Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for safety case consultants with a background in nuclear to be engaged on a contract basis in Warrington.
Safety Consultant Role Profile
Typical Qualifications
Bachelor Honours Degree (minimum) in Science or Engineering related discipline
Chartered Status (not essential)
Typical Knowledge & Experience
Cross-industry experience, knowledge of a wide range of nuclear facilities and their operations
Experienced in:
developing and preparing safety documentation for projects such as Hazard Management Strategy, Safety Reports (PSRs, PCSRs etc. and equivalents), ALARP arguments
co-ordinating production of safety submissions including specialist safety input
Knowledge and experience of Regulatory negotiation, safety management and provision of specialist advice
Experienced in managing teams to deliver large, technically complex, fit for purpose safety cases
Provision of leadership in key technical areas and to drive innovation and value added activities
Experience in the mentoring, training and development of more junior staff
Typical Responsibilities
Project Delivery
Provision of strategic guidance based on knowledge and experience to inform and direct policies, projects and programmes
Providing the nuclear safety input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated
Preparing and agreeing the Safety Case Strategy
Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the Key Stakeholders i.e. Safety Case Managers, Safety Case Owners, Client Team, Safety Committee, INSA/Peer Review, NSC, Regulators
Producing, verifying, and approving calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports
Acting as the Point of Contact for the Key Stakeholders, ensuring adequate communication between the Engineering Delivery Team, Construction Experts, Operators, Safety Assessors, Site Safety Case Managers and other Stakeholders
Leading and participating in Hazard Identification studies
Co-ordinating production of the safety submission including all specialist safety input
Supporting submissions through the various review and approval stages
Review and approval of design changes, concessions and technical queries
Managing project risks by closing out safety items on the Technical Issues and Risk Register Database.
Raising quality plans for single discipline work packages
Producing, verifying, and approving technical Scopes of Work, assessing tender returns, then verifying/assessing and/or approving the outputs to ensure that the requirements of the design sub-contract are met
Feeding back lessons learnt for use on future stages of the current project and other projects
Knowledge in specialist areas of safety case, e.g. submarines, hydrogen, chemotoxic, etc.
Bid Support
Reviewing bids and designs
Providing the nuclear safety input to bids
Producing estimates for bids
Growth
Building and maintaining customer relationships
Growing the business through the identification and development of opportunities
Representing the discipline to customers, regulatory and external bodies
Functional
Maintaining awareness of wider industry process and project developments
Reviewing industry best practice for implementation
Undertaking any special duties as may be specified from time to time by the Functional Leader
Ensuring that deployed resources are suitably qualified and experienced personnel
Directing and supervising the work of technical specialists within the same discipline
Processes
Input to development of processes and procedures that are pragmatic, proportionate, scalable and widely applicable
Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities
Desirable for currently advertised roles
Previous experience working in support of the UK submarine programme and new nuclear build.
Individuals with broader non-nuclear safety case expertise may also be considered.
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