Safety Engineer - Plymouth

Safety Engineer

Reference	210000SRR
Salary	Ł26,000 to Ł50,000 per annum
City	Plymouth
Locations	South West,
Contract Type	Permanent Full Time
Date Posted	03/03/2010

Job Description

Our client is currently seeking safety case engineers at a variety of levels to undertake work to support their nuclear facilities both locally and on their sites in the UK.

Our client's Nuclear Safety Engineering Group comprises a multi-disciplinary team of professional staff who provide specialist knowledge, support and advice necessary to the various plant managers to enable them to comply with the statutory and contractual requirements relevant to the nuclear related activities carried out by the company within their Nuclear Licensed Site.

You will be responsible for the management of the preparation of appropriate safety cases and assessment documents relevant to specific plant, processes or modifications. This will be conducted in accordance with agreed standards as determined by relevant legislation, associated compliance documents and company guidance. Acceptable standards are judged by the relevant safety committee(s) followed by regulatory approval where appropriate.

You will act as project manager for safety cases that have been sub-contracted, ensuring delivery to time, quality and cost. You will identify the need for remedial action or additional technical or safety justifications and agree with the DSM and Safety Engineering Manager the programme of work to be carried out. You will also be required to support other safety case authors by providing a quality checking service to an agreed scope.

You will be able to construct and check qualified risk assessments including both deterministic and probabilistic methodologies, utilising the techniques of:

Consequence Assessment

Fault and Event Tree Analysis

Reliability Analysis

HAZOP

FTA

Human Factors

You will provide guidance and advice to support Plant Managers and the Safety Engineering Manager on safety case, site licence and MoD authorisation issues, and to liaise with NII, MOD, and other groups as appropriate. You will be required to attend HAZID, HAZOPS, Design Reviews and Safety Case studies.

You will undertake work in support of the Periodic Safety Review of plant under the Design Authority control of the Nuclear Process Manager.

You will be degree qualified in an appropriate engineering or scientific discipline and have the ability to undertake extensive specialist technical courses when in post and pass all necessary external examinations. We are also interested in receiving applications from candidates that have the relevant experience that are not degree qualified.

You will have knowledge of the application of techniques for radiological dose assessment, consequence assessment, shielding and critical assessment as well as knowledge of design , BS, ASME and European codes such as BS 5950 and 2573.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Job Details: Safety Engineer