AtkinsRéalis

Nuclear

PrincipalorSeniorStructuralIntegritySafetyEngineer

£50k+ United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Principal or Senior Structural Integrity Safety Engineer at AtkinsRéalis. Skills: Nuclear safety, Risk mitigation, Safety cases. Lead teams producing nuclear safety cases. Identify nuclear risks”

Industry & Context.

Nuclear
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems

Eligibility Requirements

Security clearance, 5 years UK residency

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Compliance with regulatory expectations, Technical leadership for nuclear safety cases, Experience developing junior staff

Nice to Have

Principal level experience

What You'll Do.

Lead teams producing nuclear safety cases

Identify nuclear risks

Characterise nuclear risks

Author nuclear safety cases

Review nuclear safety cases

Support decision-making for nuclear facilities

Influence client strategy

Support nuclear site licence applications

Build business pipeline

Deliver technical presentations

Lead technical delivery

Solve safety-critical problems

Present solutions to stakeholders

Take ownership of development

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Clients across nuclear sectors; Stakeholders

Communication Scope

Technical presentations

Full Job Description

### **Job Description** ## Overview Do you take pride in ensuring the highest standards of nuclear safety and delivering robust solutions to technical challenges? Join us as a Senior or Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer, where you will play a vital role in identifying, analysing, and mitigating nuclear risks. ## Your role * Leading teams producing nuclear safety cases, including identification, characterisation, assessment, authoring, and review. * Working with clients across nuclear generation, nuclear new build, defence, fusion, and SMR sectors. * Supporting critical decision-making for the design, commissioning, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities and assets. * Influencing client strategy and supporting nuclear site licence applications. * Building a business pipeline and delivering technical presentations to clients and regulators. * Leading technical delivery to solve complex safety-critical problems, and present solutions to stakeholders. * Taking ownership of your technical and professional development through the breadth of our nuclear safety portfolio. * Competitive salary: £50,000+ per annum plus additional pay in line with our performance philosophy and recognition culture. ## About you You will be able to demonstrate a background of compliance with regulatory expectations, where you have enabled the safe design, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and contributing to a secure, low‑carbon energy future for the UK. You will have provided technical leadership for the delivery of nuclear safety cases across nuclear and defence programmes, taking accountability for complex, safety‑critical work. Mentorship of engineers and contributing to building capabilities and best practice across AtkinsRealis is also critical to the success of this role, and you will need to demonstrate experience of developing more junior members of staff. You will also be excited by the bigger picture, without losing the attention to detail required f

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