Senior Safety Case Engineer

Company: Cavendish Nuclear
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Location: Newbury
Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Safety Case Engineer

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71410

The Role

You will play a central role in developing safety case solutions that support the UK’s long‑term resilience. You’ll shape innovative approaches, influence high‑value bids, and guide technical excellence from the earliest stages of project development.

This is a full‑time role based at one of our main sites: Warrington (Cheshire), Preston (Lancashire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury (Berkshire), or Bristol, with travel to other Cavendish Nuclear and customer locations as required. Hybrid working arrangements are available.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

  • Lead safety‑case contributions to major bids.
  • Develop safety case scopes, schedules, and verification plans.
  • Produce and review safety case documentation and technical reports.
  • Support hazard identification and risk assessment processes.
  • Promote collaboration and continuous improvement.

Essential Experience

  • Proven experience within a highly regulated environment.
  • Experience contributing to safety case documentation.
  • Understanding of ALARP principles and ONR Safety Assessment Principles.
  • Ability to prepare technical analyses and safety submissions.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

What We Offer

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists receive 10‑days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading scheme
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ volunteering leave
  • Flexible working options
  • A dynamic working environment

About Us

We’re Cavendish Nuclear – a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts, not only through the impact we make but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

EEO Statement

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header “Reasonable adjustments requirement”. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Posted: April 19th, 2026