Nuclear Energy Executive Search Recruitment
Spencer Riley's executive recruitment team for nuclear industry roles appreciate the unique engineering challenges of this sector.
Introduction
Nuclear power is a crucial part of the global clean energy mix, helping to ensure energy security with fewer fossil fuel emissions, while reducing the burden on renewable power installations such as wind and solar.
As governments around the world look for options to tackle climate change, developing new nuclear power capability features at the heart of many countries' carbon reduction strategies, both now and for the coming decades.
About 15% of UK energy (6.5 GW) is produced via nuclear, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA), and government plans could see this rise to 25% and up to 24 GW of new generation capacity by 2050.Globally, Nuclear delivers around 10% of the world’s electricity.
With increases in generation, the sector will inevitably see growing demand for senior-level talent. Disciplines in the nuclear industry range from engineering and consultancy roles, through new-build and construction management, to specialist leadership in radiation detection, measurement and end-of-life plant decommissioning.
Spencer Riley's executive recruitment team for nuclear industry roles appreciate the unique engineering challenges of this sector. We maintain ongoing relationships with talented candidates worldwide and are ready to supply prequalified, vetted shortlists for vacancies on a continuing basis.
Renewed focus nuclear globally and in the UK
Nuclear power capacity is developing around the globe, with over 60 reactors under construction, predominantly in Asia. With the IEA forecasting capacity growth of 43% between 2020-2050. The WNA notes that although most of the UK's existing nuclear capacity is nearing the end of its life, a new generation of nuclear power plant construction is already underway.
This direction of travel for nuclear makes the future landscape for top talent ever more competitive. Spencer Riley’s established talent pipelines can secure you access to the best candidates around the globe for the most demanding roles in Nuclear.
The transformation taking shape around global nuclear supply surrounding newbuild projects, upgrades to existing installations, and decommissioning projects, means high demand for professionals involved in:
- Plant design
- Construction
- Maintenance and support functions
- Nuclear wate management
- Decommissioning
- Measurement & radiation protection
- Plant life extension
Spencer Riley's nuclear team are ready to work with you with integrity and tenacity to power your senior executive solutions. Our team appreciate the changing demands of the sector and can leverage our existing networks and relationships to engage top talent. We can work on contingency or a retained basis for individual senior roles, or for larger recruitment projects through our bespoke Nuclear RPO recruitment process outsourcing service.
Disruptive forces in nuclear disciplines
Like many sectors, the nuclear industry is also forces due to the emergence of new technologies like cloud computing, robotics and automation. Leaders need to be adaptable and innovative in order to embrace this pace of change and deliver maximum value for their organisation.
With a privatised energy market and substantial planned investment on the horizon, along with advanced nuclear technologies such as small modular reactors, this is a time of major growth potential for OEMs and service providers catering to the nuclear channel.
Our recruitment advisors work with organisations across the sector, as well as with third parties providing expertise and capabilities to nuclear businesses, to supply the top-level talent needed to steer the industry in the right direction.
No matter how complex your operation or the scale of your upcoming projects may be, we have the knowledge to recruit the people who can deliver on your business goals, while reducing time-to-hire and the total cost of your recruitment process.
Our Approach
We take the time to listen to you and understand your business, the key drivers behind the hire and the importance in relation to your objectives
We will devote time to understand your business goals and role requirements and then develop a search solution that meets your specific needs
We will demonstrate unwavering tenacity, speaking pro-actively and confidentially with every individual with the right experience, in order to be certain we have secured the best person open to your opportunity
Our Services
Choose and adapt one of our three package options.
Connect
Ideal for companies seeking unique talent solutions without immediate urgency.
ASSURE
Ideal for companies seeking assurance in securing top talent for mission-critical roles.
Ideal for organisations looking to outsource their entire recruitment function for scalability and efficiency.
Nuclear
Further information on our recruiting process
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) involves placing moreof your hiring process in the hands of Spencer Riley's experts, allowing us tooffer an end-to-end service to meet your ongoing recruitment demand.
It's ideal for organisations with a continuing need for newtalent, for example during periods of rapid growth when you need the confidenceof reliable leaders to take charge of teams at the highest levels of yourhierarchy.
Our Nuclear RPO service is based on initial consultations and agreed KPIs so that we are always working towards your objectives and is regularly reviewed using real-world data from your recent hires, allowing us to make the final tweaks required to deliver the best value.
While we will always apply the full benefits of our expertise when recruiting into individual roles, RPO puts our team closer to the heart of your organisation and allows us to use our experience of repeated hires to optimise time, cost and value.
Our executive search specialists offer the highest standard of service at every opportunity, built on unparalleled expertise and a deep understanding of your industry. We appreciate the complexity of the nuclear sector and the challenges facing the UK energy market, and are committed to providing the human resources you need to excel.
We work tirelessly to locate talent from a global candidate pool, ruling nothing out in the pursuit of the very best value for your hiring process. Candidates are vetted and prequalified, with the option for our recruitment executives to conduct first-round interviews to further narrow down the shortlist.
After a candidate is selected, we can take the lead on negotiations of renumeration packages, employee benefits and other aspects of the final employment contract. We aim to maximise ROI for our clients, while ensuring candidates are placed into roles that will remain fulfilling for the long term.
Our team
Scott leads teams across all our core sectors, placing senior-level professionals in every market. He has completed numerous board-level placements alongside assisting clients with acquisitions.
Laura leads client delivery, overseeing seamless recruitment processes for all key clients in the Life Science and Cold Chain Logistics sectors.
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Bespoke Services
As well as the core sectors to which we recruit Spencer Riley has a proven track record for helping businesses in a wide variety sectors and getting the results required.
Our meticulous and pro-active approach means we are ideally placed to take on assignments in markets that sit outside of our core business areas. We are also well placed to help with a host of Private Equity Services, Outplacement Services as well with Mergers & Acquisitions
For more information and to discuss your unique situation then please get in touch.
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Spencer Riley’s team of highly dedicated, specialist consultants’ pride themselves on gaining a full understanding of our client’s business,