Nuclear Licensing Engineer - Hybrid (Multiple Locations)

Are you ready to revolutionise the nuclear industry? Join our team of Nuclear Licensing Engineers at the forefront of ground-breaking projects, across the civil nuclear and defence sectors. You will be producing, delivering and implementing licensing plans to expedite the scaled-up deployment of the current and next generation reactor technologies, like SMRs and AMRs, as well as fusion, space, and non-power reactors, both here in the UK and worldwide.

Joining us means stepping into a rapidly growing global market, collaborating with a diverse range of clients. You’ll have the opportunity to shape your career within an organisation that truly values and rewards its employees.

The role of a Nuclear Licensing Engineer is pivotal to the successful delivery of new nuclear projects. You’ll lead the charge on innovative regulatory compliance, ensure regulatory submissions meet expectations and guide our clients and their teams to navigate complex licensing frameworks. It is also one of the pathways for senior technical roles.

We’re excited to hear from professionals with expertise in nuclear licensing in any of the following areas:

• Nuclear regulation
• Space regulation
• Developing licensing strategies
• Oversight of regulatory submissions (pre-licensing / licensing activities)
• Regulatory expectations and compliance
• Managing nuclear regulatory interfaces / regulatory interface office
• UK / European / US / Global licensing frameworks
• Licensing gap analysis
• Design development and multi-discipline engineering substantiation
• Codes and standards reviews
• Nuclear and Conventional Safety, Security, Safeguards and Environmental Case development
• Safety analysis
• Emergency planning and siting
• New nuclear technologies and innovation
• Site specific assessments
• Planning and Environmental Permitting
• Industry licensing / harmonisation
• Working Groups
• Organisational development and organisational safety case
• Independent technical assessment

The key responsibilities for this role are:

• Development of licensing submissions and delivery of regulatory engagement.
• Supporting delivery of innovation through nuclear and related licensing.
• Delivering technical work to support our clients licensing plans.
• Liaising with clients and regulators to understand their challenges and developing solutions.
• Representing the business in technical meetings with clients, regulators and other third parties.
• Helping to maintain the technical capability/knowledge of the community and mentoring junior team members (as appropriate), and work with centres of excellence.

What You’ll Need:

• An appetite for enabling new nuclear projects through expediting nuclear licensing
• A degree (or equivalent demonstrable experience) in a STEM discipline.
• Experience of executing project tasks against relevant standards and best practices.
• Good communication skills and ability to articulate information to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Chartered Member of a professional institute (or equivalent demonstrable experience) or working towards either Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status with a relevant professional body.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.

This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity. We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.