Principal Safety Engineer

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an experienced Principal Safety Engineer ideally with a background in nuclear on a permanent basis, to be located in Barrow offering flexible hybrid working.
What you'll be doing:
Providing advice to the business to ensure that nuclear and radiation safety principles are applied appropriately to the development of compliant business wide standards, processes, management arrangements and documentation
Directly supporting and influencing leaders and managers throughout the business to comply with key nuclear legislation to enable delivery of the complex platform
Developing and managing delivery of an effective Operational Experience Feedback system for the Site that encompasses all relevant nuclear and radiological incidents and events, from both internal and external sources.
Managing the collation and use of the suite of Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) to monitor the business' nuclear safety performance
Attending the company's formally constituted Committees and Authorisation Groups and representing the Company at external meetings associated with safety and regulation of nuclear sites as delegated.
Capturing best practice from across the Nuclear industry and applying this across the business area to comply with current legislations
Acting as a point of contact, developing and managing the interface arrangements between the business and the external regulatory authorities (ONR, DNSR & EA) and industry partners (MoD)
Developing and mentoring less senior members of the Nuclear Safety Regulation and Interface team as required
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Experience and/ or knowledge of the Nuclear (or other highly regulated) industry and regulatory framework
Experience of technical writing and persuasive written argument
Previous experience in a people management capacity
Experience of providing technical advice to senior stakeholders
Desirable:
Engineering or Science (suitable discipline) degree
Professional membership of an institution (or eligible for)
Why We're Different:
Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.
Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future:
As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.