Graduate Nuclear Safety Consultant- Abingdon

  • Regular/Permanent
  • United Kingdom / South East / Oxfordshire
  • Hybrid Options

Job description

Are you looking for a graduate position in an exciting company that will support you and your goals? Orano Limited is a nuclear specialist technical consultancy and engineering organisation working across the decommissioning, defence, nuclear new build, medical, fuel-cycle and transport sectors. 

During your time as a graduate Nuclear Safety Consultant, you will be part of a 2-year graduate scheme. Your work here will have a real impact on making our world safer both for now and for future generations to come. This early exposure will equip you with the breadth of knowledge to ensure you start off with a strong footing in your career with us.

Within the Nuclear Safety discipline of Orano Limited, you will deliver technically competent documents striving to exceed client requirements, by working with experienced Nuclear Safety Consultants. There may be an opportunity to do secondments with other disciplines that you are interested in too.

Responsibilities 

·  Delivering consultancy that meets, and exceeds the expectations of the client, regarding technical excellence, the quality of deliverables, timescales and cost in a way that supports the long-term growth of the business and its reputation.

·  Being an active contributor for the nuclear safety cases and assessments for high hazard category facilities/plants.

· Production of all major elements of nuclear safety cases, in particular fault analysis and the identification and specification of safety systems.

· Developing and presenting robust and reasoned arguments in a rational and coherent manner.

· Participating in the integrated design process and interfacing with engineers and human factors specialists.

· Writing modifications to nuclear safety cases.

· Being part of the governance process, such as responding to client, peer review and safety committee comments.

·  Attendance at meetings with more senior colleagues and interaction with the client.

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

Education -

Have a degree (or working towards) scientific or engineering degree (or equivalent)
Skills -

Demonstrative initiative on moderate problem solving within assigned tasks.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Good organisational skills.
Good problem-solving skills.
Good team player.
Enthusiastic and keen to learn.
This position is based at the Warrington office. It is a full- time 37 hour position with 2 days minimum in the office.

Next Steps - 

Once applied and selected you will go through the 1st stage which will be a form for you to fill out. if successful following this you will be contacted to attend an assessment day between February -  April 2026.

The position will be for a start date of September 2026 

For more information on our graduate scheme you can check out the link below 

https://www.oranoprojects.uk/graduates.html

Applications close at the end of December 2025.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to undergo a security vetting process. Offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.

Benefits include

 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Additional 1 day off for every 1-year service which is capped at 5
One Professional Membership subscription paid for by the company and  support for Chartership goals
Private medical insurance
Annual Bonus Scheme 
Non Contribution pension scheme 
and much more!

Graduate Nuclear Safety Consultant- Abingdon

Ref: 2025-21446

Regular/Permanent

Abingdon

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.
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