Senior PSA Engineer

Job description

Senior PSA / Nuclear Risk Engineer

Location: Bristol, UK

Sector: Nuclear Engineering / Safety & Risk

Type: Permanent | Hybrid (regular office presence near Bristol)

We are working with our client to identify experienced PSA and Nuclear Risk professionals to join their team. The organisation is involved in a range of major nuclear programmes in the UK and internationally, supporting both new build and existing facilities.

The role focuses on probabilistic safety assessment and nuclear risk analysis within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver probabilistic safety assessments and nuclear risk studies

• Develop and maintain fault tree and event tree models

• Contribute to safety cases and risk-informed engineering decisions

• Produce technical safety and risk analysis reports

• Work with engineering teams across complex nuclear projects

Required Experience

• Degree in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a similar discipline

• Experience in PSA / PRA or nuclear risk analysis within the nuclear sector

• Understanding of fault trees, event trees, and reliability modelling

• Experience contributing to nuclear safety assessments or safety cases

Desirable

• Experience with tools such as RiskSpectrum, CAFTA, SAPHIRE, or similar

• Familiarity with UK nuclear regulatory frameworks

Location

Hybrid working with regular attendance near Bristol, UK.

Capax Mundi supports organisations working across advanced nuclear technologies, new build programmes, and the broader energy transition, connecting engineers with opportunities that shape the future of energy systems.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Greater Bristol Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

07-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English