Job Description

The Severe Accident Advisor provides production and implementation support, guided by the Severe Accident Analysis (SAA) subject matter expertise, particularly with the internal emergency management and resilience functions. In addition, they will develop a well-rounded understanding of the risk and hazard management processes that interface with them, focussing on the Safety Case process, emergency response arrangements and requirements of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019. The role is the Technical Support for the SAA programme.

The role has many facets with a significant focus on engagement with plants and associated teams:
• Engage with plant Safety Case Managers and other experts as required across the company.
• Support preparation of, review and presentation of SL & supply chain produced documents.
• Develop as the Technical Lead and subject matter expert for SAA and principal point of contact within SL for Severe Accident Analysis.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with others across multiple levels of the organisation, provide support to SAA components relevant to the Sellafield Emergency Management Plans and Procedures teams in pursuit of their emergency management and resilience tasks, including REPPIR submissions.
•Support engagements with ONR and other regulatory and external bodies as required. • Maintain and improve the SAA process and methodology in support of the Head of Analysis and Assessment.

Principal Accountabilities

The varied nature of the role means the candidate must be self-reliant but know when to seek guidance. The role will require an individual who is inherently inquisitive and bases judgement on facts.
• Apply safety case principles to the delivery of the SAA review cycle, supporting the subject matter expertise.
• With the subject matter expertise, manage workloads within the SAA area including any engagements with contractors.
• Author and present reports and papers to governance committees and boards as required.
• Willing to support security consequence assessments as required.
• To support the Head of Analysis and Assessment as required.

Knowledge & Experience

The candidate should have an excellent working knowledge of how safety cases are produced and assessed, building on a foundation of several years working on a nuclear licenced site. This is usually from a safety case, scientific technical or operational support background.

Essential Skills

• The role is primarily technical in nature, which requires a questioning mindset and the ability to challenge.
• There is a need for stakeholder engagement making best use scientific argument founded on a Degree in Chemistry, Physics or Chemical Engineering disciplines.
• Minimum of one-year direct safety case assessment, authoring and or implementation experience. Alternatively, 3 or more years of operational plant experience with a strong safety case implementation component to the work.
• Good Risk Management knowledge and experience.
• Able to read, absorb and analyse information and interpret the impacts of the data quickly and communicate them effectively.
• Work within a small team, whilst being proactive and independently driven.
• Preparation and presentation of technical reports.

Desirable Skills

• On occasion, it is necessary to visit plants to walk-down any issues. The candidate should either have or can readily become a Monitored Worker.
• Prior experience of managing contracts, delivery, contractual and financial controls.
• Knowledge of Project Management principles.
• Knowledge of key processes in major plants and the control measures.
• Any experience of interfacing with regulators and senior management.
• Membership of appropriate professional body.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Alex Jenkins

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to be 18th February 2025.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C GCSE in English, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
4.1.3 Problem Solving
4.2.2 Resilience
4.3.2 Effective Communication
4.3.3 Adapting to & Leading Change

Technical:
315.6 EM Planning & Preparedness

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

During the interview, you will also be expected to give a 10 minute presentation on “Discuss the learning from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and its relevance to the UK Nuclear Industry”

This presentation should be sent to recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk via email at least two working days before your interview. You should also take four paper copies of your presentation to your interview in case of any IT issues on the day.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk.

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Authorities and Dimensions

Authorities

The role is primarily one of supporting and developing subject matter expertise in all topics relating to the SAA process and risk and hazard evaluation in support of REPPIR compliance. The role will allow for some exposure to security, contract, financial and other accountabilities as befits the candidate.

• Develop subject matter expertise for SAA, including the production and checking of SAAs.

Dimensions

• Work collaboratively with and provide support to the Emergency Management preparedness teams in support of emergency management and resilience tasks, including REPPIR submissions and other tasks as appropriate.
• Support the engagements with ONR and other regulatory or external bodies as required
• Identify improvements in the maintenance and development of the SAA process methodology and report proposals to the Head of Analysis and Assessment. From 2025, will be an opportunity to seek the implementation of recommendations after stakeholder engagement.

Job Context and Challenges

The role requires the capability to apply knowledge and logical thinking, pragmatically to low probability, high consequence events where there may be no or little precedence.