Operations Compliance Officer

5 days ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Full time
Job Description for Operations Compliance Officer

National Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operations Compliance Officer to join our team. As an Operations Compliance Officer, you will play a critical role in ensuring that all operational activities are performed safely and comply with the Nuclear Site Licence conditions, Regulatory and Legislative requirements.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all operations are compliant with the plant safety case/legislation/licence conditions etc for their areas(s) of responsibility. This will involve auditing a broad array of processes and standards, undertaking regular plant inspections, task observations and behavioural safety observations, and training to become a Duly Authorised Person (DAP).

The Operations Compliance Officer will work closely with the Waste and Environment Officer (WEO) to set priorities and assist in the consignment of waste from the building. The role holder will also be responsible for controlling all access under defined security arrangements for their area(s) of responsibility and will be the primary point of contact for any incidents / events occurring within their area(s) of responsibility.

Main Responsibilities for Operations Compliance Officer:

  • Ensure operations are compliant with the plant safety case/legislation/licence conditions etc for their areas(s) of responsibility.
  • Audit a broad array of processes and standards, including risk assessments, permissioning documentation, housekeeping, Site Safety Instructions, chemical inventory and managing and corrective actions raised.
  • Undertake regular plant inspections, task observations and behavioural safety observations.
  • Train to become a Duly Authorised Person (DAP).
  • Engage in Continuous Improvement projects.
  • Deliver effect control and supervision of operations as a DAP.
  • Responsible for the provision of a safe and secure plant in their areas of responsibility.
  • Responsible for providing up front support, peer review and authorisation of all work packages (routine or non-routine) for their area(s) of responsibility.
  • Apply Conservative or Operational Decision Making (CDM/ODM) when fault conditions arise.
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for their area(s) of responsibility, keeping abreast of all applicable Rules and Regulations and managing their application.
  • Responsible for controlling all access under defined security arrangements for their area(s) of responsibility.
  • Primary point of contact for any incidents / events occurring within their area(s) of responsibility.
  • Responsible for oversight of material movements (non-active or radioactive) within their area(s) of responsibility.

Essential Criteria for Operations Compliance Officer:

  • Degree/HND in a scientific discipline. Relevant experience will be considered in lieu of stated qualifications.
  • Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy and resilience.
  • Ability to demonstrate conservative decision making, even in high pressure situations.
  • Experienced using standard Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to communicate key information both verbal and written with customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
  • Experience within laboratory environments working to relevant legislation, regulations and standards (e.g COSHH).
  • Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Operations Compliance Officer:

  • Ability to demonstrate supervisory experience for operations undertaken within a high hazard industry.
  • A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area(s) of responsibility.
  • Experience of application of safe systems of work.
  • NEBOSH General Certificate.
  • Experience in incident control and emergency response.
  • Experience with Integrated Management Systems.

Why join us?

National Nuclear Laboratory is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

National Nuclear Laboratory has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.



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