Senior Process Engineer

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

2024-18039  

Location

Abingdon

Job Details

Position Title

Senior Process Engineer

Job Description (Internal)

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide specialist design services to internal/external customers.
• Production of design deliverables (e.g. drawings, reports or calculations) to agreed standards of safety, cost, quality and time.
• Contribute to the economic design of systems and equipment.
• Oversee the work of others and develop the skills and abilities of others for the benefit of the company.
• Provide advice and guidance on issues appropriate to their discipline.
• Actively participate in the development and application of appropriate technical and managerial processes and systems in his/her work area.
• Organise, supervise, monitor and develop the team to deliver successful outputs.
• Identify major technical uncertainties and refer them for decision by higher authority.
• Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and processes applicable to the role.

Close working relationships with other Orano sites and client sites may be required, which necessitates regular travel to those sites (dependent upon project).

This role can be based at our Westlakes or Warrington office.

Start date: December 2025

Skills And Qualifications (Internal)

Qualifications & Experience

• Have a BEng (Hons) or MEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience as a Process Engineer, Chemical Engineer or Design Engineer on Nuclear site or a highly regulated site.
• Chartered member of the IChemE or suitable experience.
• Experienced in supporting the production & development of process discipline documents and demonstrating the capability to work within a team.
• Experienced in supporting process engineering coordination tasks as part of a team, demonstrating the capability to work within a team.
• Experience of delivering projects for Sellafield or AWE sites (desirable).
• Experience in POCO or decommissioning (highly desirable).

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.

Travel to other Orano offices and client sites may be necessary. You should be willing to work flexibly to accommodate project and client requirements.

Location: The successful candidate can be based at any of our three offices; Oxfordshire, Cheshire or Cumbria.

Employment Classification

Regular/Permanent

Job

TA - Studies & Design

Job Location

Job Location

Europe, United Kingdom, South East, Oxfordshire

Geolocation By Area (Always Put 'Yes')

No

Adress

Suite 1, Second Floor, The Lambourn, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon, OX14 1UJ

Additional Information

Telework/Home-Office

Hybrid Options

Applicant Criteria

Travel

Yes

Handled By

Primary Manager

Annie Dighton