Nuclear Safety Engineer

Frazer-Nash Consultancy; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + buy 5

Company pension

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme

Professional development

Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Nuclear Safety Engineer to lead safety assessments and develop justifications for complex nuclear projects. The role requires navigating risk analysis, safety cases, and hazard identification across civil and defence sectors.

Hybrid working model with time split between offices, client sites, and home working. Priority on collaborative leadership, regulatory insight, and delivering safe, compliant engineering solutions across UK projects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of civil or defence nuclear experience is required.
• Experience leading technical teams and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work autonomously.
• Willingness to travel and spend time on client sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to handle complex nuclear safety challenges.
• Manage safety assessments, risk analyses, hazard identification, and safety cases.
• Oversee periodic safety reviews of nuclear facilities and substantiation of systems.
• Coordinate internal and external hazards assessments; review safety-related documents.

Skills

Nuclear experience

Team leadership

Communications

Autonomy

Travel willingness

Education

STEM degree

Job description

Nuclear Safety Engineer

Salary range: £45,000 to £65,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: Bristol Gloucester preferred but any FNC office considered

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: 17th August 2026 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. We’re seeking a Nuclear Safety Engineer to join our diverse team and play a role in developing and enhancing our support to existing and new nuclear projects.

We support clients in all parts of the UK civil and defence nuclear industry, as well as a wide range of non-reactor, and experimental or demonstrator facilities. We provide technical skills to our clients on engineering projects for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, defuelling, and decommissioning of their nuclear facilities

As a nuclear safety professional, you will be expected to manage and undertake project work for clients on, or in support of, significant nuclear safety and assurance tasks, and supervise other staff in doing such work. You’ll develop a proven track record of using your experience and knowledge in the nuclear industry to assess and justify engineering problems and producing related safety justifications. You’ll also oversee and manage projects, develop and hold client relationships, and win new work; as well as supporting and coaching junior colleagues’ development.

Role

• Develop and execute strategies to handle complex nuclear safety challenges.
• Manage technical tasks such as safety assessment, risk assessment, hazard identification, fault schedules, design basis analysis, probabilistic analysis, safety functional requirements.
• Conducting periodic review of safety of nuclear facilities.
• Qualification and substantiation of systems against safety requirements.
• Internal and external hazards assessments.
• Safety case development and support for nuclear and non-nuclear plant.
• Authoring or reviewing/verifying safety-related documents.

Essential Requirements

• Demonstrable 4+ years of civil nuclear or defence nuclear infrastructure experience.
• A Degree, Master's or PhD in a relevant STEM subject.
• Well-developed organisational skills and proven track record of leading technical teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with changing priorities and operate autonomously.
• An appetite to continually learn, improve and stretch yourself.
• A willingness to travel and spend time on client sites.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working in highly regulated and/or high hazard industries.
• Technical oversight; leadership; and self-directed review.
• Experience in project management and commercial aspects.
• Technical consultancy experience.
• Chartered (or working towards) with a professional institution.

Due to the nature of the work that Frazer-Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment screening and will 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