Core Performance Manager

Rolls-Royce Smr

The Role

Overview

Lead development and performance analysis of SMR reactor core.

Key Responsibilities

  • thermal analysis
  • hydraulic analysis

Tasks

-Thermal hydraulic analysis of normal operating transients (e.g. DNBR margin)

Requirements

  • financial probity
  • reactor physics
  • thermal hydraulics
  • bpss clearance
  • dbs check
  • transient performance

What You Bring

-Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check -Multiple disciplines including Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulics, Fuel Performance. -Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance -Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check -Core transient performance in normal operations and some frequent faults (e.g. start up, load changes)

Benefits

-£250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases -Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business. -Bonus - Performance related bonus of up to 12.5% -Benefits Allowance - £2200, enabling you to create a bespoke package -Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days -A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment. -Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care -Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay -Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.

The Company

About Rolls-Royce Smr

-A team of 15 engineers at Rolls‑Royce began designing a compact, scalable nuclear solution in 2016. -Blends decades of naval reactor experience with advanced manufacturing. -Modules are nearly 90% factory‑built across 1,500 parts, then shipped and assembled on site—cutting costs, time and complexity. -The company uses a boron-free primary circuit, eliminating toxic boric acid and reducing water use and waste. -Backed by strategic investors and partners like ČEZ and Siemens Energy to support global rollout. -Positions itself as a repeatable, investable product offering dependable 'always-on' clean energy to grids and industries.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Nuclear

Industrial

Transportation

Manufacturing

Digital Innovation

Modular Construction

Power Generation

Clean Fuels

Decarbonisation

Heat Sector

Oil and Gas

Renewables

Research and Technology

Security Clearance

-baseline personnel security standard (bpss) clearance -disclosure and barring service (dbs) check -basic financial probity check