Human Factors Senior Consultant

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low-carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low-carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the setup and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

The Assystem Safety & Risk business unit has over 20 years' experience, delivering bespoke, high-quality safety, risk, and reliability consultancy services to high-hazard industries. We help our clients to minimise risk, delivering improved safety and security and fostering a nuclear safety and risk aware culture. Assystem Safety & Risk delivers an integrated and cost-effective service that includes Safety Case, Human & Organisational Factors (HOF), Risk & Reliability (Including Probabilistic Safety Assessment), Security & Resilience, and Process Safety.

We use deterministic and probabilistic techniques to help our clients to assess the risk associated with facilities and activities and confirm that risks are reduced to a level that is As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).

We are seeking a Senior HF Consultant on a permanent basis to play a key role in the continued growth and development of our established and highly successful Human and Organisational Factors team.

For this Senior HF position, we are looking for an individual who has a proven record of experience applying HF in the nuclear industry and is able to transition into HF projects in the Nuclear sector with relative ease.

We would expect the successful candidate to possess a good understanding of the Nuclear Safety Case and sound working knowledge of the process of HF Substantiation in relation to Safety Case claims.

Duties and accountabilities:

• Take responsibility for the technical delivery of a variety of projects in multi-disciplinary teams delivering integrated Risk, Safety and Human Factors projects support to the nuclear industry.
• Execute the following: Task Analyses (e.g. Hierarchical, Tabular), Human Error Identification and Assessment, Qualitative Human Reliability Assessment (HRA), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) assessment.
• Provide expert understanding and practical experience in the integration of Human Factors to projects where safety and the mitigation of risk is paramount.
• Produce project deliverables to a high standard.
• Be trusted to work autonomously and manage projects (with technical oversight), engage with project stakeholders and manage client relationships.
• Help develop team capability and provide training and mentoring for junior team members in the HF discipline.
• Provide support to the wider business in terms of business development, project management, quality and compliance, marketing and knowledge sharing.

Why join the Assystem team? There are a number of factors that make us stand out:

• Project variability: We work across a range of projects and clients in the nuclear sector which provides exposure to a diverse set of opportunities and development challenges. This enables you to: (a) understand how the different nuclear licenced sites implement HF and (b) seek out transferrable skills that will help expedite your HF career within the nuclear industry. (c) apply different HF techniques, tools and approaches.
• Assystem Institute: This centralised and managed service is available to all staff and helps provide general and targeted technical training. In addition, our competency framework provides the basis for a curated training and development path tailored to individual training requirements in line with business needs and individual professional development goals.
• Community of knowledge: Assystem has experts with a wide range of nuclear knowledge, such as Safety Case, Risk and Reliability, Waste and Decommissioning, Probabilistic Safety Assessment. This provides an opportunity to engage internally to develop a wider learning of the nuclear industry.

• A degree or post graduate qualification in Human Factors or a related discipline, such as, psychology, engineering or industrial design.
• CIEHF Registered Member status or equivalent or working towards chartership.
• The right to work in the UK.

Skills, Knowledge and Understanding:

Essential:

• An understanding of High Hazard Industry Safety Case Development.
• A good understanding of a broad range of HF domains at a system-level and ability to apply them to scope out the HF needs of a project in support of technical delivery.
• Applied experience of Human Reliability Assessment (i.e., Task Analyses, Qualitative HRA and Human Error Identification and Assessment).
• Technical report writing skills to a high standard.
• Commitment to quality.
• The ability to effectively lead and manage projects.
• Credible experience of managing and maintaining client and project stakeholder relationships.
• The ability to and willingness to achieve Security Clearances in support of project requirements.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of common quantitative HRA techniques (e.g. HEART, THERP, NARA) will be particularly useful though not a pre-requisite.
• Familiarity with Defence Standard Technical Guides.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

We offer a competitive benefits package including:

Flexible working arrangements to suit individuals

25 days' holiday entitlement plus bank holidays

Ability to sell or purchase leave

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Paid membership of two professional institutions/organisations

Cycle to work scheme

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people's ability to dare are the only things that matter . Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.