Ordnance Assurance Inspector

To ensure the continuous availability of a safe and secure Deterrent, the Safety Assurance team provides independent safety advice to the Authorisee which ensures robust processes and practices undertaken. The Directorate of Safety Assurance (DSA) is responsible to the Authorisee for providing assurance of compliance with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements for Nuclear and Weapons Ordnance Munitions & Explosives (WOME) Authorised Activities undertaken at Clyde.

The Ordnance Assurance Inspector delivers this by leading and undertaking a programme of combined Authorisation Condition (AC) and Warships in Harbour inspections, ensuring that relevant good practice described within ONR/DNSR Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs) and Technical Inspection Guides (TIGs) are considered.

This role works with 5 members of ordnance assurance on behalf of Weapon Safety Assurance Asst Head.

The candidate will be responsible for engagement and communicating with multiple stakeholders including those from Royal Navy, Babcock, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Lockheed Martin UK, Defence Nuclear Organisation, Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator.

Navy Command are currently going through a review and there is a possibility that within 6-12 months the role applied for may be subject to change.