Job Title: Independent Peer Review Assessor
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape nuclear safety. Strengthen national security. Build a career with purpose.
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Independent Peer Review Assessor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As an Independent Peer Review Assessor, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding nuclear and radiological safety across complex defence infrastructure. Operating within the Independent Nuclear Oversight Group, you’ll provide objective, expert assurance, challenging decisions, influencing policy, and ensuring the highest standards of compliance.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with strategic influence. Your work will directly support safe operations, protect people and the environment, and strengthen the UK’s defence capability, while offering exceptional professional growth in a highly respected field.
1. Conducting independent peer reviews of nuclear safety cases, policy, and technical documentation
2. Presenting key findings and insights to senior governance forums, including the Nuclear Safety Committee
3. Managing external consultants engaged in specialist peer review activities
4. Developing and refining methodologies, processes, and “lessons learned” to strengthen assurance frameworks
5. Collaborating with engineering, safety, and operational leaders to resolve technical challenges and improve safety outcomes
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Independent Peer Review Assessor
6. Demonstrating significant professional experience within nuclear safety or a related high-hazard industry
7. Applying safety analysis techniques such as fault tree analysis, FMECA, and probabilistic or deterministic assessments
8. Developing and managing safety cases, including claims, arguments, and supporting evidence
9. Interpreting complex engineering systems, ideally within naval or defence infrastructure environments
10. Influencing stakeholders through expert advice, technical authority, and independent challenge
Qualifications for the Independent Peer Review Assessor
11. Degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering discipline
12. Chartered status with a relevant professional institution
13. Nuclear Safety or Engineering training (or equivalent), such as foundation modules or safety engineering courses
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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