Safety Case Advisor in Brighton

The Safety Case Advisor within UKNNL supports the Safety Case Manager to ensure the company's continued compliance to all regulations governing the nuclear industry and Site Licence Conditions. The role holder shall be responsible for providing assurance that the preparation, implementation, management, maintenance and periodic review of the safety case is being undertaken in compliance with defined procedures.

This is a development opportunity and thus the salary is banded across the entire range for the role, a development plan will be put in place depending upon level of experience of the successful applicant.

Main Responsibilities:

• Prepare, deliver and implement safety case documentation, appropriate to the operations and/or plant area, ensuring that required standards of safety, cost, quality and time are met i.e. that the documentation is right first time.
• Present Safety Case documents to safety committees, licensee and other stakeholders such as regulatory bodies on behalf of the SCM (as required).
• Maintain safety case systems, and develop processes and procedures.
• Support and play an active role in the undertaking and completion of short and long term reviews of the safety case.
• Provide high quality Safety Case advice to the facility.
• Develop and own the nuclear safety performance dashboard.
• Deputise for the Safety Case Manager in areas where technical competence has been demonstrated.
• Secretary to the facility Management Safety Committee, cascade of accurate outputs to the licensee and regulators.
• Identify, participate and lead in improvement initiatives on Safety Case Processes.
• Look for, use and share learning from internal and external sources and from events and good practice.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant legislative, regulatory and company policy, standards and procedures.

Essential Criteria:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Be able to evidence the ability to communicate concepts to diverse audiences.
• Self motivated with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria:

• Degree in a scientific/engineering discipline.
• Experience of safety case assessment principles & methodologies e.g., DBA, PSA etc.
• Production of safety case documentation e.g., PSR outputs, FSC, PACSR, EIMT etc.
• Experience of undertaking periodic reviews of a safety case.
• Experience of safety case processes to control modification to plant or operations.
• Experience of safety case implementation and derivation of safety case strategies.

Why join us?

UKNNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• Attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK.
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company:

UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.