Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Regular/Permanent
United Kingdom / North West / Cheshire

Hybrid Options

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Job description

Within the Nuclear Safety discipline of Orano Limited, you will deliver technically competent documents striving to exceed client requirements, by working independently as well as supporting experienced safety consultants.

You will support our clients as part of an Orano team in projects of new build, decommissioning or ongoing operational facilities in providing safety cases and associated assessments. To ensure work is delivered to a high standard, timely and to the programme agreed. As projects progress, or new ones become available, you will have the opportunity to develop new skills and to support, mentor graduate consultants within the business.
Role and responsibilities
The Nuclear Safety & Technical / Project Lead will deliver complex nuclear safety cases, with experience of the full lifecycle of facilities, to a variety of clients.

Responsibilities will include:

Developing and presenting robust and reasoned arguments in a rational and coherent manner
Delivering consultancy that meets, and exceeds the expectations of the client, in regard to technical excellence and the quality of deliverables
Delivering consultancy that meets, and exceeds the expectations of the client, in terms of timescales and cost, in a way that supports the long-term growth of the business and its reputation
Managing this work (in the form of small to medium sized projects) either as a project or technical lead
Delivering the work within budget and to the agreed programme whilst keeping track of the project (all aspects)
Liaising with all concerned of both technical and commercial progress
Developing skills in growing projects
Identifying opportunities with clients and supporting, mentoring, coaching and helping others to develop within the business

This role can be based at our Warrington or Abingdon office.

Our Full-Time Benefits

Competitive Salary
Private Medical Insurance at Single, Partner and Family levels
Non Contributory Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year of service up to a cap of 30

Ideal qualifications

We are much more interested in what you could do, than what you have already done. The Nuclear Safety team encourage diversity of thought and welcome applications of candidates with transferable skills that can be applied to our projects, therefore, all candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.
Ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.
Ability to organise one’s own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.
Excellent report writing skills.
Minimum of 8 years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.
Have a degree or equivalent in engineering, science or related field of study.
Demonstrate knowledge of and experience in the management and production of complex safety cases, for a number of plant types at different lifecycle stages, as part of a team, demonstrating the capability to work unsupervised within a team.
A good working knowledge of the QMS, in particular to the ‘Opportunity to Order’ and ‘Order to Project Completion’ requirements.
Good understanding of the NEC 3 contract system.
Familiarity with areas such as decommissioning, optioneering, best practice, human factors, radioactive materials transport, licensing, radioactive waste.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permis

Principal Nuclear Safety Consultant

Ref: 2025-19639

Regular/Permanent

Warrington

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Orano Ltd – Abingdon

Orano Limited est l’entité du groupe Orano opérant au Royaume-Uni. Elle intervient auprès de la majorité des clients du secteur nucléaire britannique et est spécialisée dans le démantèlement, les déchets et la gestion des matières nucléaires spéciales.
Orano Limited emploie environ 80 personnes réparties sur ses sites de Abingdon, Warrington et Whitehaven. Point d’accès à la capacité mondiale d’Orano pour tous nos clients britanniques, l’entreprise bénéficie d’une expérience de 40 ans outre-manche, alliant le savoir-faire international du groupe à l’expertise en matière de réglementation britannique et à des décennies d’expérience sur les sites nucléaires du Royaume-Uni.