Engineer
Epsom, England, United Kingdom
After graduating from University I joined Atkins, a multi-national engineering consultancy,working in their Nuclear business unit. Working for a consultancy gave me a wide overview ofthe nuclear industry in the UK as it allowed me to work in various areas, including current civilnuclear power, decommisioning, weapons and nuclear new build. My main responsibilities were:- Provided technical consultancy support to clients within the UK nuclear industry, includingBritish Energy (now EDF energy), Magnox, AWE, Rolls Royce and the Office for NuclearRegulation.- Provided physics, engineering and safety support on a wide range of projects including: - Lead the design for the ionising radiation shielding for a hydrodynamics experimentalfacility - Shielding analysis for current civil nuclear establishments - Fire dispersion assessments of nuclear material at a manufacturing facility - Seismic and structural analysis using finite element codes such as Abaqus and LS-Dyna - Fuel route safety case authoring for Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear reactors - Common cause failure analysis for civil nuclear power plants in conjuction with the ONRand EDF - Electrical overlay system design for decommission of Bradwell nuclear power plant- Project management of small projects- Line management of two junior members of staff- Recruitment responsibilities including reviewing CVs and, performing interviews and graduateassessment centres