Independent Assessor - Hybrid - Bristol, UK

EDF Energy; Abbots Leigh; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

EV leasing

Gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF Energy, based in Bristol, is seeking an Independent Assessor to provide independent review, challenge, and insight across project activities, maintaining a nuclear safety overview while supporting continuous improvement.

The role involves presenting findings to senior leaders, assessing governance and management systems against UK and international standards, and contributing to excellence across safety, quality, environmental and operational performance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of assurance, assessment, auditing, inspection, or oversight activities.
• Strong knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, including Nuclear Site Licence conditions, environmental permitting, or health and safety legislation.
• Experience presenting findings, recommendations, and independent challenge to senior managers and directors.
• Proven ability to analyse complex processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Expertise in at least one key nuclear or regulated discipline such as nuclear safety, engineering, supply chain, environmental, security, operations, or safety case management.

Responsibilities

• Conducting independent assessments of project and business processes to provide assurance and challenge.
• Producing clear findings safety, assurance, and corporate specialists across the business.
• Working within Independent Nuclear Regulation, you'll assess project processes, governance, and management systems against UK and international standards.
• You’ll contribute to our journey towards An Electric Britain by identifying opportunities for improvement, presenting findings to senior stakeholders, and supporting excellence across nuclear safety, quality, environmental, security, and operational performance.

Skills

Assurance

Auditing

Oversight

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder comms

Education

Engineering or science degree

Job description

About the Role

Independent Assessor - Bristol, UK About the Role Have you built your career around independent assurance, nuclear safety, and improving performance in complex regulated environments? Do you enjoy providing constructive challenge that helps major projects succeed? At EDF, Success is Personal. Join us and help strengthen the governance, safety, and assurance that underpin one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.

The Opportunity

As an Independent Assessor, you'll provide independent review, challenge, and insight across key project activities, helping to maintain a nuclear safety overview while supporting continuous improvement. Your work will influence senior leaders, strengthen organisational effectiveness, and help ensure best practice is embedded across the project. Youll join us on a salary starting of 65,000 per annum. This is a hybrid role based at #AztecWest in Bristol, with occasional travel to #HinkleyPointC in Bridgwater to collaborate with environmental,

• Demonstrable experience of assurance, assessment, auditing, inspection, or oversight activities
• Strong knowledge of UK regulatory requirements, including areas such as Nuclear Site Licence conditions, environmental permitting, or health and safety legislation
• Experience presenting findings, recommendations, and independent challenge to senior managers and directors
• Proven ability to analyse complex processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement
• Expertise in at least one key nuclear or regulated discipline such as nuclear safety, engineering, supply chain, environmental, security, operations, or safety case management

What You’ll Be Doing

• Conducting independent assessments of project and business processes to provide assurance and challenge
• Producing clear findings safety, assurance, and corporate specialists across the business.
• Working within Independent Nuclear Regulation, you'll assess project processes, governance, and management systems against UK and international standards.
• You’ll contribute to our journey towards An Electric Britain by identifying opportunities for improvement, presenting findings to senior stakeholders, and supporting excellence across nuclear safety, quality, environmental, security, and operational performance.

Who You Are

We’re looking for an Independent Assessor who combines technical credibility with the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders in a highly regulated environment. You'll be organised, analytical, and comfortable leading assessment activities across complex projects. To be shortlisted, you need to offer:

• A degree in an engineering, scientific, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Significant experience within a nuclear, highly regulated, or technically complex industry and recommendations that support improved performance and regulatory compliance
• Presenting independent views and assurance outputs to senior leaders, committees, and regulators
• Analysing information from assessments, inspections, audits, and learning events to identify trends and risks
• Leading or supporting multi-disciplinary assessment teams across assurance activities

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a salary starting of 65,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more. At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. Thats why we offer you the freedom to develop a career thats unique to you. Here, Success is Personal its your journey, powered by us. Everyone is welcome at EDF ; were committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments. Applications for this role close Sunday 4th October #SuccessIsPersonal #EDFcareers #LI-Hybrid #DestinationNuclear Success is Personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and drive the transitiontowards An ElectricBritain.