Senior Consultant – Energy

AtkinsRéalis

Senior Consultant Energy providing technical leadership and consulting in nuclear sector. Supporting commercial nuclear projects in the United States and globally in risk assessment and licensing.

Posted 6/12/2026part-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $102,000 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves both legacy and new-build nuclear clients who are designing, building, upgrading, operating, and maintaining nuclear power generation and fuel cycle assets.
Supports commercial nuclear projects as business and project needs develop.
Provides senior technical leadership and consulting support in probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), risk-informed decision-making, and the integration of risk insights into licensing, design, operations, maintenance, and project execution.
Supports operating plants, new-build projects, advanced reactor development, and other nuclear facility projects in the United States and internationally.
Provides senior technical leadership and consulting support for PRA and risk-informed licensing activities supporting US and international commercial nuclear projects.
Supports the planning, development, review, and application of Level 1, Level 2, and/or Level 3 PRA, as applicable to project scope and maturity.
Reviews PRA methodologies, models, assumptions, results, and supporting documentation for technical quality, regulatory alignment, consistency, and fitness for purpose.
Supports hazard identification, screening, evaluation, and risk quantification for internal events, shutdown conditions, internal flood, seismic events, high-wind events, and other external hazards.
Evaluates plant response, system interactions, accident progression, system reliability, and risk-significant contributors, including reliability assessments of plant process, safety, balance-of-plant, and operating systems, to support informed safety, licensing, design, operational, and maintenance decisions.
Integrates PRA insights into licensing strategies, safety cases, SSC classification, technical specifications, maintenance strategies, operating programs, and design decisions.
Supports risk-informed and performance-based licensing approaches, including NEI 18-04 and RG 1.233 implementation, licensing basis event selection, SSC classification, defense-in-depth evaluation, and related license application content.
Supports the development and application of risk monitors, operational risk assessments, and other PRA applications, as applicable to project needs.
Develops, proposes, reviews, or advises on PRA methodologies, technical approaches, analysis assumptions, and model-development strategies.
Coordinates PRA interfaces with deterministic safety analysis, severe accident analysis, source term development, emergency planning, fire protection assessments, and other nuclear safety analysis disciplines.
Supports regulatory interactions, technical meetings, audits, workshops, and responses related to PRA and risk-informed licensing topics.
Supports the preparation and review of proposals, scopes of work, schedules, estimates, and execution plans for PRA and risk-informed licensing activities.
Provides mentoring, knowledge transfer, and technical development support to engineers and analysts and supports the growth of AtkinsRéalis’ PRA and risk-informed licensing capability.
Ensures work is performed in accordance with applicable nuclear quality assurance requirements, project procedures, PRA standards, regulatory guidance, and client expectations.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering or technical discipline.
Minimum of 15 years of relevant nuclear industry experience, including significant experience in PRA, risk management, or risk-informed applications.
Demonstrated experience applying PRA insights to nuclear plant licensing, design, operations, maintenance, or safety decision-making.
Demonstrated understanding of nuclear plant systems, plant response, accident progression, operating practices, and underlying reliability principles.
Strong technical knowledge of PRA methods, risk-informed decision-making, and nuclear safety analysis.
Strong understanding of nuclear plant systems, operations, accident response, and safety functions.
Ability to rapidly develop familiarity with different reactor technologies, plant designs, regulatory frameworks, and licensing approaches.
Ability to interpret PRA results and translate risk insights into actionable licensing, design, operational, and maintenance decisions.
Familiarity with PRA software tools used for fault tree and event tree modeling, model quantification, external hazards analysis, risk monitoring, and related risk-informed applications.
Ability to evaluate the suitability, limitations, and quality of PRA software tools, models, and outputs for the intended technical, licensing, or operational application.
Ability to work effectively across PRA, deterministic safety analysis, licensing, engineering, operations, and other nuclear safety analysis disciplines.
Knowledge of applicable US and international nuclear licensing requirements, PRA standards, industry guidance, and quality assurance expectations.
Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound technical judgment, and manage multiple priorities.
Experience supporting Level 1, Level 2, and/or Level 3 PRA preferred.
Experience supporting operating plants, advanced reactors, small modular reactors, new-build, refurbishment, or first-of-a-kind projects desired.
Experience with risk-informed licensing methodologies, such as NEI 18-04 and RG 1.233 a plus.
Experience with internal events, shutdown risk, internal flood, seismic PRA, other external hazards, severe accident analysis, source term development, or operational risk applications preferred.
Experience with US or international PRA standards, regulatory guidance, and industry practices desired.
Experience using PRA modeling, quantification, and risk-management software, including the EPRI Phoenix Architect software suite (e.g., CAFTA, PRAQuant, FRANX, and ACUBE), RiskSpectrum, or comparable software platforms a plus.
Experience developing, reviewing, maintaining, or applying fault tree, event tree, hazard, and risk quantification models preferred.
Experience supporting regulatory interactions, technical audits, industry working groups, or client-facing PRA activities desired.
Professional Engineer (PE) license and other relevant nuclear industry qualifications or certifications are desirable.
Must be a U.S. citizen in order to be considered.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits
employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting
employee stock purchase plan
Paid Time Off
leaves of absences options
flexible work options
recognition and employee satisfaction programs
employee assistance program
voluntary benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)risk-informed decision-makingnuclear safety analysisfault tree modelingevent tree modelingrisk quantificationhazard identificationaccident progressionreliability assessmentnuclear plant systems

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunication skillsorganizational skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsindependent worktechnical judgmentmentoringknowledge transfercollaboration

Certifications

Professional Engineer (PE) licensenuclear industry qualifications