmatic and user friendly.
• Provide high quality safety case advice to all stakeholders.
• Identify and drive improvement initiatives on safety case understanding and implementation in the workplace.
• Look for, use and share learning from internal and external sources and from events and good practice.
• Support the training and development of safety case team members in line with the safety case workbook, career pathway and business requirements.
• Maintain up to date detailed knowledge of relevant legislative, regulatory and company policy, standards and procedures.
• Maintain a working knowledge of applicable regulations, processes and industry good practice, through attendance at relevant forums within the wider safety case community and benchmarking with other organisations.

Essential Criteria

• Experienced in a regulated industry, detail orientated, able to work to stringent deadlines.
• Compliance professional, educated to Degree level (or equivalent), with extensive practical and relevant experience in a safety case management role.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and interpret complex information from several, sometimes conflicting or novel sources, with proven problem‑solving ability to make decisions based on this information.
• Highly motivated with ability to communicate concepts to diverse audiences with varying skills.
• Experience of remaining calm under stressful circumstances.
• Evidence of self‑motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience.
• Ability to communicate key information both verbally and written with a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to influence, communicate and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across a team and business area.
• Strong analytical thinking skills, with experience of solving novel and possibly challenging technical issues.
• Good understanding of ALARP principles.
• Good planning skills.
• Computer literate with MS Office suite.
• Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years UK residency).

Desirable Criteria

• Fully conversant with SLP 2.17 suite.
• SCM workbook completed.
• A thorough awareness of nuclear and conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area(s) of responsibility.