Position: Senior/Principal Safety Case Engineer
Location:  Bristol
Travel: Hybrid working 3 days in the office, 2 days at home.
Arrangement: Permanent/Contract.

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

The Safety Case Engineer will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, the primary purpose of the role is to directly support the development of the safety justification for new docks and supporting infrastructure for the nuclear facility & the delivery of services.

The team are responsible for development, assessment, and ALARP justification of the Engineering Design Substantiation for the facility, ensuring Design Intent, Critical Safety Factors and Safety and Operational Requirements are met and are consistent with current good practice and legislative/regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Authoring, development, assessment, maintenance and management of the suite of nuclear related design substantiation and safety justification documents.
• Review technical reports and other safety case submissions from external contractors
• Presentation of design substantiations or safety justification, to nuclear safety committees
• Production of Independent Peer Review (IPR) Scopes of work
• Production and development of engineering safeguards and administrative safety requirements , operating procedures and Examination, Inspection, Maintenance & Testing (EIMT) schedules to satisfy design requirements and safety case through life
• Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate and maintain the Euston facility, systems, services and products in a nuclear/high risk environment
• Providing ALARP advice and direction to internal and external stakeholders
• Check and review calculations and technical documents written by other staff.

Essential:

• Experience of producing NRP / Site safety justification documents;
• Understanding of PWR2/PWR3 safety cases and support requirements
• Reviewing of Safety Case documentation in accordance with  expectations;
• Providing safety case advice to Contractor teams on meeting;
• Conducting safety justification maturity review meetings;
• Managing Hazard Identification Workshops, optioneering reviews and other stakeholder meetings;
• Must have experience of developing safety strategies, methodologies and arguments for complex projects and safety case delivery or assessment in a NNPP environment.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with safety case development techniques e.g., HAZID/HAZOP studies, Fault Schedules and Safety Class Analysis and PSA.
• Experience of working in the UK nuclear industry (energy or defence), particularly in the design and assessment of safety-related structures, systems and components.

Employee Staff Benefits:

• 8.5% Pension Contribution & Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme*
• Employee Share Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
• 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay* (+21w SMP)
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
• Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
• In partnership with trade unions
• Personal Development & Further Education Support
• Long Service & Recognition Awards
• Free Employee Assistance Programme

*After 1 year of service.

NUVIA - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally.

NUVIA is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence.

NUVIA UK is committed towards equality in employment.