Relocate to Australia: Principal – Nuclear Safety Management System Assurance

Overview

In this role you drive the development and continual improvement of Nuclear Safety Management Systems for complex, highly regulated environments. You provide technical leadership to ensure governance, policies and assurance methods meet regulatory and industry standards. You’ll collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, risk and programme teams to embed safety governance and organisational resilience across major programmes. This is a chance to shape nuclear safety culture and compliance in large-scale projects within a global infrastructure firm.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible work arrangements
• up to 6 weeks additional annual leave
• flex public holidays
• professional development courses
• financial study assistance
• global career opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of Nuclear Safety Management System documentation (policies, frameworks, processes, standards)
• Ensure NSMS artefacts align with regulatory requirements, industry standards and international frameworks
• Develop governance structures, accountability frameworks and assurance methodologies for effective nuclear oversight
• Provide technical leadership on nuclear safety culture initiatives, compliance programmes and continuous improvement
• Support audit readiness, regulatory engagement and development of compliance verification and assurance tools
• Review and assure quality, consistency and technical integrity of governance and safety management documentation
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, operations, quality, risk and programme teams to drive governance excellence

Key requirements

• Degree qualification in Engineering, Science, Risk, Quality, Governance or related discipline
• Experience in nuclear, defence or other safety-critical industries with governance/assurance focus
• Experience developing, implementing or assuring management systems, governance frameworks or regulatory compliance programmes
• Strong understanding of nuclear safety principles (defence-in-depth, safety culture, governance)
• Working knowledge of international nuclear frameworks and standards (IAEA, WANO, INPO, ISO 9001, ISO 19443)
• Experience engaging with regulators, audits, inspections or compliance activities
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and technical writing skills
• Australian Citizenship with ability to obtain defence clearance or AUKUS clearance

• excellent communication
• stakeholder engagement
• technical writing
• governance frameworks
• assurance methodologies
• management systems development

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