Title:
Nuclear Safety Engineer

Role - Nuclear Safety Engineer

Salary: £55,000 - £75,000 PA depending on experience

Location: Bristol, Burton, Manchester, Warrington or Glasgow offices considered.

Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home.

Closing date: 30th August 2025

We encourage early applications, as vacancies may close once we receive sufficient applications.

Do you want to work for a successful company where you are valued and can make a meaningful impact?

Your role will encompass providing technical expertise on safety assurance and process engineering for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, defuelling, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. You'll have a proven track record of using your experience and knowledge of nuclear and/or other high hazard industries to assess and justify safety. You'll undertake work for clients on complex and significant nuclear safety related problems and support other staff in planning and performing such work. You'll work through the entire project lifecycle - from identifying opportunities and creating winning bids, to efficient project management and delivery, all the way to the seamless closure of projects. Through this, your contributions will be integral to our continued success.

The types of projects you could be involved with include:

• Authoring or verifying complex top tier nuclear safety case reports
• Establishing the strategy to justify that a nuclear licensee is safe to operate and overseeing the production of the substantiation and safety case submission
• Being responsible for the design, manufacture, delivery, installation and commissioning of plant items and systems and solving issues as they arise
• Walking down equipment at a nuclear site to ensure it remains qualified to meet functional safety requirements or identify means for its remediation
• Performing qualitative or quantitative assessments to determine the risks presented to critical plant and identify corrective actions
• Specifying plans to retire and remove of plant, systems and structures to support safe, secure, cost-effective defuelling, dismantling and decommissioning

Key responsibilities for this role will include:

• Develop and execute strategies to tackle various intricate nuclear challenges
• Produce high-quality technical documentation to meet the demands of our clients
• Apply your knowledge and experience across a range of nuclear technologies
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and training to colleagues and clients
• Manage projects, ensuring they meet time, cost and quality expectations
• Seek out new business opportunities and generate proposals and bids
• Establish and lead enduring client relationships

Essential requirements:

• Experience of nuclear safety case processes and submission production
• Technical expertise within a particular field (e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering, C&I, hazards, severe accidents)
• A track record of successful technical delivery
• Strong problem-solving and people skills
• Confident, clear and organised written communicator
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required

Desirable requirements:

• Exposure to working in highly regulated and/or high hazard industries
• Confidence in developing new business and maintaining client relationships
• Project management experience in a consultancy (or similar) environment
• A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant science or engineering discipline
• Chartered (or working towards) with a professional institution

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertake, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

At Frazer-Nash we deliver innovative engineering solutions to our clients to make lives safe, secure, sustainable and affordable. It's an exciting time to work in the nuclear industry and Frazer-Nash are involved in many projects across the whole lifecycle of various nuclear facilities to support the journey to NetZero 2050. We're seeking someone enthusiastic about the nuclear industry to join our diverse growing team and be a pivotal part of our journey.

BENEFITS

We provide our people with an excellent benefit and offering package that comprises:

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews

• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.

• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.

• Happy to talk flexible working

• Enhanced parental benefits

• Company pension scheme

• Targeted professional development

• Life assurance

• Private healthcare membership

• Bonus scheme linked into company performance

• Paid membership fees to a professional institution

• Support in attaining professional membership

• Cycle to work scheme

• Season rail ticket loan

• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements