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Senior Safety and Risk Consultant

Glasgow, Scotland, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead and assure safety activities, specifically developing and integrating Safety Cases, within complex, highly regulated nuclear and defence infrastructure programmes.

Role type

Senior Safety Case Manager (Technical Authority)

Builds

Safety Cases and safety justification plans for nuclear, defence, and critical national infrastructure projects.

Domain

Nuclear engineering and Defence

Required skills

Safety Case development and management, UK regulatory framework expertise (ONR/DNSR), technical authority and independent challenge, stakeholder engagement with regulators, hazard management, analytical problem-solving, programme delivery balancing

Preferred skills

Experience across both defence and civil nuclear programmes, mentoring and safety culture development, working in ambiguous environments

Technologies

Safety Case frameworks, UK regulatory standards (ONR, DNSR)

Responsibilities

Lead development and integration of Safety Cases across design, construction, and operational phases; assure strength of safety arguments and hazard management approaches; provide oversight of safety strategies and justification plans; challenge design and safety assumptions to ensure compliant outcomes; interface with customers, stakeholders, delivery partners, and regulators.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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