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Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor

Job details
Posting date: 22 May 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 21 June 2025
Location: Warrington, Cheshire
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Finlay Jude Associates Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: RKL220525

Summary

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the utilities industry for an experienced Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor to strengthen their team.
Location: Cumbria/Warrington - flexible on location

Benefits
Career development opportunities
Positive company culture
Overtime opportunities
Company vehicle provided
Bonuses & benefits
Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor responsibilities:
As a Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor, your role involves leading the delivery of nuclear safety projects, ensuring they are completed within budget and to the satisfaction of the client.
You will also take a technical leadership role in preparing nuclear safety cases and associated documentation.
Facilitating hazard identification workshops, such as HAZOP sessions.
Applying Claims, Arguments, and Evidence (CAE) methodologies or similar tools to effectively articulate safety case arguments.
Collaborating with engineering teams, plant operators, and specialist safety disciplines—such as Human Factors, Fire Safety, Criticality, Radiological Shielding, and Environmental Protection—to develop and present cohesive and comprehensive safety cases.
Assisting clients in their engagements with regulatory authorities.
Building and nurturing long-term relationships with clients.
Leading and coordinating consultant teams to ensure successful project delivery.
Offering technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
Identifying opportunities for business growth and service enhancement
Contributing to the growth and enhancement of business and services.
Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor requirements:
You will be a highly skilled and experienced nuclear safety consultant who has excellent report writing skills and mentoring abilities
Deep expertise in nuclear safety techniques
Safety Case production and management for all stages of plant lifecycle from concept design to decommissioning, hazard identification, fault analysis, Design Basis Accident (DBA) assessment, Barrier Analysis, Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), radiological consequence assessment, development of safety functional requirements, ALARP assessment
In depth knowledge of relevant UK regulations and standards
A degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, e.g. Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control/ Electrical Engineering
Demonstrated leadership abilities.
If you are looking for a fantastic Principal Nuclear Safety Assessor opportunity and want to work for a leading national contractor with opportunities to progress, then click on the 'apply now’ button.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers