Senior/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Arcadis; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultancy firm is seeking a Senior/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant in the United Kingdom to oversee nuclear safety cases, manage project teams, and ensure high-quality deliverables. The role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, strong integrity, and a proven track record in nuclear safety assessments. Join us to work on meaningful solutions that improve quality of life and help foster a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

• Chartered member of a professional institution is preferable.
• Experience working on nuclear safety cases for site licensees.
• Understanding of Hazard Identification and Radiological Consequence Assessment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project team workload and ensure resource utilization.
• Collaborate to resolve complex technical issues.
• Manage performance and quality assurance of project deliverables.
• Develop working relationships with Project Directors and clients.

Skills

Integrity

Client Success

Persuasive Skills

Ability to Build Rapport

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering discipline

Job description

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior/Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant to join us and deliver elements of nuclear safety cases and provide oversight in a Peer Review capacity. You will be responsible for leading the production of nuclear safety cases in accordance with client requirements and cultivate insights and solutions and innovate our service offering with clients and within Arcadis. You will work in both a team of Arcadis safety assessors and within an integrated client team. Our clients are typically nuclear site licensees alongside fusion energy organisations. You will positively lead and engage with the SHE agenda and embrace diversity, inclusion, and well‑being in the working environment. Important values for the role are Integrity & Client Success; delivering on promises, always; and building rapport with clients.

Role accountabilities

• Oversee an agreed scope of work and the operational workload of a project team including subcontractors, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and resources are fully utilised
• Work collaboratively with other sectors/disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution and to resolve complex technical issues
• Manage the performance of team members and subcontractors, identifying and ensuring the resolution of any issues
• Manage the production of, and quality assure project deliverables to ensure that these meet or exceed client expectations and Arcadis requirements and comply with national standards and codes of practice
• Develop effective working relationships with the Project Director or Manager and with the client and ensure effective communication of progress and changes and the resolution of issues
• Lead and provide direction and technical advice to team members, to support them in their delivery on the project and in their professional development
• Develop and review proposal submissions to contribute to the preparation of high‑quality winning bids
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of the services delivered by Arcadis, of the client’s business and the industry sector to facilitate personal networking and to consolidate personal and company credibility in the industry

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline.

• Chartered member of an appropriate professional institution/society is preferable (or working towards)
• Strong appropriate values and behaviours including integrity, client success, persuasive skills, and the ability to build rapport
• Breadth and depth of experience working on nuclear safety cases for site licence companies, including new build, existing operational facilities and those in waste management & decommissioning
• Good understanding of, and experience of applying:
• Hazard Identification
• Radiological Consequence Assessment of Potential Accidents
• Safety‑designation and safety case implementation
• Use of bounding cases
• Nuclear safety hierarchy, the ALARP principle and optimization
• The ONR Safety Assessment Principles
• You should be eligible to complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) working at OFFICIAL level.

Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark; on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.