Emergency Planner

Other
Fife
July 23, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Job Title: Emergency Planner

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73748

The role

As an Emergency Planner, you’ll play a vital role in safeguarding people, assets and critical infrastructure within a highly regulated nuclear and defence environment. This exciting opportunity supports the development and delivery of emergency preparedness strategies, ensuring readiness for complex scenarios critical to national security.

Day-to-day responsibilities

  • Delivering emergency response exercises, including planning and coordinating large-scale demonstration events with regulators and emergency services;
  • Supporting the management and training of the Nuclear Emergency Response Organisation, ensuring operational readiness;
  • Maintaining emergency plans, systems and response facilities to ensure compliance with regulatory standards;
  • Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external agencies to strengthen emergency preparedness across the site;
  • Advising on emergency response and resilience activities within a nuclear and defence environment.

Essential experience

  • Demonstrated recent experience in an emergency planning or emergency response environment;
  • Applying knowledge within a regulatory or compliance-driven setting;
  • Implementing or advising on emergency arrangements and command-and-control frameworks;
  • Understanding resilience, compliance and emergency management principles;
  • Using Microsoft Office tools confidently (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).

Qualifications

  • Nuclear Accident Procedures Course (NAPC) is desirable but not essential.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Eligibility may be affected by place of birth, nationality, citizenship and residency. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.

What we offer

  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance;
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+;
  • Employee shopping savings portal;
  • Payment of professional fees;
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave;
  • Holiday trading allows UK employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave (open February through March annually);
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ provides one working day of paid leave annually for volunteering with a chosen organisation or registered charity.

Application and inclusion

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, email
with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.

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