Principal Engineer – Site Asset Safety Verification

Company: Westlakes Recruit
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Location: Barrow in Furness
Job Description:

Principal Engineer – Site Asset Safety Verification / Nuclear Substantiation

Location: Hybrid (occasional onsite attendance)

Salary: Dependent on experience

Role Overview

Seeking a Principal Engineer – Site Asset Safety Verification to support the authoring, management, and technical review of design substantiation documentation for site assets and infrastructure within a highly regulated, safety-critical environment.

The role focuses on supporting the nuclear safety case through design substantiation, technical assessments, and safety justification activities, while providing leadership across multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

  • Author and manage design substantiation documentation supporting site asset and infrastructure safety cases.
  • Review and assess engineering analyses, calculations, and technical assessments supporting substantiation activities.
  • Support Periodic Review of Safety (PRS) and ongoing safety case maintenance.
  • Lead delivery of substantiation and verification packages with a high degree of autonomy and technical ownership.
  • Support implementation of design substantiation requirements across engineering projects.
  • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary stakeholders including Safety Case, Human Factors, and Engineering Authority teams.
  • Contribute to safety justification activities across mechanical, civil and structural assets/facilities.
  • Produce high-quality technical reports, engineering documentation, and substantiation evidence.
  • Support continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration in safety and substantiation processes.

Required Experience & Skills

Experience in complex, high-hazard or highly regulated industries, such as:

  • Nuclear
  • Aerospace
  • Defence
  • Oil & Gas
  • Shipbuilding
  • Weapons/Ordnance Manufacturing

Degree qualified in a STEM discipline, apprenticeship-trained, or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Strong background in:

  • Nuclear or systems safety
  • Design substantiation
  • Safety case / safety justification
  • Technical assurance and engineering verification
  • Engineering report writing and technical documentation
  • Ability to work autonomously while providing technical leadership across stakeholders.

Opportunity

This role offers exposure to a broad and varied scope of design substantiation and safety justification work across critical infrastructure and facilities, with development opportunities in both technical specialist and engineering leadership/management pathways.

Additional Information

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements available.

Candidates may be subject to security clearance requirements due to the nature of the work.

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Posted: May 2nd, 2026