Principal Engineer

4 weeks ago


DaltoninFurness, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time

Job Title: Principal Engineer – Nuclear Safety Regulation (Specialists)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £55,000+ Depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

We’re expanding our Nuclear Safety and Regulation Team to support the delivery of major programmes of strategic national and international importance. We’re looking for people with experience in one or more of the following activities:

  • Advising leaders at all levels on nuclear legislation, site license applications, and regulatory requirements
  • Supporting relationships with regulatory bodies and deploying interface management arrangements
  • Delivery of nuclear safety governance, assurance frameworks, and independent oversight capabilities
  • Development and maintenance of the nuclear baseline together with organizational change processes
  • Supporting the design and delivery of nuclear competence assessments and training solutions
  • Implementing compliance operating models for nuclear/radiological safety and development of compliant nuclear management arrangements
  • Preparing and maintaining nuclear safety documentation, including safety cases and associated processes
  • Supporting end-users with safety case requirements
  • Providing radiological protection advice
  • Promoting a strong nuclear safety culture through stewardship and leadership concepts

Your skills and experiences:

  • Nuclear safety legislation, licensing, and regulatory frameworks
  • Goal-setting regulation and application of relevant good practice (RGP)
  • Safety policy, governance, and independent challenge mechanisms
  • Regulatory interface management and permissioning arrangements
  • Integrated management systems and compliance assurance
  • Event reporting and operational experience feedback (OEFL) systems
  • Development of nuclear capabilities, baselines, and organizational change management
  • Competency-based training frameworks using Systematic Approach to Training (SAT)
  • Safety case development methodologies and safety case implementation
  • Radiological protection, waste management

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Nuclear Safety Regulation team:

The Nuclear Safety and Regulation Department oversee the nuclear regulation for site. The team exists to provide specialist advice and services to the business with regards to nuclear/radiological safety standards and compliance, development of safety cases and is a key part of maintaining the licence to operate.

The purpose of this role is to provide leadership, oversight and management of a team of nuclear safety specialist roles to deliver defined work packages to provide essential nuclear safety support to major programmes of work of strategic national and international importance. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 10th January 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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