Job Reference: 897643
Location: Reading
Salary: Negotiable
Job type: Contract
Sector: HS & E, Nuclear
Date uploaded: 09/11/2014
Our client is a centre of scientific and technological excellence, with some of the most advanced research, design and production facilities in the world.
They are currently recruiting for the position of Safety Case Author, based in Reading, Berkshire.
Job Description
Responsible for carrying out and documenting safety assessments and other technical inputs to safety cases and other
safety documentation for a range of hazards including radioactive, explosives and chemical hazards to allow Licence
Instruments to be issued
Responsible for ensuring that the safety assessments conform to ALARP principles and best practice arrangements
Responsible for providing advice to project engineers on safety requirements and ensuring that an ALARP design is
achieved
Contribute to the production of pre commencement safety reports for a major project through:
Interactions with the regulators at Regulatory Interface Meetings
Ensuring the relevant quality requirements for assurance assessments are met and that corporate arrangements are
followed.
Carrying out and documenting hazard identification and undertaking a full assessment of the identified hazards using
deterministic and probabilistic techniques for the pre commencement safety cases.
Using the output from the assessments to derive safety requirements and to work effectively with the design engineers
to ensure a safety led deign solution from which the associated risk can be demonstrated to be reduce to acceptable
levels which are ALARP
Use features of the final design and the output from the safety assessments and design substantiation to derive the safe
operating envelope and demonstrate that the associated risk has been reduced to levels which are acceptable and
ALARP
Providing visible commitment to safety improvement programmes
Understand the importance of meeting customer, statutory, regulatory and internal requirements
Skills & Experience
Degree (or equivalent) in a science or engineering based subject or equivalent work based experience
Good working knowledge of the production, review and approval process for safety documentation within a nuclear
facility
Health and Safety Management
Company Safety Procedures & Quality Procedures.
Knowledge of company facilities, processes and operations
A working knowledge of current health and safety legislation and the ONR licensing regime
Relevant experience in the field of safety assessment for radiological, chemical and explosive hazards.
Experience in the nuclear industry
Excellent inter-personal/negotiation/communication skills.
Good report writing skills.
Good presentational skills
Computer literacy with Microsoft Office.
This is a contract position.
The rate for this position is negotiable.
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference 897643.
Orion Group currently supplies over 4,500 personnel in roles including Oil & Gas, Renewables, Power & Utilities, Construction, Mining, Rail, Aerospace, IT & Telecoms, Office and Commercial. With 40 offices worldwide, Orion Group operates internationally and in October 2013, were named the UK's number one for Oil & Gas recruitment.
Consultant details
Consultant name: Tricia Howarth
Email this job to: Tricia.Howarth@orioneng.com