New Job Opportunity - Safety Case Engineer - Initially 12 Month Contract
Job Title: Safety Case Engineer
Location: Glasgow
Contract Length: initially 12 Months (Extension Subject to review)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Hybrid: 3 days on site, 2 days from home
Clearance: DV Clearance required and MUST be sole British
POSITION OVERVIEW
The role forms part of the Intelligent Customer function, supporting the development, assessment, and maintenance of nuclear and explosive safety justifications for facilities, systems, structures, and components. The postholder will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, project delivery teams, and external contractors to ensure safety cases meet Our Clients arrangements and Relevant Good Practice (RGP) expectations.
TASKS
The role holder will typically be required to:
* Author, develop, review, and assess safety case documentation and supporting safety arguments.
* Provide specialist safety case advice to Our Client’s project teams and contractors.
* Review contractor-produced safety submissions against Our Client’s arrangements and RGP.
* Support design changes, concessions, and safety justification maturity reviews.
* Participate in and, where required, chair or facilitate hazard identification workshops (e.g. HAZID / HAZOP).
* Present safety case positions and recommendations to Our Client’s nuclear safety committees and governance forums.
* Liaise effectively with stakeholders and other delivery partners.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Experience
Essential
* Proven experience of safety case delivery or assessment within a nuclear or high hazard environment.
* Experience reviewing safety case documentation against regulatory and organisational standards.
* Experience providing safety case advice to project and delivery teams.
* Experience working within complex, multidisciplinary engineering environments.
Desirable
* Experience of safety case delivery within an authorised nuclear site.
* Familiarity with UK nuclear defence safety frameworks and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme context.
* Experience supporting infrastructure or facility modification projects in an operational environment.
Training & Qualifications
Essential
* Engineering degree in a relevant discipline.
* DV clearance.
* Formal training and experience in safety case development techniques.
Desirable
* Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.