To be considered for this position, candidates must have the following minimum:

Degree qualified or Chartered status (or equivalent) in a Scientific/Engineering Discipline

At least 5 years experience of authorship or contribution to Nuclear Safety Cases which enable the construction of or operation and maintenance of nuclear plant or facilities handling nuclear materials.

Special note will be taken of experience in naval nuclear propulsion systems, and submarine berthing facilities.

Candidates offering civil nuclear experience or defence related nuclear experience in any of the main engineering or scientific disciplines will be of interest.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of any or a combination of the following:

Hazard identification

Fault Tree Analysis

Derivation of Safety Functional Requirements

Probabalistic and Deterministic Analysis

Thermal performance

Structural integrity

It is expected that successful candidates will have completed safety case author/verifier training and be able to demonstrate that this has been used in support of significant modifications to nuclear plant.

Appointments on Contract or Staff Grades are available although preference will be given to candidates seeking a staff position.

For a contract position, a graded hourly rate to cover all travel and subsistence expenses will be applicable, based on a maximum of maximum of 2000 hours over a 48 week year, Monday to Friday.

For a staff position, the salary will be commensurate with skills/experience and benefits offered include life insurance (4 x annual salary), private medical cover through BUPA, private dental cover, company contribution into either a company scheme or a scheme of your choice, flexible working hours, 23 days annual leave, and critical illness cover. For higher grades (principal and above) the additional benefit of a company or car allowance will apply.

The grade of appointment will be made as Senior Engineer or Principal Engineer and will be appropriate to the experience of the candidate.

Due to the restricted nature of this work, candidates should either already have valid SC clearance or be able to achieve this. Our Client will apply for clearance for successful candidates who do not already have it.