The delivery of the Westinghouse UK Fuel Growth Program is essential to the future nuclear fuel products for all current and future reactor types and is a fundamental part of the UK Government’s Nuclear Roadmap and Net Zero 2050 commitment. The portfolio is fundamental to the Westinghouse UK Fuel long-term strategy and essential for the growth of Springfields Fuels site.

 

We would like to hire Criticality Safety Advisor to provide criticality safety assessment services and support to the Springfields Site. The role reports to Principal Assessor Criticality

 

Key Responsibilities:
 

Supporting the development and modification of criticality safety cases through authoring, verifying and managing criticality Safety Case documentation, including: Criticality Hazard identification, Hazard Assessments (HAZANs), deterministic and quantitative assessments, designation of proportionate safety measures and ALARP justification  Conducting criticality safety assessments for both internal and external hazards Developing criticality safety strategies and/or devising key Safety Case arguments Liaison with engineering, plant operators and other specialist safety disciplines, e.g. Human Factors, Fire, Radiological/Chemotoxic, Radiological Shielding, Environmental, to present coherent and comprehensive criticality safety cases Providing direct and Intelligent Customer oversight of criticality safety assessment resource including contractors Support the Site Emergency Response Provide criticality safety training to Site Personnel Supporting appropriate national working groups e.g. Working Party on Criticality

 

 

Qualifications and Experience:
 

You will be a skilled and experienced criticality safety assessor who has excellent report writing skills and mentoring abilities
  Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent, with typically at least 5 years (SQEP 3) relevant criticality safety experience
  Criticality Safety Case production and management for all stages of plant lifecycle from concept design to decommissioning, hazard identification, fault analysis, Design Basis Accident (DBA) assessment, Barrier Analysis, Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA), development of safety functional requirements, ALARP assessment
  Expertise in criticality safety techniques including use of criticality modelling codes e.g. MONK, MCNP
  Experience in criticality accident detector placement and evacuation contour determination
  In depth knowledge of relevant UK regulations and standards
  Proven leadership skills
  Excellent customer service manner with strong listening and interpersonal skills
  Flexible in approach to support effective delivery Minimum SC Security Clearance

Why Westinghouse?

 

Westinghouse Electric Company Is The Global Nuclear Energy Industry’s First Choice For Safe, Clean, And Efficient Energy Solutions.
We Enable Our Delivery Of This Vision By Living Our Value System:
 

Safety and Quality Integrity and Trust Customer Focus and Innovation Speed and Passion to Win Teamwork and Accountability
 

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com .

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