Job Details: Nuclear Technical Lead

	Nuclear Technical Lead
	Reference VAC-1853 Salary Negotiable Benefits Competitve salary + full benefits City London, Bath Locations South West, Contract Type Permanent Full Time Date Posted 02/02/2010

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	Job Description
	Main Purpose of Job • To provide leadership in the development of effective and novel approaches to safety engineering and management that increases the value of Praxis' services, particularly in the nuclear market. • To deliver leading-edge safety solutions to clients in the nuclear industry. • To provide sales support to Business Managers in the winning of safety-related projects within those industries • Providing nuclear knowledge and expertise for sales and project contexts • To provide peer review of the work of other safety engineers’ work Duties and Responsibilities The role requires flexibility in applying the safety-related skills to a variety of industry sectors although the prime aim will be to assist Altran Praxis in developing its offering within the nuclear market. • The role will cover all aspects of the safety life-cycle, and, subject to competency and experience (less experience would indicate less coverage or less autonomy), could include any or all of the following: • Writing safety plans. • Chairing and minuting HAZOPs. • Developing safety targets and apportioning those targets across a system • Developing hazard logs. • Identifying and interpreting SILs. • Developing and authoring safety requirements. • Performing causal and consequence analysis with, for example FTA, FMEA, event tree analysis, etc. • Constructing innovative and compelling safety arguments. • Authoring safety cases. • Working on independent safety assessment assignments. • Developing and presenting training material on safety-related topics. • Being an active member of the Altran Praxis safety community, sharing best-practice and contributing to its’ capabilities in this area. The following duties and responsibilities could also apply: • Acting as an advocate for Altran Praxis within the national and international safety communities, by speaking at conferences, attending standards committees, etc • Setting technical strategy for large and complex sales proposals and/or projects. • Providing training and mentoring to less experienced staff. • Setting direction for Altran Praxis’ safety offering consistent with that of Altran Praxis’ overall engineering strategy.

	Qualifications Required
	Education, Training and Professional Standing • A first class or upper second degree in a relevant engineering discipline – or significant industrial experience • A further degree (eg MSc, or PhD) would not be an unusual qualification for a candidate • Consistent in-service training demonstrating a professional approach to maintenance of skills • At the very least a clearly defined route through to chartered status, and for principal staff membership of a relevant professional institution with chartered status Experience • Candidates are likely to have experience in a relevant discipline or industry sector – either directly within industry, or an academic or consulting environment • Relevant sectors are civil and military aerospace, air traffic management, nuclear, mainline and underground rail • Relevant disciplines are systems, software, and hardware typically for large-scale or complex engineering endeavours Skills • Working knowledge of one or more regulatory regimes and the national/international standards appropriate to that regime • A sound appreciation of the underlying principles of safety engineering or safety management in a complex systems environment, with a likely bias to embedded programmable systems • An ability to think analytically, rigorously and creatively • Staff are likely to be highly customer-focussed and have effective oral and written communications skills to a range of technical and commercial audiences • An understanding of the technical and commercial issues associated with delivery of complex systems • An ability to carry out detailed justified work to commercial and technical requirements, and to be able to constructively criticise and assess others’ work • Knowledge of industry-standard tools and techniques, and a critical appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses

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