Principal Safety & Risk Consultant

Job Title: Principal Safety & Risk Consultant

Pay Rate: £500 – £600 per day (PAYE or Umbrella rates available)

Location: Reading

Job ID: 1990

This is an 8 month fixed term contract

Principal Safety & Risk Consultant/ PSA Analyst – Reading – 8 Month contract

This is an excellent opportunity for a high-calibre safety professional to take a senior technical analysis role within complex Nuclear environments, contributing to nationally significant projects while influencing safety strategy, assurance and delivery.

The Opportunity

Working at Principal level, you will provide leadership and technical oversight across nuclear safety activities throughout the project lifecycle, from design and construction through to commissioning and operational readiness.

You will act as a technical authority and Intelligent Customer, ensuring that safety cases are robust, proportionate and compliant with relevant regulatory expectations. The role will involve close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, clients and senior stakeholders to ensure safety risks are effectively identified, assessed and managed.

Alongside project delivery responsibilities, you will also contribute to capability development, mentoring colleagues and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the development and assurance of nuclear safety cases
• leading and undertaking Verification reviews of modern nuclear safety cases.
• Provide Intelligent Customer oversight and technical challenge across complex programmes
• Ensure safety strategies and hazard analyses are clear, coherent and defensible
• Support projects through design, construction and commissioning phases
• Advise on compliance with UK nuclear regulatory frameworks and standards
• Engage with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders to influence key decisions

Candidate Profile

Applicants should possess strong experience in nuclear safety case development and assurance within defence, nuclear or other highly regulated industries.

You will be technically credible, commercially aware and confident operating within complex stakeholder environments where safety and regulatory compliance are critical.

Key requirements include:

• Proven experience in Safety Case Analysis
• Background within nuclear or defence sectors
• Strong understanding of hazard analysis and safety justification methodologies

Must familiarise and work in accordance with procedure on a Nuclear Licensed site for a Defence client, in particular MSP 912

Demonstrable experience of leading and undertaking Verification reviews of modern nuclear safety cases.

DV or SC clearance essential