Safety Case Engineers are responsible for developing and producing the environmental safety case, including both generic and site‑specific environmental safety reports. The role ensures that safety case work meets regulatory expectations, aligns with technical governance requirements, and supports the safe, compliant development of disposal facilities and associated systems.
Safety Case Engineers act as Intelligent Clients for externally procured safety case services, ensuring that supplier work is robust, high‑quality, and aligned with project needs. They also play a key role in communicating safety case outputs across the organisation and representing the business in national and international forums.
Safety Case Development
- Produce generic and site‑specific environmental safety reports.
- Develop claims, arguments, and evidence to support the environmental safety case.
- Contribute to the development of strategies and approaches for demonstrating regulatory compliance.
- Provide high‑quality, timely advice on environmental safety case matters.
Intelligent Client & Supplier Management
- Act as the Intelligent Client for the procurement of environmental safety case services.
- Specify work requirements, assess tenders, and manage contracts for safety case services.
- Review and challenge supplier outputs to ensure they are technically sound, verified, and aligned with safety case needs.
Technical Review & Governance
- Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with Technical Governance procedures.
- Understand and communicate outputs from total system models of the disposal system.
- Check and approve post‑closure disposability assessments supporting the Letter of Compliance process.
- Support site‑specific evaluations of environmental safety.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Work with internal stakeholders, including research managers, to ensure work programmes meet safety case requirements.
- Collaborate with teams across the business to communicate safety case outputs, needs, and implications.
- Represent the organisation at national and international forums, including engagement with EC projects, the IAEA, and the NEA.
- Engage with learned societies and the public where appropriate.
Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement
- Monitor design changes from suppliers and construction activities, ensuring safety case implications are understood and addressed.
- Identify issues, develop solutions, make recommendations, and drive actions through to closure.
- Support the closeout of design configuration issues, including Open Points and Design Changes.