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Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer

Derby, UKFull-time£42k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United Kingdom

Core

Develop, review, and maintain Probabilistic Safety Assessments (PSA) for the Rolls-Royce SMR Power Station to support design decisions and regulatory licensing.

Role type

Senior IC probabilistic safety assessment engineer (nuclear)

Builds

Safety assessment models and documentation for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power stations

Domain

Nuclear energy / Power generation

Required skills

PSA development (Level 1, 2, 3), fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, reliability data analysis, hazard identification, risk-informed design, PSA software tools (Risk Spectrum, Phoenix Architect), SQL, Excel macros

Preferred skills

PWR reactor design experience, UK/IAEA/US codes and standards, data analysis, system dependency topics

Technologies

Risk Spectrum, Phoenix Architect, SQL, Excel

Responsibilities

Contribute to PSA development and maintenance; support engineering decision-making with PSA results; ensure quality and governance in PSA documentation; represent the project at internal and external regulatory reviews; maintain nuclear safety culture and industry knowledge

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC