Jake Moorman
Bio
Jake graduated from the University of Leeds with a first-class degree in Geography and Geology in 2021. As part of his time at university, he completed a year studying at Universitet i Bergen, Norway, as part of a Study Abroad programme. Before that, he completed his A-Levels at North Halifax Grammar School and Sixth Form in June 2016, achieving the grades AAB. During his last three years of school, he became critically ill but thankfully recovered to full health following two major brain surgeries. However, this did consequently affect the grades he achieved.
Jake recently completed the Nuclear Graduates scheme. In his first secondment, he specialized in geosciences and environmental remediation with Magnox Ltd (now Nuclear Restoration Services).
He then joined the Nuclear Industry Association in their Media and Communications team. For his third secondment, he worked on a variety of nuclear, sustainability, and geo-environmental projects at Arup.
Throughout the scheme, he benefited from a range of world-class training and development and co-founded Atomic Aesthetics, a business that combined nuclear science and art while raising over £6000 for charity.
Upon completion of his graduate scheme, Jake joined Arup permanently, continuing to tackle a diverse range of challenges and projects in both the nuclear and geo sectors.
He has already had opportunities to work on some of the UK’s highest-profile nuclear projects, including Small Modular Reactor programme development and siting studies for the Geological Disposal Facility.
Jake's Mentoring Background
“I've been really lucky because I've had a mentor all the way through my professional career so far. Because you do get assigned a mentor when you join a Nuclear Grad scheme.
Coming off that scheme, I was, I think I probably was without a mentor for about a month? And then I received an email about the NI Nuclear Mentoring pilot scheme.
So I decided, yeah, sign me up! A month without a mentor - it's been too long!
I wanted to get back involved because I really, really enjoy it. I think firstly, I like chatting to people, so that always helps. Just having someone to chat to. But also I think for me, one of the big things has been that that relationship with a mentor is quite unique because it's not someone necessarily, who's in the same organisation as you and you can get that honest and very safe advice.
And you know that it's coming from a place where they are just are looking for the best for you and that's really good. Especially for me at the early start of my career.
Having a very yeah clear and honest and transparent person who I can go to for advice on things has been really beneficial so far.
I will definitely try to keep hold of my mentor’s support as long as I can!”
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