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  You will need to be eligible to work in the UK indefinitely, without sponsorship.
• You will need to submit a CV and a cover letter.
• You will need to be available to start in November.

We have an opportunity for a Graduate Nuclear Consultant (with some or no industry experience) to join our award-winning consultancy based in our Bristol office.

What will you be responsible for?

• Provision of technical support to more senior team members in the delivery of projects, across a range of disciplines (including safety assurance, organisational capability, radioactive waste management, environmental assessment, secretariat support) for nuclear clients;
• Taking a lead role on delivery of specific technical work tasks, including data assessment, documentation review/update, technical report authoring, technical recording at workshops;
• Supporting senior team members in client engagement and business development interactions, as well as support to the development of bid submissions for new work.

In this role you’ll spend your time working at both Hydrock’s own offices and at our client’s office, so a reasonable degree of travel will be required.

What skills and attributes are we looking for?

• A strong Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering subject.
• A relevant Master’s is desirable, but not essential.
• An active interest in energy supply/infrastructure, with a good appreciation for the changing nuclear landscape with respect to new build, generation, decommissioning and defence.
• High motivation for a career in consulting / advisory services in the nuclear sector.
• An aspiration to work across a diverse range of technical disciplines, as well as supporting ongoing business management activities.
• Motivated to achieve chartership over the coming years with a relevant institute.
• Self-motivated team player with exceptional people skills.
• Ability to work under own initiative while fully co-ordinating with line manager’s requirements.
• Ideally some relevant post graduate industry experience, though this is not essential.
• Believes in our ethos.

Nuclear

Our Nuclear Division has been providing high-end strategic and advisory consultancy support to the nuclear industry since 2005, working with operators and regulators across the new build, existing generation, decommissioning and defence markets. The Division specialises in safety cases, environmental management, nuclear safety governance, radioactive waste management and decommissioning strategy, and development/demonstration of nuclear organisational capability. With clients including EDF Energy (HPC, SZC and Generation), NDA/RWM, LLWR, UKAEA and GE Healthcare, Hydrock Nuclear provides a range of services to help organisations demonstrate compliance with the legal and regulatory expectations of the nuclear industry.

What's great about Hydrock 'in a nutshell'

We are a British-owned integrated multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy of over 900 staff in 21 offices across the UK. Our driving motivation is to be a ‘force for good’, as it is our aim to positively contribute to people’s lives including our employees, communities we work in, clients we work with and our planet as a whole.

From the buildings that surround you, the roads and bridges you cross, all related to the infrastructure that we create, we aim to offer the most sustainable possibilities to shape the places, communities and society that we live in through meeting our client’s needs. Through the path we are on to delivering a green future, the result is something that everyone can be proud of.

Our welcoming and friendly culture is something we are proud of and has gained us recognition with 9 years in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list. One of our incredible sustainable projects include regenerating a brownfield site to a residential development at Castle Park View. Other notable projects include UWE’s Faculty of Engineering and Design making two wins at the British Construction Industry Award in 2021 and UK Hydrographic Office Taunton winning multiple awards in the same year!

To top off, here’s our 2022 wrap up video!

What we can offer

• Inspiring and supportive colleagues
• Reward for progression and hard work
• An opportunity to develop your soft skills on “The Learning Curve” program
• Competitive starting salary
• Excellent health benefits
• 25 days of holiday (buy/sell up to five days)
• An earlier finish on Friday (4pm!)
• An opportunity to give back: “Day off for good cause” (on a workday)
• A huge range of flexible benefits
• Our biggest event of the year: Annual Challenge Day!

A place to feel included

We champion diversity, equity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we commit to supporting our employees and ensure we create a safe environment that nurtures you to perform at your best. Offering our people flexibility is an important factor in achieving this aim!

We consider all applications individually with the required qualifications and knowledge without regard to any of the protected characteristics. We would like to provide everyone with a fair selection, assessment and employment experience so we ask that we are made aware of any physical or neurodiverse condition within your application, for which appropriate reasonable adjustments can be made by us.

Looking for the next steps?

• Once you have completed your application through our careers site, we will be in touch with you as soon as we’ve considered your application alongside others for this role.
• Typically, this can take several weeks so if you haven't heard back from us, not to worry, your application is still actively being considered!
• With the high volume of applications, we are unable to provide ad hoc updates on the progress of applications. However, we will contact you when decisions have been made.

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