SELLAFIELD is one of the biggest employers in Cumbria and the wider North West, and the site is actively recruiting across a wide range of roles – from nuclear engineers to fire and rescue crew managers.
The West Cumbria site, which employs more than 10,800 people directly – around 80 per cent of whom live in Cumbria – supports a total of nearly 60,000 jobs when its supply chain is included, making it one of the most significant economic anchors in the region.
With a 20-year pipeline of major infrastructure projects and an ongoing decommissioning mission, the demand for skilled workers at Sellafield shows no sign of slowing down.
What jobs are available now?
A range of vacancies are currently being advertised directly by Sellafield Ltd and its supply chain partners. Among the current opportunities listed are:
- Principal CS&A Engineer
- Senior CS&A Engineer
- CS&A Engineer
- Plant Support Engineer (Electrical)
- Electrical Inspector
- Mechanical Inspector
- CAD Designer (Whitehaven)
- Building Controller/Technical Clerk
- Quality Manager – West Cumbria
- Analytical Services Liaison Officer – West Cumbria
- EHS Value Stream Lead – West Cumbria
- Chief of Staff – closing 20 July 2026
- EC&I Commissioning Engineer – Seascale
- Electrical & Instrumentation Technician
- Roofer – contract, Gosforth/Seascale
- Kitchen Assistant
- Cleaner/Cafe and Retail Assistant – Sellafield site
Jobs are advertised both directly through Sellafield Ltd's careers portal at careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk and through recruitment agencies including NRL, which has an Egremont office dedicated to Sellafield supply chain roles.
Vacancies can be found and applied for at careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk for direct Sellafield Ltd roles, or via agencies such as NRL (egremont@nrl.co.uk / 01946 820 002), Indeed, Totaljobs and specialist nuclear job boards including Nuclear Sector Jobs and Just Engineers.
Sellafield is also a leading employer for apprentices, graduates and students, having recently been named in the Sunday Times Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers. The company runs 16 separate apprenticeship schemes, including degree apprenticeships, and its current cohort includes hundreds of trainees across engineering, science and technical disciplines.
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