Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) Engineer
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | GL2 |
| Company: | EDF |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 862527515 |
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Job Description
Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester - with flexibility of working from home, minimum 3 days a week in the office.Are you a skilled problem-solver with a passion for safety and engineering? Do you have experience in Probabilistic Safety Analysis, safety case development, or working with complex industrial plant design? Are you confident analysing complex systems, writing clear technical documentation, and collaborating with stakeholders and regulators? If so, come and join EDF as a PSA Engineer!The OpportunityAs a Probabilistic Safety Analysis Engineer, you’ll assess the safety of nuclear power plants under construction, modelling hazards such as fire, flood, seismic events, reactor core damage, and environmental consequences. You’ll evaluate potential risks to the safe operation of the plant and ensure a robust safety case is in place. This role is ideal for scientists and engineers with experience in Nuclear Safety Cases or Probabilistic Safety Analysis, looking to apply their expertise in a nuclear energy context.Pay, benefits and cultureAlongside a competitive starting salary and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.What you’ll be doingYou’ll develop Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) models for the UK EPR reactor fleet; maintain oversight of PSA work completed by our Responsible Designer in France to ensure it meets UK operational and regulatory standards; use PSA techniques and plant information to provide Risk Informed Design insights that enhance design, construction, commissioning, and operational safety.You’ll contribute specialist expertise to site-specific safety cases, managing, reviewing, and accepting work from specialist contractors while acting as the Intelligent Customer for the HPC and SZC Licensees. You’ll also build and maintain a strong, trusted relationship with our safety regulator.You’ll develop our PSA models and methodologies into a fully operational, living PSA, ensuring it continues to evolve and support safe, compliant operations across the fleet.Who you areYou’ll have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to delivering practical safety solutions. You’ll bring a solid academic background in science, engineering, or another numerate discipline, alongside proven technical writing ability and experience working with complex systems and models. Knowledge of Probabilistic Safety Analysis tools and techniques, and familiarity with complex industrial plant design, will be key to your success.You’ll have the capability to analyse and interpret technical data, identify potential safety risks, and contribute to the development of robust nuclear safety cases. Your expertise will extend to applying PSA modelling to real-world scenarios, working with diverse stakeholders, and delivering insights that improve design, construction, and operational safety.We’re looking for someone with experience in safety case development within the nuclear sector, comfortable working in a regulated environment, and able to build strong, trusted relationships with both internal teams and safety regulators.If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you! To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.Closing date for applications: 21st September 2025#NuclearServicesJobs #HinkleyPointCJobs #LI-Hybrid #DestinationNuclear #EDFNuclearJobs
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Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester - with flexibility of working from home, minimum 3 days a week in the office.Are you a skilled problem-solver with a passion for safety and engineering? Do you have experience in Probabilistic Safety Analysis, safety case development, or working with complex industrial plant design? Are you confident analysing complex systems, writing clear technical documentation, and collaborating with stakeholders and regulators? If so, come and join EDF as a PSA Engineer!The OpportunityAs a Probabilistic Safety Analysis Engineer, you’ll assess the safety of nuclear power plants under construction, modelling hazards such as fire, flood, seismic events, reactor core damage, and environmental consequences. You’ll evaluate potential risks to the safe operation of the plant and ensure a robust safety case is in place. This role is ideal for scientists and engineers with experience in Nuclear Safety Cases or Probabilistic Safety Analysis, looking to apply their expertise in a nuclear energy context.Pay, benefits and cultureAlongside a competitive starting salary and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.What you’ll be doingYou’ll develop Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) models for the UK EPR reactor fleet; maintain oversight of PSA work completed by our Responsible Designer in France to ensure it meets UK operational and regulatory standards; use PSA techniques and plant information to provide Risk Informed Design insights that enhance design, construction, commissioning, and operational safety.You’ll contribute specialist expertise to site-specific safety cases, managing, reviewing, and accepting work from specialist contractors while acting as the Intelligent Customer for the HPC and SZC Licensees. You’ll also build and maintain a strong, trusted relationship with our safety regulator.You’ll develop our PSA models and methodologies into a fully operational, living PSA, ensuring it continues to evolve and support safe, compliant operations across the fleet.Who you areYou’ll have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to delivering practical safety solutions. You’ll bring a solid academic background in science, engineering, or another numerate discipline, alongside proven technical writing ability and experience working with complex systems and models. Knowledge of Probabilistic Safety Analysis tools and techniques, and familiarity with complex industrial plant design, will be key to your success.You’ll have the capability to analyse and interpret technical data, identify potential safety risks, and contribute to the development of robust nuclear safety cases. Your expertise will extend to applying PSA modelling to real-world scenarios, working with diverse stakeholders, and delivering insights that improve design, construction, and operational safety.We’re looking for someone with experience in safety case development within the nuclear sector, comfortable working in a regulated environment, and able to build strong, trusted relationships with both internal teams and safety regulators.If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you! To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.Closing date for applications: 21st September 2025#NuclearServicesJobs #HinkleyPointCJobs #LI-Hybrid #DestinationNuclear #EDFNuclearJobs
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Success is personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and we'll help Britain achieve Net Zero together.