Senior Criticality Safety Assessor

4 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom AWE Full time

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

Join AWE in the UK’s largest Criticality Safety Group to support safe nuclear operations in defence of the nation and develop your nuclear career

Our goal is to grow our internationally recognised, highly capable, friendly, and supportive group to meet the increasing demands of a challenging programme of work in support of the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

Location: Aldermaston, West Berkshire. We are located between Reading and Basingstoke.

Packages:
- Senior Criticality Safety Assessor: from £52,000 (depending on suitability and experience) plus allowances- Principal Criticality Safety Assessor: from £65,000 (depending on suitability and experience) plus allowances

A relocation package may be available - terms and conditions apply.

Closing Date: 14th June 2024

The Roles

As AWE’s Criticality Safety Group, our role is to provide an in-house criticality safety assessment capability in support of delivering the company's strategic objectives. This involves the delivery of criticality safety assessments during the design, operation, and decommissioning phases of nuclear facilities, which form a part of our nuclear safety documentation that satisfies our Nuclear Site Licence Conditions.

Senior Criticality Safety Assessor:
As a Senior Criticality Safety Assessor, you will be expected to provide leadership within an area of our capability delivery and act as an advisor to operational facilities and new build programmes. The role provides an important function to coach and mentor junior members of the team as well as perform peer review of assessments.

Opportunities for being part of an emergency response capability also exist.

Principal Criticality Safety Assessor:
Our Principal Criticality Safety Assessors act as Subject Matter Experts, pivotal in the provision of criticality safety assessments/determinations and specialised expert support relating to large scale Metallurgical Processing Facilities and Operations, Assembly/Disassembly Operations, Decommissioning Operations, Transport, Trials and Nuclear Threat Response requirements.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
- Leading the technical approval of criticality safety assessments;- Set the criticality safety assessment strategy for modifications and new build activities;- Provide lead technical criticality safety support and advice to the facility, operational or project management teams, influencing as necessary;- Leading the technical delivery of critical safety tasking supporting the company fissile material operations- Lead, coach and mentor members of the team ;- Maintain and improve AWEs suite of company management arrangements for criticality safety that reflect relevant good practice and modern standards. Engaging with other UK and international experts to do so;- Support external activities, as required, as part of the Critical Safety Authority Outreach and Science Programme. Representing AWE at UK and international conferences;- Nuclear Baseline Role: Directly Supporting Work with Nuclear Materials and engaging with other Safety Assessment Specialists in support of a common goal;- The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

What will you need to be considered?- Honours Degree (or equivalent) in science, engineering or closely related discipline or equivalent level of experience;- Understanding of nuclear physics, physics of criticality, chemistry, and metallurgy of fissile material;- Detailed knowledge of criticality safety assessment techniques and principles;- Detailed knowledge of the regulatory requirements of fissile operations within a Nuclear Licensed Site;- A practitioner who can demonstrate good engineering and scientific judgement with experience in using fundamental engineering and scientific skills;- Knowledge of nuclear transport codes - Monte Carlo and deterministic methods e.g., MONK and MCNP;- Experience in methodologies used in criticality safety and an overview of the different regulatory methods outside the UK;- A portfolio of experience in delivering criticality safety assessments and evidence of leadership/influence, or being ready for leadership, in the field Demonstrate leadership in the field of criticality safety, providing influence and impact;- Good understanding of the requirements and process for the development of a nuclear safety case;- Ability to

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