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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: 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.

Your role may encompass a range of technical skills, and you’ll have a proven track record of using your experience and knowledge of nuclear or other high hazard industries to deliver fit for purpose solutions to complex problems. You’ll undertake work for clients on 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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 then 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.

• 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

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