Skills
Select one or more knowledge areas or skills to find related occupations.
0 skills selected
Overview
Nuclear engineer work is about planning and designing equipment, plant systems and engineering processes for nuclear plants and sites, with risk analysis and safety precautions central to the role.
In job descriptions, look for nuclear energy, radiation protection, plant system monitoring, exposure calculations, engineering design approval, emergency strategies, reactors, cooling and precision instruments.
Explore this occupation
Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Nuclear engineers work with plant systems, reactor-related equipment, engineering designs and risk controls. Tasks can include design review, exposure calculations, radiation protection planning, system monitoring and emergency strategy work.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include nuclear energy, nuclear physics, engineering principles, radiation protection, risk analysis, precision instruments, power plant systems, cooling equipment and safety strategy testing.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by plant responsibility, design authority, risk-analysis depth, radiation-protection duties, emergency planning, systems monitoring, instrumentation work and project leadership.
Career paths
Paths can lead into reactor maintenance, safety analysis, plant systems design, radiation protection, emergency planning, automation components, power generation projects or technical leadership.
Good to know
Check adverts for plant systems, reactors, radiation monitoring, design approval, risk analysis, cooling, precision calibration, emergency response and whether the job is design, operations or project focused.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for nuclear engineer work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Map overview
Click the map to search for nuclear engineer jobs.
— Jobs total — Countries with jobs
O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Nuclear Engineers
17-2161.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
Alternative labels
nuclear engineering expert
nuclear engineering specialist
nuclear engineers
atomic decommissioning engineer
nuclear technology engineering expert
nuclear technology engineering specialist
atomic facility engineer
nuclear engineering adviser
nuclear technology engineer
nuclear technology engineering consultant
nuclear technology engineering adviser
nuclear engineering consultant
nuclear decommissioning engineer
atomic safety engineer
nuclear safety engineer
atomic power engineer
nuclear facility engineer
nuclear power engineer
Occupation group
energy engineer (2149.9)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f14194e2-8e7f-4fc9-9c8c-78d9ae2e7284 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2149.9.4 |
| ISCO group | 2149 |
| Concept type | Occupation |