Job Description

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the utilities industry for an experienced Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor to strengthen their team.
Location: Cumbria/Warrington – flexible on location

Benefits

• Career development opportunities
• Positive company culture
• Overtime opportunities
• Company vehicle provided
• Bonuses & benefits

Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor responsibilities:

• As a Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor, your role involves leading the delivery of nuclear safety projects, ensuring they are completed within budget and to the satisfaction of the client.
• You will also take a technical leadership role in preparing nuclear safety cases and associated documentation.
• Facilitating hazard identification workshops, such as HAZOP sessions.
• Applying Claims, Arguments, and Evidence (CAE) methodologies or similar tools to effectively articulate safety case arguments.
• Collaborating with engineering teams, plant operators, and specialist safety disciplines—such as Human Factors, Fire Safety, Criticality, Radiological Shielding, and Environmental Protection—to develop and present cohesive and comprehensive safety cases.
• Assisting clients in their engagements with regulatory authorities.
• Building and nurturing long-term relationships with clients.
• Leading and coordinating consultant teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Offering technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Identifying opportunities for business growth and service enhancement
• Contributing to the growth and enhancement of business and services.

Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor requirements:

• You will be a highly skilled and experienced nuclear safety consultant who has excellent report writing skills and mentoring abilities
• Deep expertise in nuclear safety techniques
• Safety Case production and management for all stages of plant lifecycle from concept design to decommissioning, hazard identification, fault analysis, Design Basis Accident (DBA) assessment, Barrier Analysis, Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), radiological consequence assessment, development of safety functional requirements, ALARP assessment
• In depth knowledge of relevant UK regulations and standards
• A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, e.g. Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control/ Electrical Engineering
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.

If you are looking for a fantastic Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor opportunity and want to work for a leading national contractor with opportunities to progress, then click on the ‘apply now’ button.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers