Electrical Nuclear Safety Engineer

Frazer-Nash Consultancy; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in the UK is seeking an Electrical Nuclear Safety Engineer to provide technical advice on nuclear facility safety. The role involves project management, technical documentation, and mentoring, with a focus on electrical and C&I engineering. The company offers a flexible hybrid working pattern and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days

Enhanced parental benefits

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Private healthcare membership

Bonus scheme linked to company performance

Paid membership fees to a professional institution

Cycle to work scheme

Season rail ticket loan

Qualifications

• Experience of nuclear safety case processes for electrical and C&I engineering.
• Strong problem-solving and people skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies for nuclear electrical and C&I engineering challenges.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in relevant science or engineering discipline

Job description

Title:
Electrical Nuclear Safety Engineer

Salary range: £50,000 to £70,000 per annum

Location: Bristol, Burton Glasgow and Manchester is preferable.

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 May 2025

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

Your role will encompass providing technical advice to demonstrate safety assurance for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, defuelling, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. You'll have knowledge and experience of electrical and Control and Instrumentation (C&I) engineering in order to undertake work for clients on a variety of nuclear safety related problems in this domain in particular. 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
• Producing key electrical and C&I evidence to support nuclear safety cases
• 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 electrical and C&I engineering 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 for electrical and C&I engineering problems
• 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

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 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 an expert in a technical discipline, transitioning into people management or focussing on business development of a specific sector.

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.

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