Job Description

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

Warhead Senior Safety Assessment Specialist

Location: Coulport - 20 minutes North of Helensburgh (Scotland)

Package: Up to £65k (Depending on experience, qualifications, and suitability for the role)

Working pattern: Core working hours of 07:15 to 16:45 Monday to Thursday

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

AWE is recruiting for a Warhead Senior Safety Assessment Specialist to provide expert leadership in the assessment of nuclear, explosive, and major hazards across warhead products.

This role leads complex safety analyses, shapes design‑for‑safety strategies, and delivers high‑quality assessments that support safe, compliant decision‑making throughout the product lifecycle. As the organisation’s Safety Case SME, you will manage the TSA Safety Case and provide specialist safety case expertise on behalf of the TSA Facility Operator.

You will ensure all activities remain within the bounds of the current safety case, including signing off maintenance concessions, while also contributing to the development of long‑term, overarching safety case strategies. Working closely with project teams and stakeholders, you will guide the interpretation and application of safety assessment outputs and develop design safety options that strengthen AWE’s world‑leading safety standards.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

• Degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification in mechanical, electrical, nuclear or a closely related engineering discipline.

• Proven experience in developing, maintaining, and justifying safety cases, including involvement in safety reviews, concessions, and lifecycle safety assurance.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Strong interpersonal and communication capability, with excellent report‑writing and presentation skills.

• Ability to apply technical skills across the nuclear lifecycle, from projects through to decommissioning.

• Experience applying skills across different hazard types (e.g., proportional risk assessment).

• Extensive experience in safety assessment for radiological, chemical and/or explosive hazards.

• Background in nuclear, high‑hazard and/or highly regulated environments.

• Experience across multiple domains (management system, front‑end, project design, commissioning, operations, decommissioning), gained within or outside AWE.

• Experience working within high‑hazard and highly regulated industries, ideally nuclear.

Work hard, be rewarded:

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).

• Generous holiday entitlement 266 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.

• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.

• Employee Assistance Programme and on-site Occupational Health Services, including access to physiotherapy, GP appointments, coun

• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).

• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

• On site Gym.

• Assisted Transport Service - subsidised buses onto site.

• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

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Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.