Engineering, Maintenance, Pre-operations and Commissioning.


Our nuclear heritage and mission to create a sustainable future provides the ultimate playground for engineers. There is no instruction manual for our mission.

Engineering at Sellafield tackles some of the nuclear industry’s toughest challenges. Our engineers, with 70 years of expertise, lead the UK’s nuclear cleanup and environmental restoration. Innovation is at our core, driving advancements in robotics, AI, and cutting-edge technologies. The site’s history offers unique opportunities, from maintaining decades-old systems to transforming them with modern ingenuity. Be part of a team at the forefront of engineering excellence, solving complex problems and making a lasting impact on the environment and future generations.

Holly
Lead Reliability Engineer

“Sellafield has provided me with the opportunity to carve out an exciting career within engineering, working through from being a mechanical fitting apprentice, all the way to my role today as a lead reliability engineer. The best thing about my job is working with teams of great people on work which is critically important to national imperatives. To see that you play a real part in that is very rewarding. The job is very challenging but equally very rewarding when everything comes together!”

Robert
Lead Engineer

“Being an engineer at Sellafield provides you with opportunities and development unlike anywhere else. I’m a lead engineer currently and over the course of my career, I’ve worked in chemical processing plants, mechanical handling plants, waste treatment facilities and on new build projects. Anywhere else, this would have been a career change every few years, but I’ve experienced it all here.”