Graduate Nuclear Safety Case Engineer - Warrington - start June 27 onwards

AECOM; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Flexible hybrid working

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting a Graduate Nuclear Safety Case Engineer to join the Nuclear Safety Case Discipline for a June start. You will be mentored by senior engineers while delivering safety-case packages on UK and international projects.

Join a global team delivering essential infrastructure projects with a strong emphasis on training, chartership support, and a hybrid working model designed to balance development with real project exposure.

Qualifications

• Honours (2:1) or Master’s degree in STEM fields.
• Ability to undertake research and apply findings to real-world situations.
• Interest in Nuclear Engineering and developing a career in this industry.
• Commitment to continuing education and training schemes.
• Willingness to work towards chartership with professional bodies.

Responsibilities

• Support nuclear safety case delivery on projects.
• Contribute to safety case work and technical delivery.
• Maintain client relationships to ensure a right-first-time approach.
• Assist in development of nuclear safety training and knowledge sharing.
• Support the ADVANCE graduate development programme and mentoring.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Written/verbal communication

Education

Honours 2:1 or above or Master's in STEM

Tools

BPSS/UK security basics

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Nuclear Safety Case Discipline we are looking to increase our technical workforce by seeking to recruit a Graduate Nuclear Safety Case Engineer to join our Nuclear Safety Case Discipline for a June 27 onwards start.

About our Team

At AECOM, our Nuclear Team provide multi-disciplinary consultancy to the nuclear industry for new build, operational facilities and decommissioning. In the new build sector, we are providing engineering support to the developers of the UK’s fleet of new nuclear power stations and to both UK and international partners for civil and defence nuclear projects. In the operational sector, AECOM provides on-going support to maintain the safety of reactors and associated facilities. In the decommissioning sector, AECOM provides support to the entire Nuclear Estate in the UK, including multidisciplinary support at Sellafield; the early-stage development of the Deep Geological Repository; design and development of waste storage and disposal facilities; and multidisciplinary support to nuclear defence projects.

With an interesting and expanding pipeline of both international and UK based projects, as a Graduate Nuclear Safety Case Engineer, you will be required to both manage and report on your packages of work with support from Senior Nuclear Safety Case Engineers in the team, who will support in your continued development.

Leadership & Management

• Acting as a nuclear safety case assistant who will support the nuclear portfolio in AECOM (Civil and Defence).


• Supporting maintaining resource competence (SQEP).

Technical Delivery

• Supporting efforts to win work with respect to nuclear safety.


• Supporting safety case delivery on projects.


• Supporting relationships with clients to deliver a 'right first time' approach for technical delivery.

Development & Knowledge Sharing

• Supporting the development of nuclear safety training, as well as contributing to multidisciplinary knowledge sharing initiatives.


• Keeping informed of new developments and requirements affecting the organization for the purpose of recommending changes in approach and best practice.

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support to develop your technical competencies in areas including nuclear safety case and consultancy skills. This includes being paired with a senior member of the team who will provide guidance and mentorship throughout your graduate programme.

Access to learning through our approved training schemes, including opportunities to develop and share knowledge with a variety of audiences.

Support with your membership and chartership applications to a professional institution.

Graduate Development Programme

Our 2-year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role. Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and can join the ADVANCE webinar series. We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with professional bodies such as the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), Nuclear Institute (NI), etc.

We have more than 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK and Ireland from more than 40 different disciplines, each making a tangible difference to the environment in which we live and work.

See our digital early careers e-brochure here

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Honours (2:1 or above) or Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline.


• Ability to undertake research and apply findings to real-world situations in support of winning work and delivery.


• Demonstrable interest in Nuclear Engineering and developing a career in this industry.


• Able to demonstrate a commitment to continued education and improvement through participating in our approved training schemes.


• Willing and able to work towards chartership with a professional body such as the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Nuclear Institute (NI), etc.


• Enthusiastic, hard-working, with ambition and drive.


• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole and independently without losing initiative and focus.


• Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders and sub-contractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback.


• Competent user of the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office.


• Able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the UK.


• Able to meet the requirements for Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and an appropriate level of security clearance in the UK.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]

Additional Information

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the UK and meet the requirements for Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and an appropriate level of security clearance in the UK.

Before joining, you will be required to undergo a security vetting process and offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.

If you are dual national, we will need you to provide details when you apply.

If you have left the UK for more than 1 month in the last 3 years, we will need to understand where you went and for how long.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.