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Nuclear Engineering Professional

Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited

Bristol

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 70,000

Full time

23 days ago

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Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for a Nuclear Engineering Professional to join their team in Bristol. The candidate will address various nuclear challenges, produce high-quality documentation, and mentor junior staff. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and promotes a flexible hybrid working pattern. A degree in engineering and substantial experience in regulated industries are essential. The role supports professional development and offers various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary with yearly reviews

25 days holiday

Enhanced parental benefits

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme

Paid professional institution membership

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

At least 5 years’ experience in highly regulated or high hazard industries.
Demonstrated ability in successful technical delivery.
Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategies for nuclear challenges.
Produce high-quality technical documentation for clients.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship.

Skills

Technical knowledge in engineering

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Clear communication

Desire to develop nuclear skills

Education

Degree in relevant science or engineering discipline

Nuclear Engineering Professional

Salary range: £55,000 to £70,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: Bristol, Gloucester Burton, Manchester, Leatherhead or Glasgow

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 is 31st December 2025, but early application encouraged.

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. The Nuclear Stations and Systems Team focusses on the civil nuclear industry and supports developing sites, generating sites and defueling / decommissioning sites. We’re seeking someone with significant experience of nuclear or other highly regulated and high hazard industries to join our diverse growing team.

Types of work you could be involved with

Technical requirements capture, optioneering, and specification authoring.
Being responsible for the design, manufacture, delivery, installation and / or commissioning of plant items and systems and solving issues as they arise.
Technical integration of design and safety case requirements.
Authoring and verifying nuclear safety case proposals and key supporting documents.
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 (e.g. hazards, process safety, reactor physics, structural integrity etc.) to determine the risks presented to critical plant and identify corrective actions.
Specifying plans to retire and remove plant, systems and structures to support safe, secure, cost‑effective defueling, dismantling and decommissioning.
Roles may involve being embedded support within client teams on site.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategies to address 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 maintain enduring client relationships.

Essential Requirements

A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
Technical knowledge within a relevant technical field (e.g. mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering, C&I, numerical analysis, design, hazards, radiological protection and consequences, equipment qualification, severe accidents).
At least 5 years’ experience working in highly regulated and/or high hazard industries.
Demonstrated ability in successful technical delivery.
Proficient problem‑solving and collaboration skills.
Clear and organised written and verbal communicator.
A desire to develop nuclear engineering skills.
Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

Desirable Requirements

Engineering Management / Project Engineer capability.
Experience of operations, engineering, safety case development at nuclear sites.
Experience of working in a consultancy environment.
Proficiency in developing new business and maintaining client relationships.
Project Management experience.
Chartered (or working towards) with a professional institution.

Working at Frazer-Nash

One of our core values at Frazer-Nash is that we value our people. We help them to find work that they enjoy and that allows them to continuously grow and develop, whilst maintaining a healthy work‑life balance. We support our people in achieving chartership with relevant engineering and scientific institutions. Where possible we encourage cross‑sector and cross‑discipline working to allow skill sets to be transferred and to encourage sharing of best practice from different sectors.

We support our people to develop consultancy skills including business development and project management. As our people progress, we provide opportunities for increased responsibility and support our people to transition into the career paths that they want to take. Be that becoming a skilled professional in a technical discipline, transitioning into people management, or focusing on business development of a specific sector.

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

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