Principal Safety Case Consultant

Job Title: Principal Safety Case Consultant
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish Nuclear employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

At Cavendish Nuclear we are working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Safety Case Consultant based at one of our key locations: Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury or Bristol.

Day to day, you will:

• Provide nuclear safety input across all stages of the project lifecycle, supporting design development and delivery.
• Participate in / facilitate HAZID and HAZOP studies and lead the development of robust Hazard Management Strategies.
• Manage / lead the production of radiological safety assessments and Safety Reports, including PSRs and PCSRs and their equivalents.
• Offer technical leadership on safety case strategy, regulatory compliance, safety case documentation, as well as the supporting technical reports and calculations.
• Manage safety case delivery teams, oversee work delivered by the Supply Chain where appropriate, and maintain visibility of progress against cost and programme targets.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week hours per week and offers hybrid working. This role is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), Newbury or Bristol.

Closing Date: 07/10/2026

Role Type: Full Time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61045

The role

As a Principal Safety Case Consultant you will have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will manage the delivery of engineering and technical activities, through the application of process, domain knowledge and experience.