Senior Nuclear Safety Assessor

Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

RPS Risk have opportunities available for a Senior Nuclear Safety Assessor to join our Health, Safety & Risk business. We are flexible on location.

The RPS Risk team has been a leading provider of nuclear safety and risk consultancy services to clients in the UK for over 30 years.We are able to provide our core radiological safety assessment services supported with in-house specialist capabilities in Criticality safety, Radiological Shielding assessment, Human Factors, Nuclear Fire and Peer Review from our team of 50 staff.This capability is complemented by a growing Fire (conventional) and Process Safety section providing services across a range of sectors.

Due to the nature of the work we undertake all selected candidates will be required to undergo security clearance.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

We’re RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. And where you’ll be supported every step of the way. Here is where you come to build a career.

The Role

As a Senior Nuclear Safety Assessor, you will be responsible for the delivery of nuclear safety projects and tasks, ensuring they are on budget and meeting the client’s satisfaction whilst also taking the technical lead in the preparation of nuclear safety cases and supporting documentation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading hazard identification workshops, e.g. HAZOP
• Use of Claims/Arguments/Evidence techniques or other similar tools to clearly articulate safety case arguments
• Liaison with engineering, plant operators and other specialist safety disciplines, e.g. Human Factors, Fire, Criticality, Radiological Shielding, Environmental, to present coherent and comprehensive safety cases
• Maintaining and developing lasting relationships with clients
• Managing teams of consultants to support project delivery
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring for more junior team members
• Recognising opportunities for business and service development
• Supporting business and service development
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• You will be a skilled and experienced nuclear safety consultant who has excellent report writing skills and mentoring abilities
• Good 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
• Good 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
• Sufficient and appropriate post-graduate relevant experience
• Leadership skills
• Excellent customer service manner with strong listening and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible in approach to support effective delivery
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Here you’ll find true support and encouragement. We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

We know we develop better solutions together. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.

Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

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