At Sellafield Ltd, we are harnessing our expertise; bringing together world-class skills and innovative technology to solve complex nuclear, infrastructure, and engineering challenges. By joining Sellafield Ltd, you join an amazing team of people, from all walks of life, where you can thrive in a connected, considerate culture of innovation, collaboration, and community; and play a significant part in
the UK’s sustainable nuclear future.
The Safety Case Manager (SCM) will provide leadership and line management to a team of nuclear safety case advisors to manage (i.e. implement, maintain, review and withdraw) the Nuclear Safety Case in their business area as well as input into and support the development of Nuclear Safety Cases in their area in accordance with SEMS Area 2.6.3 ‘Manage Safety Case’ process arrangements, relevant legislation, good practice and business needs.
Principle Accountabilities:
1. On behalf of the Safety Case owner, will manage the Nuclear Safety Case to ensure Nuclear Safety, legal compliance and efficient and effective operations and project delivery throughout through all relevant lifecycle phases.
2. Provides expert advice and leadership in respect to Safety Case management issues to support continued operations and progress against project delivery.
3. Provides input and support to the development of Nuclear Safety Cases to ensure that a) the extant Safety Case is appropriately considered in the development of a new Safety Case and b) the Safety Case being developed is implementable.
4. Sponsors Safety Case documentation through appropriate governance routes to ensure delivery of the Safety Case in line with business and programme requirements.
5. Serving as the main contact with the regulator (supporting the Safety Case Delivery Lead and Development Team Managers on engagements when necessary) to ensure regulatory support and achieve permissioning for mission critical activities.
6. Leading on other stakeholder engagements to secure stakeholder support and build confidence in any proposed approach to ensure nuclear safety and efficient and effective operations and project delivery.
7. Seeks and shares learning internally to the profession, within the wider business and external to the business, to ensure continuous learning and improvement associated with Safety Case Management.
8. Maintains a broad awareness of business and profession drivers in order to ensure Safety Case Management approaches align with current business needs context and strategic drivers. Challenging approaches when necessary to achieve a Safety Case that best enables the mission.
9. Assists in the development, maintenance, assurance and optimisation of SL’s Nuclear Safety Case arrangements to ensure that arrangements reflect industry relevant good practice and are flexible enough to enable the mission going forward (for example- by providing learning, experience and technical opinion on the arrangements and at times, leading on the development of methods/ processes/guidance).
10. Supports the development and maintenance of the technical capability for their discipline to ensure a healthy pipeline of technical resources for the future (for example by acting as a mentor/ inputting in to training and briefing and advising on resourcing needs/ issues/ risks).
Authorities:
On behalf of the Safety Case Owner/Head of Safety Case (Delivery Pillar):
- Act on behalf of the Safety Case Owner and Head of Safety Cases to implement, maintain, review, and withdraw Safety Cases.
- Provide input and challenge to Business Areas and Programmes, influencing key decisions related to Nuclear Safety for projects and operations.
- Hold team members accountable for delivering safety case activities to required quality, scope, time, and cost, in line with Sellafield Ltd Nuclear Safety Case arrangements.
- Support the Safety Case Delivery Lead in supply chain engagement ensuring timely procurement and deployment of resources.
- Verify safety case documents according to governance standards.
- May act as SL’s ‘controlling mind’ for nuclear safety case delivery within delivery frameworks or partnerships (e.g., NNL), representing the Intelligent Customer.
Dimensions:
The position holder is recognised as a technical team leader who is required to engage with personnel at various organisational levels as well as with Internal and External stakeholders including Regulators. The SCM will operate in support of the real time needs of operational facilities and the longer term needs of Project / Programme Delivery ensuring not only legal compliance, but that nuclear safety case management enables the Mission of the Business Area/ wider Enterprise. The position holder therefore enables the Enterprise to operate safely in line with Site Licence Conditions (SLC14, SLC15 & SLC23). They will also enable interfacing professions (e.g. Design Engineering, Operations, Training, etc) meet their obligations with respect to nuclear safety cases.
The SCM is based within a facility delivery team and is accountable to the Safety Case Owner. Depending on the structure of the delivery area that they are based, they may report to the Safety Case Management Lead, Head of Operations or another similar level position and they provide a key interface between the Safety Case development teams manged directly by the Safety Case Profession and those in facility operations and projects.
Most SCMs will be responsible for the direct line management of a team of safety case advisors (potentially consisting of degree apprentices and graduates) up to Band 4A who may be based across different geographical locations. They are also responsible for providing safety, technical and behavioural leadership to the internal SL safety case advisors and also any supply chain advisors (ASW/CSW) to operate as an effective and integrated outcome focussed safety case management delivery team.
Essential:
- STEM degree or equivalent experience.
- Proven nuclear safety case management skills.
- Strong knowledge of safety case scope, interfaces, and compliance.
- Experience of working with SL Safety Case Arrangements (in particular Safety Case Management related processes).
- Familiar with SL operations, projects, and cross-functional needs.
- Effective communicator and proactive in sharing learning.
- Track record in innovation and continuous improvement.
- Experience across multiple facilities and in line management.
- Skilled in mentoring, coaching, and resource planning.
- Able to deliver practical solutions and respond to plant challenges.
- Self-motivated and resilient with evidence of positively embracing change.
- Experienced in regulatory engagement.
- Understands key safety case principles and their impact across site facilities.
- Background in safety case management across various facilities or value streams.
- Has managed complex or multiple live safety cases.
Desirable:
- Chartered or equivalent experience with a relevant professional institute.
- Able to define complex problems and guide teams without directly solving them.
- Aware of SL’s hazard reduction goals and can contribute to practical safety solutions.
- Understands SL’s major project framework and how safety cases integrate across project stages.
At Sellafield Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With having 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.
Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:
- You will benefit from an annual bonus of up to 10% – 15%, made up of company and personal performance
- An attractive defined contribution pension scheme – the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
- 30 days annual leave + bank holidays. Plus, the ability to purchase an extra 2.5 days per year.
- The ability to carry over 10 days annual leave each financial year
- Paid Sick Leave
- Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Lifestyle Benefits sasra.co.uk
- Learning & Development Opportunities https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/learning-and-development/
- Reward & Recognition Policies
- Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme
- Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check
- MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts
- MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme
- Many, many more! Click this link to visit our Rewards & Benefits page: https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/rewards-and-benefits/
Sellafield Ltd is a unique place to grow your career, offering a remarkable blend of role variety, job security, personal growth, professional development, and truly significant work. This is your opportunity to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the nuclear, infrastructural and engineering worlds and create a clean and safe environment for generations to come. Explore Sellafield Ltd today.
- The closing date for this vacancy is Monday 17th August 2026.
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