About the job

Job summary

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking at developing their regulatory knowledge in the Defence environment. The successful candidate will be working within the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's Team, within the wider Defence Safety Authority, with a key responsibility to provide Regulatory advice, guidance and identification of Enforcement action under Nuclear Authorisation.

Deputy Inspector Clyde and Faslane, is an exciting opportunity, responsible for regulating nuclear and radio-logical safety in the maintenance phase of the Naval Reactor Plant. You will be seeking assurance and through life nuclear safety compliance with Defence Regulations for nuclear plant and associated facilities at HMNB Clyde. To achieve these goals you will need to plan and conduct interventions that include safety compliance inspections, safety case assessment and activity permissioning, assurance reporting, the provision of advice and guidance and the taking of enforcement where appropriate.

The role offers the opportunity for flexible working and combines working from home, office work at Abbey Wood and regular visits to the Clyde Submarine Base or vice versa depending on chosen location. Where responsibilities interface, there is collaboration with other defence and civil, statutory regulators.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Your main responsibilities as the ICF-b:

Support the intervention plan, to review progress and to report interventions, drawing conclusions and making recommendations for the DNSR annual assurance report.

• Seek assurance of compliance with the regulatory requirements set out in extant regulations, including inspection planning, implementation and reporting. (NCF 1.1,1.2, 1.4, 1.5)
• To seek demonstration of a safety culture (Leadership & Management for Safety) by the Authorisee, and the application of a Security Informed Nuclear Safety (SINS) approach, and assess its manifestation in the operation and sustainment of nuclear safety (NCF 1.1).
• To grant or withhold of permission for activities in the NNPP which may present a nuclear or radio-logical hazard to the workforce, the public or the environment.
• To offer formal regulatory advice and guidance to the Authorisee (NCF 1.3, 2.1).
• The postponement or cessation of specified activity in support of the NNPP if, in your professional opinion, safety standards have been, or are likely to be, compromised to an unacceptable degree.
• To assess the demonstration of nuclear emergency arrangements.
• To provide relevant assurances to other regulators
• To co-operate with relevant staff from other MOD and statutory regulators. To work with other DNSR Inspectors, to achieve a coherent and comprehensive regulatory approach across the DNE.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work on a wide range of nuclear projects at all CADMID cycle stages, directly influencing the safety of Commissioning, Operational and Decommissioning phases. The post will develop your competence in nuclear safety and safety regulation and across the range of core competences.

People Management

• DNSR-ICF-b is responsible for meeting statutory health & safety and employment legislation.
• Support regulatory Inspections and assessments connected with other areas of DNSR regulation as required (NCF 1.5).
• To lead or support interventions and inspections on behalf of DNSR Principal Inspector (ICF) (NCF 1.1, 1.5).
• Work will mainly be based in Abbey Wood, Bristol and HMB Clyde; there will be opportunities to visit other Defence Nuclear Sites. Hybrid and flexible ways of working are fully supported.

Policy

• To align with and enforce DSA regulatory policy and contribute to its continuous development.

Meetings

• Throughout the review and inspection cycles, you are encouraged to both attend and lead on various regulatory meetings.

Emergency Task

• Support DNSR in the event of a DNE emergency and during DNE emergency exercises. (NCF 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)

Other Duties

• Planning site week and securing intervention delegates
• Issuing, reviewing and hastening enforcement.
• Producing metrics for enforcement and assurance activities for quarterly and annual reports.
• Tasking and controlling the support contractor with respect to support activities.
• Editorial support to the production of the Monthly, Quarterly and DNSR Annual Reports.

Interfaces

• Focal point of contact between DNSR and the Clyde Authorisee.

Person specification

• HNC / Degree level qualification or equivalent in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• 12 months experience working within the Nuclear field or equivalent regulated industry.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include: job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability.

Successful candidates will need to complete the application in a Situation Task Action Result (STAR) format for both the written application and if called for interview. Candidates should expect to be questioned on a multitude of examples.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk  

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.  

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.  

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.