Rsd Technical Specialist

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**About the Opportunity**:
The Jacobs Regulatory Support Directorate (RSD) provides technical, safety and security support to our nuclear regulatory customers through the provision of technical advice and guidance, as well as direct support on operational sites. RSD’s Technical Cell provides in depth technical support to RSD Project Leads and Specialists.

Do you want to play a vital role in existing and new defence and civil nuclear programmes in the UK, and want to provide key regulatory support to both defence and civil nuclear sectors?Then this is the opportunity for you.

Jacobs is looking for a full time Senior/Principal Technical Specialists with experience and expertise in nuclear safety cases and their assessment. Of particular interest is experience of nuclear propulsion, the UK nuclear deterrent and the associated support and build activities at sites.

The role is to join our RSD Technical Cell based at our Birchwood office in Cheshire.

We encourage safety case professionals who do not have experience of regulatory support to apply.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to support the regulation of the UK Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) as an experienced nuclear safety case professional. The support provided by RSD spans both nuclear propulsion and deterrent, together with the systems and organisations that support them.

You will bring a sound understanding of the requirements for an extensive safety case, together with knowledge of one or more areas of the DNE. The role is to carry out assessments and support inspection and audit activities relating to nuclear propulsion, and/or nuclear deterrent and the systems and organisations that support them in order to support the advice that RSD provides to the MOD Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator.

Key Responsibilities will include:

- Providing formal regulatory assessments, nuclear safety assessment and advice on documents relating to nuclear propulsion, and/or nuclear deterrent and the systems and organisations that support them. This will be documented in formal letters, and the results presented to RSD Project Leads and other Specialists.
- To support regulators in conducting inspections of sites, and safety systems.
- Representing RSD at regulatory meetings with clients and other contractors

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Degree in an engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Knowledge of the production and assessment of nuclear safety cases.
- Experience of developing or reviewing safety critical systems or operations.
- An ability to understand and deliberate on complex technical and safety arguments clearly and concisely, based upon mature knowledge and understanding
- A knowledge of an aspect of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (nuclear propulsion, deterrent and/or facilities and systems that support them would be an advantage).

Skills and technical experience in some of the following areas would be advantageous
- Experience of relevant safety standards
- Understanding of the UK regulatory framework and requirements.
- Professional Institution accredited
- Chartered status, or working towards

**It is essential that applicants are, or can be, Security Cleared and are a UK national**

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