Nuclear Engineering Professional – Architect Engineer

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Nuclear Engineering Professional – Architect Engineer

£50,000 to £70,000 per annum (DOE)

Bristol, Gloucester, Leatherhead, Glasgow, Burton, Manchester

Flexible hybrid working pattern: time split between office, client sites, and working from home.

Friday 28th August 2026 (early application encouraged)

Do you want to work for an established company where you can make a difference? At Frazer‑Nash we offer an exciting and varied work portfolio, delivering innovative engineering solutions to our clients to make lives safe, secure, sustainable and affordable. It’s an exciting time to work in the nuclear industry and Frazer‑Nash are involved in many projects across the whole lifecycle of various nuclear facilities.

The Nuclear Stations and Systems Team focus on the civil nuclear industry and support developing sites, generating sites and defuelling/decommissioning sites. We’re seeking someone with significant experience of the nuclear industry to join our diverse growing team.

Your role may encompass a range of technical skills and you’ll have a proven track record of using your experience and knowledge to deliver fit for purpose solutions to complex problems. You’ll undertake work for clients on significant nuclear safety related problems and support other staff in planning and performing such work. You'll work through the entire project lifecycle – from identifying opportunities and creating winning bids, to efficient project management and delivery, all the way to the seamless closure of projects.

• Technical requirements capture, optioneering, and specification authoring.
• Being responsible for the design, manufacture, delivery, installation and/or commissioning of plant items and systems and solving issues as they arise.
• Technical integration of design and safety case requirements.
• Authoring and verifying nuclear safety case proposals and key supporting documents.
• Walking down equipment at a nuclear site to ensure it remains qualified to meet functional safety requirements or identify means for its remediation.
• Specifying plans to retire and remove plant, systems and structures to support safe, secure, cost-effective defuelling, dismantling and decommissioning.

• Develop and execute strategies to handle various intricate nuclear challenges.
• Produce high‑quality technical documentation to meet the demands of our clients.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and training to colleagues and clients.
• Manage projects, ensuring they meet time, cost and quality expectations.
• Seek out new business opportunities and generate proposals and bids.
• Establish and build enduring client relationships.

• A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Technical knowledge within a particular field, e.g. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, C&I.
• A history of delivering technical work well.
• Good problem‑solving and interpersonal skills.
• Confident, clear and organised written communicator.
• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

• Engineering management / project engineer capability.
• Architect engineer experience.
• Electrical, C&I or mechanical background.
• Experience of operations, engineering, safety case development at nuclear sites.
• Confidence in developing new business and maintaining client relationships.
• Project management experience in a consultancy (or similar) environment.
• Chartered (or working towards) with a professional institution.

One of our core values at Frazer‑Nash is that we value our people. We help them to find work that they enjoy and that allows them to continuously grow and develop, whilst maintaining a healthy work‑life balance. We support our people to develop consultancy skills including business development and project management. As our people progress, we provide opportunities for broader duties and support our people to transition into the career paths that they want to take, be it becoming an expert in a technical discipline, transitioning into people management or focusing on…