Dr Dominic Jones

Executive Director, Safety, Sustainability, Health Environment & Quality

Dominic is the Executive Director for Safety, Sustainability, Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ) at AWE. He is responsible for developing and deploying effective Company policies, strategies and processes to maintain AWE’s Licence to Operate and safely deliver the Company’s requirements.

Prior to taking up this role in March 2023, Dominic was Director of Nuclear Threat Reduction, supporting national security and working with internal and external customers to define and deliver technical solutions. In this role, he supported several national and international events and continues to represent AWE as a scientific advisor to Government.

Dominic led the transition of AWE to become an Arm’s Length Body within the Ministry of Defence in 2021.

Dominic joined AWE in 2007 and became the Head of Radiation Protection (Corporate RPA) in 2009. During this time, he also provided technical input to the UK response to the Fukushima incident in Japan and acted as a technical advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for expert missions overseas.

Prior to joining AWE, Dominic worked as a consultant on several waste management and decommissioning projects within the civil nuclear sector.

Dominic graduated from the University of Manchester with an MChem (Hons) and PhD in Nuclear Chemistry and lives in Hampshire with his family.

Latest news

AWE announces new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde

As part of AWE’s partnerships with UK academia in support of our mission, we are pleased to announce a new Strategic Alliance with the University of Strathclyde to drive innovation in nuclear science and technology. Joining the University of Bristol, Cranfield University, Heriot-Watt University, and Imperial College London, the University of Strathclyde has become AWE’s […]

AWE Recognised Among Top Ten in the 2025 REDI Index for Religious Inclusion AWE is proud to announce its inclusion in the top ten of the 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index

AWE named a top ten inclusive employer

It’s official; we’re a top ten inclusive employer in the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation 2025 Religious Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) Index. It means we join the ranks of Thames Water, Direct Line Group, John Lewis Partnership and Rolls-Royce. We take inclusion seriously and we believe in walking the walk. That’s why we have several initiatives in […]

Academia exchange: AWE sponsored PhD student’s international experience

An AWE sponsored PhD student from Bangor University, Moli, has recently returned from a unique and inspiring four-month international exchange programme that provided valuable insights into the wider nuclear industry and contributed to her PhD research which uses computational methods to explore and assess the nuclear forensics signatures of exotic materials and how they evolve over […]