Principal Safety Case Specialist

AWE is looking to expand our team within Safety Case Assessment. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert, your role will be pivotal in the assessment of nuclear, explosive, and other major hazards. Our safety case teams are at the forefront of a wide variety of work, involving ground-breaking innovation and technical challenges across a wide range of projects associated with:

• Planning future systems in support of the UK's long-term strategic deterrent.
• Maintaining and extending the life of existing facilities
• Decommissioning of the redundant facilities.
• There are exciting opportunities to develop careers both within, and beyond, AWE.
Who are we looking for?
• Experience of leading and managing the technical input to the planning and production of key safety documentation to facilitate operations in challenging facilities.
• Deliver safety assessments and other technical safety documentation to agreed AWE standards for exciting new project delivery.
• Provides technical input to the design and/or delivery of technical training.
• Mentor nuclear safety analysts and senior nuclear safety analysts as part of a planned development activity.
  
  Knowledge and experience of working on a range of safety cases across different industries ideally radiological, chemical and/or explosive hazards.
• Knowledge of the techniques used for Safety Case Assessment.
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, report and presentation skills.
• Experience in a nuclear, high hazard and/or highly regulated industry.
• Professional membership to a relevant chartered body (desirable).
We do need you to have the following:
• Degree in a science or engineering based subject or vocational qualification (HND or equivalent) and/or extensive practical experience.
  
  Package: £58,500 - £92,480 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience), 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and