Principal Engineer - Nuclear (Nuclear Safety Regulation & Interface)

BAE Systems; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a Principal Engineer to manage nuclear safety compliance and support regulatory interactions. Ideal candidates will have experience in the Nuclear industry and strong technical writing skills. Benefits include a competitive pension and relocation support. This position offers hybrid working arrangements, emphasizing diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience and/or knowledge of the Nuclear industry and regulatory framework.
• Experience of providing technical advice to stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience of technical writing and persuasive written argument.

Responsibilities

• Manage independent advice on Nuclear Site Licence compliance.
• Support business compliance with nuclear legislation.
• Develop and manage interface arrangements with regulatory authorities.

Skills

Experience in Nuclear industry

Technical writing skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering or Science degree

Job description

Principal Engineer - Nuclear (Nuclear Safety Regulation & Interface)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Competitive.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing and providing independent advice and guidance on the requirements of the Nuclear Site Licence, Authorisation and Environmental Permits to relevant business teams to ensure compliance with both statutory and contractual obligations
• Providing advice to the business to ensure that nuclear and radiation safety principles are applied appropriately to the development of compliant business wide standards, processes, management arrangements and documentation
• Directly supporting and influencing leaders and managers throughout the business to comply with key nuclear legislation to enable delivery of the complex Submarine platform
• Acting as a point of contact, developing and managing the interface arrangements between the business and the external regulatory authorities (ONR, DNSR & EA) and industry partners (MoD)
• Developing and mentoring less senior members of the Nuclear Safety Regulation and Interface team as required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience and/ or knowledge of the Nuclear (or other highly regulated) industry and regulatory framework
• Experience of technical writing and persuasive written argument
• Experience of providing technical advice to stakeholders at various levels

Desirable:

• Engineering or Science (suitable discipline) degree
• Professional membership of an institution (or eligible for)
• Knowledge of nuclear safety case/ license conditions

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Nuclear Safety Regulation & Interface (NSRI) team:

As a Principal Engineer within NSRI, you will be responsible for managing a small specialist team to provide advice and guidance to the business on nuclear site licensing, authorisation, and environmental permitting. The role manages arrangements for demonstration of compliance with relevant legal/contractual obligations, arrangements for interface with Regulators/co-Authorises and arrangements for delivery of an effective Operational Experience Feedback system. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

4th December 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

When applying for this role you will be redirected to BAE systems careers site where you will be required:

• Register an account (this is optional, you can apply as a guest)
• Provide contact information
• Upload your cv
• Complete a short diversity & inclusion questionnaire

When asked source type, please select "job board advertisement" then "the IET / E+T Jobs".