Details:
- Salary: £59,841 - 64,868 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Nationwide
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
As Safety Case Manager (SCM) to manage and deliver nuclear safety cases for an assigned area of Nuclear Waste Services. Management of safety case delivery, implementation of safety case changes and delivery against the periodic review (LC15) programme. To identify engineering requirements and support engineering changes to plant and equipment. To support operations and liaise with Safety Case Owners. To ensure that safety case changes are delivered to time, cost and quality. To ensure that team members are developed to meet the requirements of SQEP roles, and that technical capability is maintained.
Responsibilities
Ensure effective management of the schedule for periodic review under LC15 (period review)
Manage all incoming work demand in the SCM area, feeding work demand forward to the NSC team planning system. Manage implementation of any safety case changes and the safety case improvement plan and index of change. Ensure delivery to time cost and quality
Ensure effective support to the Safety Case Owners and Duly Authorise Persons
Management of up to 3 safety case team members.
Present safety case documents to MEHSC and NSC committees and ensure alignment with LC22 (modification) arrangements
Provide effective proactive and action orientated safety case support to nominated area of NWS
Coordinate delivery with Safety Case Team members and with Operations and Engineering
Engage with supply chain, ensuring value for money
Ensure effective development of NSC team members, graduates, and apprentices
Carry out audit, review and improvement / modernisation tasks
Additional Responsibilities
Safety Case Manager (SQEP role)
Intelligent Customer
Authority to propose standard and non-standard safety case approaches
Delivery of the operator and engineering training
Participating in research projects
Engagement with ONR and EA customers and waste service suppliers and other key stakeholders
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
Science, Mathematics or Engineering degree
Qualified and experienced (SQEP2/SQEP 3) radiological / nuclear safety assessor, including application of safety case techniques and derivation of safety measures
Experience of leading HAZOPs and/or HAZCON studies
Experience of delivering safety case training
Experience of safety case collaboration with engineering and operations
Broad experience of nuclear safety case practice, including strategy and implementation
Desirable
Presenting safety case documents to a safety committee
Engaging with, and working with supply chain
Author of technical safety assessment
Experience of NWS safety case process and methodology
For internal candidates currently on RWM T&C's, the RWM grade equivalent for this role is 5-4
Who are we?
Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.
Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world
If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.
We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
We are action orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.
We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.
We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.
We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future
What's in it for you?
On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
learning and development support
payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
Employee Assistance Programme
Financial advice assistance
Flexible working
Extended family-friendly policies
Cycle to work scheme
We welcome flexible and agile working practices
Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
Equal Opportunities
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email