Senior Physicist/Consultant

at  Jacobs

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Assurance, Technology and Regulation(AT&R) performance unit, is a critical part of the Technology and Consulting business. AT&R has been providing critical services to the nuclear industry for over 60 years.
Do you want to play a vital role in existing and new defence and civil nuclear programmes in the UK, and want to provide key physics support to both defence and civil nuclear sectors?
We are looking for a full time Senior Physicist/Consultant to join our Reactor and Radiation Physics Team at Jacobs Birchwood office in Cheshire, to carry out independent nuclear safety and technical assessment of nuclear submarine propulsion plant, and support criticality and shielding safety case development in support of the civil nuclear sector and other safety critical infrastructure.
The NS&E department provides the technical capability, within defined subject matter areas, in support of our Independent Assurance (IA) function, which is a crucial activity, demonstrating to regulators and other key stakeholders that technical proposals and activities have been subject to independent scrutiny and challenge.
Our expertise of over 30 experienced scientists and engineers covers all aspects of nuclear safety, including design studies and modelling. Our range of experience ranges from advice at concept stage through the whole lifecycle of Reactor Plant.

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Relevant background experience should include some or all of the following:

• criticality and radiation shielding assessment,
• Reactor Plant Physics analysis and performance
• independent nuclear safety assurance including safety assessment of relevant safety cases, and technical assessment of reactor designs,
• criticality safety analysis,
• radiation shielding,
• mathematical methods and modelling

You will also have experience of some of the following:

• Criticality safety, reactor physics or shielding analysis.
• Submarine reactor design and safety case
• Civil reactor design and safety case
• Shielding and radiological safety case development and assessment
• Use of physics analysis codes
• Understanding of the UK Regulatory and Assurance Environmen

• Assessment of safety cases.
• Assessment of design technical cases.
• Providing formal independent nuclear safety and technical assessment of documents relating to the Physics aspects of nuclear propulsion and delivering the assessment output in formal letters, which may be presented to relevant safety and technical committees.
• Performing assurance activities (Physics trails and testing).
• Contributing to Research projects in reactor physics and associated technologies.
• Representing Jacobs at safety and technical meetings with clients, the plant authorisee, designers and safety case authors.
• Applying your personal skills and experience to other projects being carried out by Jacobs, including shielding and criticality assessments for clients in the civil nuclear industry.
  Here’s what you’ll need:

Relevant background experience should include some or all of the following:

• criticality and radiation shielding assessment,
• Reactor Plant Physics analysis and performance
• independent nuclear safety assurance including safety assessment of relevant safety cases, and technical assessment of reactor designs,
• criticality safety analysis,
• radiation shielding,
• mathematical methods and modelling.

You will also have experience of some of the following:

• Criticality safety, reactor physics or shielding analysis.
• Submarine reactor design and safety case
• Civil reactor design and safety case
• Shielding and radiological safety case development and assessment
• Use of physics analysis codes
• Understanding of the UK Regulatory and Assurance Environment