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Senior Safety & Risk Consultant

United Kingdom, Glasgow · Job Posted May 31, 2026
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Assystem’s Safety & Risk business supports some of the UK’s most complex infrastructure programmes across nuclear, defence and critical national infrastructure. We provide independent technical authority combining engineering insight, regulatory understanding and delivery pragmatism to ensure safety is demonstrably achieved and maintained across the full lifecycle. We are expanding our support across major infrastructure programmes and are seeking a Safety Case Manager to lead and assure safety activities within complex, highly regulated environments. You will operate as a technical authority and Intelligent Customer, setting expectations, assuring technical quality, and influencing key safety decisions across the full project lifecycle. The role requires strong technical judgement, the ability to challenge constructively, and confidence working across multidisciplinary teams.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead development and integration of Safety Cases across design, construction and operational phases
  • Assure the strength of safety arguments, evidence and hazard management approaches
  • Provide oversight of safety strategies and justification plans
  • Challenge design and safety assumptions to ensure proportionate, compliant outcomes
  • Assure supply chain outputs meet technical and regulatory expectations
  • Interface with stakeholders, delivery partners and regulators
  • Provide clear, authoritative advice in complex programme environments

Requirements

  • Safety Case development and assurance
  • Strong track record in Safety Case development and assurance
  • Confidence to challenge assumptions, interrogate evidence, and guide multidisciplinary teams toward robust, defensible safety outcomes
  • Experience working within UK regulatory frameworks such as ONR or DNSR
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders, and apply sound judgement where there is no single right answer
  • Take ownership of safety outcomes
  • Hold high standards for technical quality
  • Motivated by the responsibility of working on complex, high-consequence infrastructure

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