Role Overview
As a Senior Engineer, you'll take on a role that is truly out of the ordinary. We're open to candidates from mechanical or electrical engineering backgrounds who have a strong interest in Product Safety and are keen to apply their technical expertise within the nuclear sector. Day-to-day you'll play a pivotal role in strengthening the product safety capability across our Nuclear Sector, supporting major naval and civil nuclear programmes. Influencing safety from concept through to delivery, you'll ensure systems are safe by design, legally compliant, and supported by robust governance, while embedding a strong safety culture across complex, highly regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Support the development, implementation and maintenance of Product Safety management arrangements across nuclear programmes
- Provide expert guidance on hazard identification, risk assessment, safety justification and compliance with legislation and standards
- Develop and review Product Safety Management Plans and associated safety documentation
- Influence engineering teams and stakeholders to embed best practice and drive continuous improvement
- Contribute to assurance, audit and governance activities, reporting safety metrics and supporting improvement actions
This is a full-time role, working 35 hours per week, based at Devonport or Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available. You will work a minimum of two days a week on site.
Qualifications
- Background in Mechanical or electrical engineering
- Understanding of UK civil and defence safety legislation and standards
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of change management and project environments
- A proactive, resilient approach to continuous improvement
- Degree or higher in a STEM discipline
- Security Clearance: Must be a sole UK National with SC clearance
Benefits
- 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 in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity.
- Excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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