Navy-nuclear Safety Case Lead

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 330069**Salary**:

- £43,080- Role May be Eligible for £12,000 Recruitment and Retention Allowance- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- C1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy**Type of role**:

- Engineering
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Hybrid working (a blend of working in the workplace and from home) is encouraged. You should generally expect to work 3 days a week in Faslane in agreement with your Line ManagerAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Nuclear Safety Case Lead role is an exciting opportunity for you to play a key role in shaping the future of Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde as it undergoes significant investment in preparation for the future nuclear submarine and weapons programmes.

Within the Design Authority, this role is responsible for the Nuclear Periodic Safety Review Programme and for the production and approval of Nuclear Safety Cases for Radioactive Waste Handling Facilities.

In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver.

Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
As a Design Authority Safety Case lead you will be responsible for:

- Acting as the Intellignet Customer for Contractor delivery of the Periodic Safety Review Programme.
- Acting as the Intelligent Customer for Contractor delivery of the Safety Case for De-Commissioning activities, including the Laid Up Subarmines at Rosyth.
- Acting as the Intelligent Customer for Contractor delivery of the Safety Case for Radioactive Waste handling activities at HMNB Clyde
- Leading a small team of Safety Case Engineers.

To achieve this, we will offer significant opportunities to develop your knowledge of nuclear activities and designs through both formal training and on-site familiarisation

Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance base, within the Navy Command TLB and comprises both Faslane and Coulport sites. HMNB Clyde’s primary purpose is to provide engineering and logístical support to the Royal Navy in maintaining Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). This is achieved by ensuring at least one Vanguard Class submarine is on patrol at sea every day of the year.

RNAD Coulport is responsible for the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of the Trident Weapon System and the ammunitioning of all submarine-embarked tactical weapons.

**Person specification**:
Skills and Experience:

- Safety Case delivery, for example Hazard Analysis, demonstration of ALARP, and ensuring the validity of claims, arguments and evidence.
- Periodic Safety Review delivery
- Presenting to Safety Committees, such as an Authorisee's/Licensee's Nuclear Safety Committee (NSC)
- A track record of making intelligent evidence based decisions using various sources of data
- Minimum of Level 6 / SCQF Level 10 qualification (e.g. BSc, BEng) (or equivalent qualification / experience)

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of Level 6 / SCQF Level 10 qualification (e.g. BSc, BEng) (or equivalent qualification / experience)**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Nuclear Competence framework competence 1.3 Level 2 (see attached) - Nuclear safety cases

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.As a Civil Servant, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects, and a job that makes a difference.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (the permanent duty station, (Faslane), which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.