Principal Safety Analysis Engineer (ENEC Operations)

Overview

Job Purpose

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Lead and oversee Nuclear Safety analysis and calculations (LOCA and Non-LOCA) in support of the BNPP fleet, ensuring adherence to FANR and ENEC procedures
• Ensure the development of safe, efficient, and economical core designs that meet safety, licensing, and operational criteria.
• Lead the preparation, review, and updates of FSAR chapters (including Chapters 4, 6, and 15), Technical Specifications, and licensing documents.
• Lead the development design methodology, calculations, and licensing documents to be used for establishing ENEC capabilities. These may include first-of-a-kind activities.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Oversee the incorporation of fuel and design changes into setpoint analyses to ensure safe and flexible operation.
• Lead support for plant operation requests from ENEC Operations, including resolution of fuel failure events, transient scenarios, and FOAK operational issues.
• Support and guide operational testing phases including Low-Power Physics Testing (LPPT), COLSS/CPCS testing, and Power Ascension Testing (PAT).

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Lead and support strategic projects that advance department objectives, ensuring alignment with operational, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide support in projects related to fuel design evolution, qualification of new fuel vendors, and integration of advanced methodologies.
• Lead initiatives aimed at developing vendor-independent design capabilities to support the UAE’s long-term nuclear self-sufficiency goals.
• Lead discussions with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project outcomes are delivered with high quality, on schedule, and aligned with strategic priorities.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Lead stakeholder engagement efforts, representing the organization in high-level technical discussions and conferences.
• Communicate complex engineering concepts clearly to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
• Drive knowledge transfer strategies to build internal capabilities and ensure consistent performance across the team.
• Provide structured mentorship and supports the development of training programs, including On-the-Job Training (OJT)
• Health, Safety and Environment, Security and Business Continuity

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• All individuals take personal responsibility for safety; follow company HSE policies, procedures and instructions; avoid complacency and continuously challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or in appropriate action; report any situation that could present a hazard; not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace in the interest of health, safety, welfare or protection or management of the environment.
• Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and corporate assets.
• Follow all relevant Business Continuity and Resilience requirements for compliance with, and adherence to, policies, procedures and instructions related to the effective planning for, and response to, incidents and/or business disruptions in order to continue critical business processes and activities with minimal adverse impact.

Qualifications

Experience