Graduate Nuclear Safety Consultant- Warrington

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General information

Organization

Orano Limited is the Orano group entity operating in the UK, working with the majority of the UK's nuclear clients and specialising in decommissioning, waste, and special nuclear material management. Orano Limited employs around 85 staff based at its offices in Abingdon, Warrington and Whitehaven. The company acts as the UK gateway to the global capability of Orano and combines this with a 40-year track record in the UK, marrying the group's international know-how with expertise in UK regulations and decades of UK nuclear site experience.

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Reference number

2025-21321  

Job details

Position title

Graduate Nuclear Safety Consultant- Warrington

Job description (External Group Publication - https://www.orano.group/jobs/en) - 2000 characters max

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.

Skills and Qualifications (External Group Publication - https://www.orano.group/jobs/en) - 2000 characters max

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!

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

SE - Nuclear Safety & Environmental Regulations

Location of position

Job location

Europe, United Kingdom, North West, Cheshire

Adress

Warrington

Additional information

Telework/Home-office

Hybrid Options