Nuclear Safety Inspector – Quality Management

Office for Nuclear Regulation • Full-time • United Kingdom • £80.67k - £96.88k / year • 2d ago

Broaden your skills with a national regulator

Why join us?

We are the UK’s independent nuclear regulator, dedicated to keeping the UK’s nuclear industry safe and secure. We investin our people to build capability and resilience within our great teams, underpinned by our inherent focus on inclusion and excellence. Our values, ‘supportive, open-minded, fair and accountable,’ shape how we work. Use your professional expertise to make a positive impact. Be part of a team committedto being a modern, transparent regulator delivering trusted outcomes and value. And, support our mission to protect society by securing safe nuclear operations. As a Nuclear Safety Inspector – Quality Management, you’ll play a vital role in this work while bringing credibility to everything you do.

What you’ll be doing:

The nuclear industry is evolving fast – and you’ll be central to its transformation. Your work will be critical to the decarbonisation of the UK’s economy; our national defence; and the decommissioning of our nuclear legacy.

As a Quality inspector you’ll assess duty holders’ quality capability. This includes the processes and arrangements in their management system that ensure the delivery of their objectives, with due priority to safety. It will mean scrutinising duty holders’ arrangements to ensure that management systems are effectively established, implemented, and subjected to assurance and continual review in all safety matters. There may also be the chance to represent ONR/UK internationally.

From day one, you can expect thorough training. This will ensure you have the regulatory abilities required in this crucial role.

What do you need to be great for this role?

As a Nuclear Safety Inspector, you’ll have a degree (or equivalent) in a Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline and membership of a relevant professional body. You’ll also have considerable experience of quality management good practice in the nuclear sector, or equivalent high hazard industry, and the design, implementation and review of management systems. In short, you’ll have the ability to evaluate key quality management arrangements.

Whatever the level of your technical expertise, you will need the ability to communicate clearly with a range of contacts, judge complex technical issues, and influence others. Respect, credibility and humility will be needed if you want to connect with and persuade duty holders.

Membership of a relevant professional body would be an advantage.

Pay, Benefits, Culture

Our people’s dedication to public safety and security is central to the delivery of our commitments to the public we serve. We therefore offer competitive salaries, with this role attracting a salary of £80,670 - £96,883 and a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Plus, flexible and hybrid working options in addition to generous holiday entitlement. Discover more about:

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Our colleagues are from all walks of life with varied personal experiences and career journeys into ONR. We want the best people for our roles. As an inclusive employer we welcome diverse perspectives and value individuals’ contributions, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion, or belief.

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