Criticality Safety Specialist Role
We are seeking a Criticality Safety Specialist to join our team in the field of nuclear criticality science and safety. This role involves providing an in-house criticality safety assessment capability in support of delivering strategic objectives.
As a Criticality Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering criticality safety assessments to facilities in line with programme demand and internal company procedures. You will also maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality as well as professional conduct.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver criticality safety assessments to facilities in line with programme demand and internal company procedures;
* Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality as well as professional conduct;
* Engage and collaborate with stakeholders from technology centres, operations, project management, engineers, and conventional safety case teams;
* Directly support work with nuclear material through criticality safety assessment support in a nuclear baseline role which is a key nuclear safety requirement.
This role offers opportunities for staff to diversify their work including delivering criticality safety training courses to workers on site, undertaking facility inspections to appraise operational performance against criticality safety good practice, regular knowledge transfer activities, and continuous professional development opportunities.
Requirements:
* Honours Degree (or equivalent) in science, mathematics, engineering or a closely related discipline or an equivalent level of work experience;
* Examples of being able to communicate technical problems, clearly and concisely, to stakeholders with technical/non-technical backgrounds;
Desirable Skills:
* An understanding of relevant technical topics which include: nuclear physics, physics of criticality, mathematics, statistics, chemistry and metallurgy of fissile material;
* Experience of demonstrating good engineering and scientific judgement with experience in using fundamental engineering and scientific skills;
* Knowledge of particle transport codes - Monte Carlo and deterministic methods e.g. MONK and/or MCNP;
* An understanding of the requirements placed upon fissile operations within a highly regulated industry on a nuclear licensed site;
* An understanding of the nuclear regulatory framework within the UK and/or an overview of the different regulatory methods outside the UK;
* Familiarity with assessment and analysis methodologies used in the field of criticality safety.
Benefits:
* 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;
* 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 caring;