Job Title:
Principal Engineer – Nuclear (Nuclear Safety Regulation & Interface)
Location:
Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
Competitive
What you’ll be doing:
Managing
and providing
independent
advice and guidance on the requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence, Authorisation and Environmental Permits to relevant business teams to ensure compliance with both statutory and contractual obligations
Providing advice to the business to ensure that nuclear and radiation safety
principles
are applied appropriately to the development of compliant business wide standards, processes,
management
arrangements and documentation
Directly supporting and influencing
leaders
and managers throughout the business to comply with key nuclear legislation to enable delivery of the
complex
Submarine platform
Acting as a point of contact, developing and
managing
the interface arrangements between the business and the external regulatory authorities (ONR, DNSR & EA) and industry partners (MoD)
Developing and mentoring less senior members of the Nuclear Safety Regulation and Interface team as required
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Experience and/ or knowledge of the Nuclear (or other highly regulated) industry and regulatory framework
Experience of technical writing and persuasive written argument
Experience of providing technical advice to stakeholders at various levels
Desirable:
Engineering or Science (suitable discipline) degree
Professional membership of an institution (or eligible for)
Knowledge of nuclear safety case/ license conditions
Benefits:
As well as a
competitive
pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Nuclear Safety Regulation & Interface (NSRI) team:
As a Principal Engineer within NSRI, you will be responsible for
managing
a small specialist team to provide advice and guidance to the business on nuclear site licensing, authorisation, and environmental permitting.
The role
manages arrangements for demonstration of compliance with relevant legal/contractual obligations, arrangements for interface with Regulators/co-Authorises and arrangements for delivery of an effective Operational Experience Feedback system. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder
etc .) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please
speak
to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export
control
restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict
the roles
you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All
applicants
must
as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where
applicants
must
typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for
the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date:
4th December 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for
the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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