Safety Case graduate programme

Where STEM graduates with a passion for solving complex technical problems can join a team who form the backbone of nuclear safety, enabling all Sellafield Ltd missions.

Safety Cases are vital for developing safe solutions and maintaining safe conditions in our facilities. They are fundamental to our operating license and crucial for understanding hazards and safety controls. Safety Case professionals work across projects and facilities throughout the entire lifecycle, from design to decommissioning. They analyse hazards and risks, identifying how to manage safety and ensuring robust controls are implemented. All roles involve collaboration in multi-disciplined teams to solve problems in challenging contexts. Specialist areas within Safety Cases include Criticality, Dose and Shielding, Nuclear Fire, and Radiological safety.

  • Graduates in Safety Cases typically begin as Nuclear Safety Assessors, focusing on nuclear hazards and controls in one of four specialist areas. They can explore these specialisms and may also try a placement as a Safety Case Advisor, ensuring nuclear safety controls are maintained. Both roles provide a career pathway with foundational training and opportunities to develop specialist skills. Graduates can expect secondments in these roles or other disciplines, gaining hands-on experience across various facilities and projects throughout the facility lifecycle.

  • Beyond the graduate training, Safety Cases career pathways offer a range of progression opportunities, whether through specialisation in a technical discipline or taking responsibility for the management of teams and safety cases for our nuclear facilities or major projects. The foundational training and broad experience gained on our programmes also offers a great platform for wider career options in technical, operational or leadership roles.

  • Our existing team has a wide range of STEM degree backgrounds. In particular, historically we have found the following degree areas are a good fit to the different safety case specialisms:

    Criticality: Physics, Maths, Chemistry

    Dose & Shielding: Physics, Maths, Chemistry

    Fire: Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences

    Rad: Any STEM degree

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