Principal Safety Case Consultant -Nuclear

Principal Safety Case Consultant
Warrington | Bristol | Leicester | Hybrid Working
£70,000-£80,000 + Excellent Benefits
Full-Time | Permanent

Lead the Safety Strategy Behind the UK’s Most Complex Nuclear Projects
Are you an experienced Principal Safety Case Consultant ready to lead high-profile nuclear programmes and influence safety strategy at the highest level?
We’re looking for an accomplished safety professional to provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of major nuclear projects. You’ll work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams, shape safety case strategies from concept through to delivery, mentor the next generation of consultants, and ensure compliance with the UK’s rigorous nuclear regulatory standards.
If you’re looking for a role that combines technical excellence, leadership and career progression, this is an outstanding opportunity.

The Role
As a Principal Safety Case Consultant, you’ll provide expert leadership across the full project lifecycle, ensuring the successful delivery of complex safety case activities while driving technical quality and regulatory compliance.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing nuclear safety expertise throughout design, development and project delivery
• Leading and facilitating HAZID and HAZOP studies while developing robust Hazard Management Strategies
• Managing the production of radiological safety assessments, PSRs, PCSRs and other key nuclear safety documentation
• Defining and leading safety case strategy, ensuring compliance with UK nuclear regulatory requirements
• Providing technical oversight of supporting calculations, assessments and engineering reports
• Leading safety case delivery teams and coordinating work undertaken by specialist suppliers where required
• Managing project delivery against programme, budget and quality objectives
• Coaching and mentoring Safety Case Consultants to build capability across the wider team
• Collaborating with engineering, design and specialist disciplines to deliver integrated safety solutions

About You
You’ll bring:

• Extensive experience delivering nuclear safety cases across complex engineering projects
• Strong knowledge of multidisciplinary engineering and its integration into safety case development
• Understanding of specialist safety disciplines such as:
  • Criticality assessment
  • Shielding and dose assessment
  • Environmental assessment
  • Human Factors
  • Relevant nuclear legislation and regulatory requirements
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience leading, coaching and developing technical teams
• An Engineering or Science degree (or equivalent experience)
• Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards Chartership (desirable)
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain SC Security Clearance

What’s on Offer?

• Competitive salary of £70,000-£80,000
• Flexible hybrid working
• Generous annual leave
• Matched pension contributions and life assurance
• Digital GP service, annual health checks and wellbeing support
• Professional membership fees paid
• Employee share scheme
• Retail discounts and shopping savings portal
• Holiday trading scheme
• Paid volunteering day each year
• Additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
• Genuine opportunities for career progression within a growing technical consultancy

Apply Today
If you’re ready to lead safety case strategy on some of the UK’s most challenging and rewarding nuclear projects, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your nuclear safety career.