Senior Safety Case Engineer

Nuclear Waste Services

Senior Safety Case Engineer

£64868

Nuclear Waste Services, Kilsby, Northamptonshire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 21 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 3b12d97a3bae472c84d58f2420d6d635

Full Job Description

  • Manage and deliver safety assessments and other safety case deliverables to support the GDF Operational Safety Case

  • Provide high quality safety advice to engineers, designers and other stakeholders to support the GDF Operational Safety Case

  • Define and specify the work required to support the GDF Operational Safety Case

  • Progress safety case deliverables through the relevant Technical Governance process steps

  • Effectively communicate the key findings, outputs and conclusions of the Operational Safety Case to a wide range of stakeholders (internal/ external, technical/ non-technical)

  • Ensure that safety assessments and other elements of the GDF Operational Safety Case are delivered to time, cost and quality

    Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.


  • Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world

    If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.

    We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;


    We are action orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.

    We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.

  • On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave

  • Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)

  • We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP

  • 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