Our Guiding Principles

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At Cyclife, four principles guide our actions like a compass:

  • Take care: respect, health/safety, listening
  • Be accountable: commitment, responsibility
  • Act collectively: cross-functional, trust, team spirit
  • Feel pride: creativity, passion, excellence
Find out more on the guiding principles of Cyclife

Cyclife Figures

  • 1,234
    employees
  • 5
    countries
  • +300
    recruitments
  • 81%
    of employees are proud to work at Cyclife
  • 92%
    of employees say they work in healthy and safe conditions
  • 84%
    of employees feel that they have a sense of responsibility*

Our Professions

Cyclife's business in the five countries is growing, and we are regularly looking for new employees in different business segments.

Take a look below at the main profiles Cyclife is looking for: 

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Technical Expertise and Engineering

Technical Expertise and Engineering

At Cyclife, our engineering teams provide strategic advice on radioactive waste management and decommissioning.

  • They carry out studies, from feasibility to implementation, for decommissioning and waste treatment activities
  • They design new storage and treatment facilities for radioactive waste
  • These teams develop innovative technologies, bespoke tools, robots and machines, and devise scenarios and processes tailored to the dismantling of complex nuclear facilities
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Assembly and Commissioning

Assembly and Commissioning

At Cyclife, activities from manufacturing to end of commissioning : assembly equipment, commissioning, start of the operations 

  • They carry out tests FAT & SAT, verify that systems/equipment are operational, safe, and meet expectations before they are commissioned.
  • They supervise and/or install bespoke systems of equipment at client sites.
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On-site Services and Works

On-site Services and Works

Our activities on customer and partner sites enable us to carry out complex dismantling and radioactive waste treatment operations:

  •  Supervising the teams working on the sites,
  • Managing the activities,
  • Carrying out the work directly on the sites,
  • Guaranteeing the safety of the operators, security and respect for the environment
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Nuclear Waste Treatment/Production 

Nuclear Waste Treatment/Production

These teams take charge of nuclear waste until it is treated in our various processes: incineration, melting and pyrolysis. 

They participate in the commissioning of new treatment solutions that meet current requirements and respect the environment.

These jobs are carried out at our 3 nuclear waste treatment and conditioning centres in Sweden, the UK and France. 

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Digital

Digital

As a business software publisher and digital services provider, we are able to offer tailor-made solutions adapted to the specific needs of our customers. 

We cover the entire lifecycle of facilities, from design to decommissioning and waste management, as well as the entire data lifecycle, from acquisition to production and maintenance of digital twins in operational conditions

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Project Management

Project Management

Our project management teams plan, execute and monitor major projects within the various Cyclife entities, to ensure their success in terms of deadlines, costs and quality.  

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Commercial and Cross-Functional Positions

Commercial and Cross-Functional Positions

The success of our ambitions also relies on the commercial and cross-functional positions. These positions contribute to Cyclife's performance by meeting the needs of our technical businesses and customers, thanks to their solid expertise and extensive networks. 

Technical Expertise

Vittoria is one of them, as a Principal Consultant and Non-Destructive Assay Expert at Cyclife UK she contributes to the circular economy at the Metal Recycling Facility (MRF) which reduces waste volume and allows up to 90% of it to be reintroduced into the market.

10 years ago, Vittoria made the choice to join the nuclear industry, and since then she has never looked back. She conceives and uses instruments for measurements which help safety and process. Problem solving is a driver in her life and in her job. Vittoria likes both the technical and creative parts of her role and to be allowed to think out of the box. 

Do like Vittoria: join us

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Nuclear Waste Treatment/Production

Louise is one of them, as an Melting and Cutting Operator at Cyclife Sweden AB she helps the environment by cutting, blasting and melting metals to reduce volume and to recycle them. She is one of the craftswomen of the nuclear circular economy. 

Louise is proud to be a part of reducing the carbon emission in the world. With her colleagues she recovers big components to give them a new cycle of life. Louise likes her job because it’s like 5 jobs in one and because she has her own playground. She has the superpower of being a transformer. And another superpower above all: being a woman in the nuclear industry. Just watch her!

Do like Louise: join us

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Nuclear Engineering

Piotr is one of them, as a Mechanical Engineer at Cyclife UK, working in the dismantling team and the Metal Recycling Facility - MRF in the UK.

Piotr is passionate about technology and enjoys solving problems for colleagues at all levels of the company in the spirit of acting collectively. What he likes about his job as an engineer at Cyclife is being able to leave the office and see the results of his work in the field. Convinced that he is working for the environment, Piotr is proud to contribute to the sustainability triangle: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.

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Digital

Alexandra is one of them: as a BIM Modeller, she is an expert in modelling from video games, she chose the nuclear industry to give even more meaning to her digital programming skills. Her guilty pleasure is modelling plumbing within Cyclife Digital Solutions

Alexandra pushes back the boundaries.

