Principal Nuclear Facilities Safety Engineering Consultant

Principal Nuclear Facilities Safety Engineering Consultant
Job Title: Principal Nuclear Facility Safety Engineering Consultant
 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Principal Nuclear Safety Engineering Consultant What you will need

• British nationality as a sole national, with no other nationality held
• Five years continuous UK residency
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain full UK security clearance
• Strong experience delivering nuclear safety cases and hazard studies within licensed or authorised environments
• Experience working within regulated nuclear engineering or consultancy settings

Salary and rewards Up to £80,000 plus flexible hybrid working and opportunities to progress into senior technical leadership roles.
Your role

• Lead the development and delivery of nuclear safety documentation across complex facilities
• Produce safety assessments and technical outputs aligned to regulatory and client requirements
• Define and demonstrate compliance against nuclear safety requirements
• Support periodic safety reviews for high complexity systems and infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers
• Collaborate closely with clients and partner organisations to shape safe engineering solutions

Your experience

• Proven background developing, facilitating and documenting nuclear safety cases
• Strong understanding of hazard identification and safety assessment methodologies
• Experience working on nuclear licensed or authorised sites
• Ability to provide technical guidance across nuclear or process engineering domains
• Professional membership of a relevant chartered engineering institution
• Understanding of UK nuclear authorising conditions or regulatory frameworks

Benefits and flexibility Rewards extend beyond pay with private healthcare for employees and families, enhanced pension contributions, family friendly policies, generous annual leave with the option to trade additional days, professional subscription support, wellbeing funding for personal interests and flexible working arrangements including hybrid options and part time or job share availability.

Where you will work Hybrid working is available, with access to offices in multiple UK locations including London, Bristol, Glasgow, Plymouth, Fareham and others. Occasional travel to regulated nuclear sites is required.

Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens.

This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.
You will be represented by a specialist technical recruiter who will guide you through each stage of the process.