Lead C&I Engineer (with Safety Case Experience)

Role Title: Lead C&I Engineer (with Safety Case Experience)
Salary Range: £57,600 – £75,600 DOE
Location: Any Rolls-Royce SMR Location – Hybrid working flexibility

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

Rolls-Royce SMR is a bold and ambitious company with a highly skilled workforce that operates at pace to maintain competitive advantage and succeed in our vision to deliver affordable energy for all.

Role Purpose

As a Lead C&I Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the licensing and regulatory readiness of our control and instrumentation systems for the Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear power plant. You will lead the development and maintenance of safety case documentation, ensuring alignment with engineering design and regulatory expectations.

You’ll work closely with engineering and safety case teams to apply structured methodologies such as Claims, Arguments and Evidence (CAE), and ensure compliance with Environment, Safety, Security and Safeguards (E3S) principles. Your expertise will help shape the safety case for all C&I systems and the overall architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of C&I safety case using CAE structure
• Support licensing activities and ensure documentation is suitable for regulatory assessment
• Drive safety case requirements into engineering design activities
• Ensure alignment between safety case and engineering documentation
• Apply ALARP, BAT, and RGP principles to C&I systems
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines and with external stakeholders
• Manage packages of work delivered by the supply chain

Experience Required

Nuclear Safety Case Expertise

• Strong experience in substantiating engineering systems using CAE structure
• Authoring and verifying safety cases for nuclear applications
• Applying probabilistic and deterministic safety principles
• Extensive understanding of PWR plant design and operation
• Broad knowledge of systems significant to nuclear safety
• Awareness of internal/external hazard impacts on C&I systems

Regulatory Experience

• Familiarity with UK civil nuclear regulatory regime
• Understanding of ONR Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs)
• Experience presenting and defending safety case materials to regulators
• Proven ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Leadership in briefing teams on safety case structure and impact

Mandatory Training & Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience

Beneficial Experience & Qualifications

• PWR design and technology training
• Experience with probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments
• Familiarity with hazard assessment and CAE safety case development

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of nuclear energy and contributing to a legacy project.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch. We welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Ref 503 Department Engineering - EC&I Location Derby, Manchester, Warrington Employment type Full-time, Part-time Salary £57,600 - £75,600 Closing date 03/09/2025 Role related

Role Title: Lead C&I Engineer (with Safety Case Experience)
Salary Range: £57,600 – £75,600 DOE
Location: Any Rolls-Royce SMR Location – Hybrid working flexibility

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

Rolls-Royce SMR is a bold and ambitious company with a highly skilled workforce that operates at pace to maintain competitive advantage and succeed in our vision to deliver affordable energy for all.

Role Purpose

As a Lead C&I Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the licensing and regulatory readiness of our control and instrumentation systems for the Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear power plant. You will lead the development and maintenance of safety case documentation, ensuring alignment with engineering design and regulatory expectations.

You’ll work closely with engineering and safety case teams to apply structured methodologies such as Claims, Arguments and Evidence (CAE), and ensure compliance with Environment, Safety, Security and Safeguards (E3S) principles. Your expertise will help shape the safety case for all C&I systems and the overall architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of C&I safety case using CAE structure
• Support licensing activities and ensure documentation is suitable for regulatory assessment
• Drive safety case requirements into engineering design activities
• Ensure alignment between safety case and engineering documentation
• Apply ALARP, BAT, and RGP principles to C&I systems
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines and with external stakeholders
• Manage packages of work delivered by the supply chain

Experience Required

Nuclear Safety Case Expertise

• Strong experience in substantiating engineering systems using CAE structure
• Authoring and verifying safety cases for nuclear applications
• Applying probabilistic and deterministic safety principles

Nuclear Power Plant Knowledge

• Extensive understanding of PWR plant design and operation
• Broad knowledge of systems significant to nuclear safety
• Awareness of internal/external hazard impacts on C&I systems

Regulatory Experience

• Familiarity with UK civil nuclear regulatory regime
• Understanding of ONR Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs)
• Experience presenting and defending safety case materials to regulators

Collaboration & Teamwork

• Proven ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Leadership in briefing teams on safety case structure and impact

Mandatory Training & Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience

Beneficial Experience & Qualifications

• PWR design and technology training
• Experience with probabilistic and deterministic safety assessments
• Familiarity with hazard assessment and CAE safety case development

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of nuclear energy and contributing to a legacy project.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch. We welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

We anticipate paying a salary of between £57,600 – £75,600 DOE plus:-

• Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5%
• Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
• £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases

We are Rolls-Royce SMR

Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.

We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.

The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.

Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues

Our Culture

At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge .

Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.

Our Application Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:

Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance

Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check