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Nuclear Waste Treatment/Production

Andreas is one of them: as an Incineration Operator at Cyclife Sweden AB, he works every day to reduce the environmental impact of nuclear: together with his colleagues, he reduces the volume of low-level radioactive waste by around 90% before it is sent for storage. 

Because his management allows him to propose new ideas, he feels motivated by the opportunity to collectively improve his job. Team spirit, skills transfer, mutual support, almost like a family... this is what appeals to Andreas in his role. And speaking of family: he even convinced his young brother to join Cyclife.

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Nuclear Engineering

Shani is one of them: as an Engineer in Decommissioning, she is an expert in nuclear engineering for the dismantling of graphite reactors at Graphitech
Today Shani can't see herself doing anything other than being one of the Sherlock Holmes of dismantling. Because it's pretty cool.
What makes her proud is that she has found solutions for at least the next 50 years that had no answers before.

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Assembly and Commissioning

Pierre is one of them: as a Test Technician, he is a craftsman supported by digital technologies, he works with his colleagues from Graphitech to prepare the machines that will safely dismantle graphite reactors in the near future. With lasers and robots, like a Jedi knight.

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Working at Cyclife Means

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A Professional and Diversified Career Path

At Cyclife we support our employees in building a motivating and diverse career path. As a subsidiary of the EDF Group, Cyclife offers opportunities for mobility and career development in a variety of professions.

We place great emphasis on skills development to maintain team performance and support the company's development in a sector that constantly requires innovation and the development of new skills.

Our employees benefit from business and cross-functional training throughout their careers. They also have the opportunity to enrich and share their know-how and expertise through the Cyclife group's business networks.

92% of employees underwent training in 2024

Check out our job offers
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Doing our Job Safely

Acting for the health and safety of our employees, our subcontractors and our industrial partners is our priority.  

We are committed to this absolute priority of protecting health and safety, through the charter of our 10 commitments signed by the directors of our entities, and the vital rules of the EDF Group, which form our basis for protecting ourselves collectively from risks.

Find out more about our health and safety commitments
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Blossoming Through Diversity and Well-Being at Work

Cyclife aims to provide an inclusive working environment where everyone feels they belong and are valued. At Cyclife, we're looking above all for people with skills, women and men who want to work in a company where everyone's well-being is a priority.

In 2024, UK subsidiary Cyclife Aquila Nuclear became the first nuclear company in the world to receive ISO 30415 certification for diversity and inclusion, in recognition of its day-to-day work guided by our Principles of Action.

Cyclife supports and promotes social responsibility initiatives aimed at encouraging and inspiring the next generation to take up technical and engineering careers. 

Cyclife contributes to initiatives to promote careers in the nuclear industry in conjunction with local authorities..

Cyclife implements dynamic and collaborative working methods. Workspaces and collaborative tools are conducive to the exchange of ideas and effective collaboration.

As in every EDF Group entity, at Cyclife every voice is heard. Every year, we carry out a satisfaction survey to measure the commitment and well-being of our employees. The results enable Cyclife to identify areas for improvement and prioritise action plans. 

Find out more about Cyclife Aquila Nuclear's ISO 30415 certification for diversity and inclusion
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Joining a Company that Respects the Environment and is Committed to CSR

Through its activities, Cyclife is committed to making constant progress towards ever more responsible behaviour in environmental and social terms.

Cyclife is working towards a responsible and sustainable nuclear industry by responding to the challenges of the nuclear dismantling market and the growing demands for a reduction in the volume of radioactive waste, as well as the recycling of materials to preserve storage capacity.  

By acting to have a positive impact not only on the environment but also on all our stakeholders (employees, service providers, suppliers, local players, etc.), Cyclife is positioning itself as a responsible and benchmark player.

Our commitments are based on 4 pillars: 

  • Circular economy and innovative technologies
  • Human development
  • Collective commitment
  • Environmental impact  
Find out more about our CSR commitments
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Daring to Innovate

Innovation is an integral part of our raison d'être. We support all of our businesses by exploring subjects that enable us to stay one step ahead and respond to the complex challenges of our activities.

The decommissioning and waste management sector is a fertile ground for innovation. Every day, our teams develop new technologies to prepare and conduct high-precision operations, to create cutting-edge equipment for the nuclear industry and to ensure the sector's digital transformation. Machines, robots, digital twins: the Cyclife group is developing the techniques that will ensure the future of decommissioning.

We encourage innovative thinking among our employees, who can put forward innovative ideas through internal competitions or with our partners. These are real springboards for everyone's contribution to global innovation and the company's development.

An example of innovation: the waste transfer unit