Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG
Working arrangements: Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 days remote.
Senior/Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor
Babcock is recruiting for a Senior/Principal Independent Peer Review Assessor to work at our Devonport site.
The role
The role is part of the Independent Nuclear Oversight (INO) Group within the Assurance Directorate. It involves providing independent advice on nuclear safety, radiological safety, radioactive waste management and compliance with legal and contractual requirements.
- Conduct Independent Peer Review of safety documents, policy, methodology, strategy, and guidance documents in accordance with BMS, Nuclear Site Licence and MoD Authorisation requirements.
- Present findings of Peer Review to the members of the Nuclear Safety Committee on behalf of the Independent Peer Review Manager.
- Manage consultants sub‑contracted for external Peer Review as lead assessor.
- Assist in formulating IPR strategy and policy to address emerging issues.
- Prepare Peer Review reports, integrate them into the SCaNDS/IPR database and the Licencee’s documentation archive.
This is a full‑time, 35‑hour per week role providing hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience
- General experience of safety‑related engineering in a high‑hazard industry.
- Significant experience in conducting safety analysis, including FMECA, fault tree analysis, and probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments.
- Experience in developing, managing, and analysing fault schedules and deriving safety functional requirements.
- Experience authoring safety case claims, arguments and evidence demonstrating risk management.
- Understanding of naval base infrastructure and submarine engineering is advantageous.
Qualifications
- Degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering discipline.
- Chartered accreditation by an appropriate professional institution.
- Completion of NUC0793 Nuclear Plant Foundation Course Module 1 (or equivalent).
- Completion of NUC0794 Nuclear Fundamentals (Foundation) Course Module 2 (or equivalent).
- Completion of NUC0911 Introduction to Safety Engineering (or equivalent).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many positions require national security clearance and trade control restrictions. Eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency. For further details see United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.
What we offer
- 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 in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave.
- Holiday trading benefit allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one paid day to volunteer with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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 discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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