Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

General information

Organization

Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience.

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Reference number

Location

Abingdon

Position title

Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Job description (internal)

Within the Nuclear Safety discipline of Orano Limited, you will lead and deliver technically competent documents striving to exceed client requirements, by working independently as well as supporting other Nuclear Safety consultants.

You will support our clients as part of an Orano team in projects of new build, decommissioning or ongoing operational facilities in providing nuclear safety documents and associated assessments. You will ensure work is delivered to a high standard, timely and to the programme agreed.  As projects progress, or new ones become available, you will have the opportunity to develop new skills, refresh existing skills and work for new clients.

You will also have the opportunity to support and mentor graduate consultants within the business.

As a Nuclear Safety Principal Consultant, you will lead, manage or deliver nuclear safety documents, across the full lifecycle of nuclear operations, for a variety of clients. 

Responsibilities will include:

·       Delivering consultancy that meets, and exceeds the expectations of the client, in regard to technical excellence and the quality of deliverables

·       Delivering consultancy that meets, and exceeds the expectations of the client, in terms of timescales and cost, in a way that supports the long-term growth of the business and its reputation

·       Being the technical lead for projects, directly answerable to the client or the Orano Lead for progress and quality of deliverables

·       Providing nuclear safety advice and guidance for multi discipline projects, interfacing with engineers, human factors specialists and other disciplines

·       Developing and presenting robust and reasoned arguments in a rational and coherent manner

·       Provide technical checking and/or verification for technical / compliance / thoroughness of argument / QA standards

·       Liaising with all concerned on technical progress.

·       Taking documents through all levels of client governance. For example, technical checking, peer review and safety committees.

·       Stakeholder management internally and for clients.

·       Working with, supporting and developing less experienced consultants

·       Developing your own skills or refreshing existing skills

·       Work with the Business Development Team to Identify opportunities with clients to develop the business

Work with the bid team in the production of bids.

Skills and Qualifications (internal)

Minimum of 8 years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.

Have a degree or equivalent in engineering, science or related field of study.

Thorough understanding of the safety case production process and methodologies for several clients.

Demonstrate significant knowledge of and experience in the management and production of complex safety cases, for a number of plant types at different lifecycle stages, as part of a team, demonstrating the capability to work unsupervised within a team.

Familiarity with areas such as decommissioning, optioneering, best practice, human factors, radioactive materials transport, licensing, radioactive waste.

Ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.

Ability to independently seek out or develop one's own answer to challenging technical questions.

Ability to organise one's own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.

Good report writing skills

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

SE - Nuclear Safety & Environmental Regulations

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, South East, Oxfordshire

Geolocation by area (Always put 'Yes')

No

Adress

Abingdon

Additional information
Telework/Home-office

Hybrid Options

Handled by
Primary manager

Annie DIGHTON

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