Safety Case Engineer in Glasgow

New Job Opportunity - Safety Case Engineer - Initially 12 Month Contract

Job Title: Safety Case Engineer

Location: Glasgow

Contract Length: initially 12 Months (Extension Subject to review)

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Hybrid: 3 days on site, 2 days from home

Clearance: DV Clearance required and MUST be sole British National

POSITION OVERVIEW

The role forms part of the Intelligent Customer function, supporting the development, assessment, and maintenance of nuclear and explosive safety justifications for facilities, systems, structures, and components. The postholder will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, project delivery teams, and external contractors to ensure safety cases meet Our Clients arrangements and Relevant Good Practice (RGP) expectations.

TASKS

The role holder will typically be required to:

• Author, develop, review, and assess safety case documentation and supporting safety arguments.
• Provide specialist safety case advice to Our Client’s project teams and contractors.
• Review contractor-produced safety submissions against Our Client’s arrangements and RGP.
• Support design changes, concessions, and safety justification maturity reviews.
• Participate in and, where required, chair or facilitate hazard identification workshops (e.g. HAZID / HAZOP).
• Present safety case positions and recommendations to Our Client’s nuclear safety committees and governance forums.
• Liaise effectively with stakeholders and other delivery partners.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of safety case delivery or assessment within a nuclear or high hazard environment.
• Experience reviewing safety case documentation against regulatory and organisational standards.
• Experience providing safety case advice to project and delivery teams.
• Experience working within complex, multidisciplinary engineering environments.

Desirable

• Experience of safety case delivery within an authorised nuclear site.
• Familiarity with UK nuclear defence safety frameworks and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme context.
• Experience supporting infrastructure or facility modification projects in an operational environment.

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Engineering degree in a relevant discipline.
• DV clearance.
• Formal training and experience in safety case development techniques.

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.  We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Safety Case Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for First Recruitment Group, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

This position is being managed by First Recruitment Group, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.

All round workforce agency covering Recruitment, Payroll and Workforce Management. We are a global recruitment agency specialising in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Power, Water, Rail, Construction, Technology, Aerospace & Defence, Chemicals and Corporate sectors. Our specialist consultants help clients to recruit high quality candidates into temporary, contract and permanent roles at all levels. We proudly support a partnership culture by collaborating and adding value to build lasting client and candidate relationships.

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