Senior Safety and Risk Consultant
HybridGlasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead the development and integration of Safety Cases across design, construction, and operational phases, assuring the strength of safety arguments, supporting evidence, and hazard management approaches. Provide oversight of safety strategies and justification plans while challenging design assumptions to ensure proportionate, compliant, and defensible outcomes. Interface with customers, stakeholders, delivery partners, and regulators to provide authoritative technical advice within complex UK infrastructure programmes. Act as a trusted technical authority to influence key safety decisions and supply chain outputs across multidisciplinary teams.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in Safety Case development, management, and assurance within highly regulated industries
- Strong understanding of UK regulatory frameworks, including experience working with organisations such as the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and/or Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR)
- Demonstrated ability to act as a trusted technical authority, providing expert guidance across multidisciplinary teams
- Confidence to challenge assumptions, interrogate evidence, and influence technical decision-making to ensure safety cases are robust, proportionate, and defensible
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders, customers, regulators, and technical specialists
- Experience balancing technical excellence with programme delivery, understanding commercial, operational, and project constraints
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the judgement to make sound decisions in situations where there is no single 'right' answer
- A proactive, accountable approach, taking ownership of safety outcomes while maintaining the highest standards of technical quality and governance
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Desired Qualifications
- Have experience working across both defence and civil nuclear programmes
- Are recognised as a trusted advisor who can provide independent challenge and technical assurance
- Enjoy mentoring and developing others while fostering a strong safety culture
- Bring a collaborative mindset and the confidence to work effectively in ambiguous or evolving programme environments
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