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Nuclear Industry Recruitment Solutions

Orion Group has supplied contractors and staff personnel to the nuclear industry since 2005.

​We have invested heavily across the nuclear sector to ensure our clients have regional points of contact supporting client requirements. We have discipline specific consultants who work solely within the nuclear power industry, ensuring they are well networked and able to access the best talent in the market.

​Orion hold exclusive agreements with leading operators, PMC, EPC & Vendor organisations in the nuclear space and can provide references from senior individuals if required.​

Typical roles which we recruit for

​Disciplines generally cover the full range of the project lifecycle, most examples of roles worked are as follows:

•Project Director

•Project Managers

•Commercial Personnel

•Project Controls Manager & associated team members

•Head of Planning, Lead Planner, Snr Planner and Planner

•Head of Cost, Cost Engineers , Quantity Surveyors

•Head of Risk, Risk Engineers

•HR Manager, Learning and Development, HR Business Partner

•Quality Manager & Lead, Quality Engineers

•Construction Director & Manager, Construction Engineers

•Engineering Director & Manager

•Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC design engineers and engineers

•Director of Health, Safety and security

•Environmental Sustainability Lead

•Nuclear Safety Lead and manager

•IT Director, IT Project Mangers, Business Analysts

•Finance Director

Who we work for

​Orion Group work with some of the biggest names in the nuclear industry

Our network of industry SQEP professionals cover multi-disciplines throughout the full project life-cycle. We work actively within the UK nuclear new build programme, fleet operations and supply nuclear design and engineering services to projects at Sellafield, Dounreay, Hinkley and Bradwell.

Orion's value added Services (in addition to recruitment)

In partnership with Orion, Competas is a Software based interactive, intelligent candidate assessment tool delivering cost effective and time efficient testing of candidates in:

•Safety elements

•Systems Completion/Commissioning

•Discipline/role specific Technical Competencies

•Psychometric characteristics

Competas Technical Competency Assessments:

•Electrical, C&I, Mechanical, Process

•Unique application in O&G enabling client to match each individual’s competencies to work scope.

•Maximising the utilisation of local content

•Feedback to candidate to enable CPD

•Currently configured for Technicians leading to Engineers by end Q3 2020

Competas provides an unbiased assessment of an individual’s competencies. It is fully customisable to suit the customer’s requirements while matching individuals’ competencies to job role requirements.

Competas protects both client and employee/contractor where industry assessments are often no more than a basic trade test.

Additional Services beyond recruitment

Orion Group excels in the placement of critical infrastructure workers in technical, administrative and management roles of all kinds, both in the UK and throughout the world.

OCCMS – Specialist Completions and Commissioning services company. Orbit licenses dominate at the moment but should be mainly added manpower supply (90%+).

Orbit is the CMS technology which falls under OCCMS; an affiliate division of Orion intended to provide higher value team and managed services.

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