Deterministic Safety Assessment Engineer (Nuclear Safety)Submarines

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Job Title: Deterministic Safety Assessment Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Raynesway Derby /Hybrid

We have an exciting opportunity at Rolls-Royce for a Deterministic Safety Assessment Engineer to join the team in Derby.

As a Nuclear Safety Case Engineer- you will be working on the deterministic safety substantiation of the Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) for the Astute Class replacement programme known as SSN-AUKUS (SSNA). The Programme is heading towards release to construction in the near future and permitting commissioning over the next decade. The whole programme being part of a national endeavour vital to the security of the nation.

The role covers the full deterministic safety assessment process of hazard identification screening and assessment determining initiating event frequencies and product failure frequencies identifying and assessing faults as well as identifying the corresponding preventative and protective safety measures and operator actions. Hence working across all systems and functions involved in the design and substantiation of NSRP.

Why Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress powering protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Well provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive innovative culture that invests in you gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This role and programme are at the forefront of Rolls-Royce Submarines growth over the next ten to twenty years which collectively offer some of the most exciting and world-leading multidisciplinary opportunities in the world. Joining Submarines genuinely offers the chance for a career for life within a company at the forefront of national security for the rest of century.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office home or another remote location. Its a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum were all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Work on world-leading technical challenges needing your best to safely deliver to time cost and quality
• Work in a friendly and dynamic team on an exciting programme that is helping to drive business transformation
• Be supported to learn new things and progress your career with access to a range of courses buddies and mentors
• Be supported to be at your best with a priority on physical and psychological safety and wellbeing

Who were looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first do the right thing keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Have a technical background at degree level including but not limited to mathematics physics or any engineering discipline. Training in NSRP provided by Rolls-Royce.
• Be an excellent communicator who is keen to learn with demonstrable experience working with a wide range of customers and stakeholders throughout a project or product lifecycle. Proven technical report writing skills required.
• Have a background in deterministic safety ideally in a highly regulated industry (eg hazard identification and operability assessments like HAZIDs and HAZOPs hazard logs fault schedules substantiating safety functional requirements etc.).
• Ideally be familiar with terms like hierarchy of controls prevention protection & mitigation in accident or disaster management as well as arguments claims & evidence when substantiating a design.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of caring and belonging we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or in MoD approved cases a dual national.

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