Decommissioning Specialist

Decommissioning Specialist

Location:

Aztec West, Bristol (hybrid working)

Salary: c. £54,000 (grade

B)

Join a team where your expertise can shape safer, smarter approaches to nuclear decommissioning. At EDF, Success is Personal, and this role gives you the chance to influence the future of major UK infrastructure while developing your career, your way.

As a Decommissioning Specialist, you’ll help deliver the technical insight and assurance that underpin EDF’s decommissioning strategy. Your work will support key safety cases, guide critical decisions, and contribute to our journey towards An Electric Britain.

This is a hybrid role based at Aztec West in #Bristol, with flexibility to balance office and home working.

You’ll gain experience across technical documentation, regulatory engagement, and complex nuclear liabilities. With opportunities to collaborate across engineering, safety, environment and design, this role supports your long‑term growth in a specialist and evolving field.

• Working with legislation, policy and guidance related to decommissioning and radioactive waste management
• Applying decommissioning practices and understanding ALARP
• Working with nuclear safety requirements, engineering processes and design or operations
• Producing safety case material and technical documentation
• Engaging with regulators and external stakeholders

• Supporting technical advice on decommissioning and waste management liabilities
• Developing and contributing to decommissioning safety case documentation
• Supporting delivery of technical studies such as hazard analysis and dose assessment
• Co‑authoring decommissioning and waste management plans
• Preparing for and supporting stakeholder reviews and audits

Alongside a starting salary of £54,000 per annum, potential for an annual bonus, and a market‑leading pension, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Join us and find your success at EDF!

Closing date:
Friday 16th January.