Case Study: Sellafield achieves faster, higher-quality hiring of specialized talent with Beamery

How Sellafield Acquires Specialized Talent To Create A Clean & Sustainable Future

Sellafield, the UK public‑sector organisation leading Europe’s largest nuclear decommissioning and waste‑management programme, faced a persistent talent challenge: thousands of site‑based, specialist roles with scarce skills, limited quality skills data, and an HR tech stack unable to engage and retain niche candidates. To build a skills‑based recruitment strategy, Sellafield selected Beamery and implemented Beamery’s solutions (including the Universal Skills Platform, Talent CRM, Talent Communities and Talent Marketing) to proactively identify, target and nurture the right profiles.

Beamery integrated its platform with Sellafield’s systems (including SAP Recruiting) to improve skills data, automate GDPR compliance and run personalised recruitment campaigns and internal mobility initiatives. The work delivered measurable impact: 66% open rates and a 33% click‑through rate across 33,000 messages, 100% automated GDPR compliance, faster time‑to‑apply and time‑to‑hire, significant efficiency gains, increased internal mobility and early signs of improved quality of hire and retention.

Sellafield

Martin Stubbs

Talent Acquisition Leader