Radioactive Waste Engineer

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Radioactive Waste Engineer

Nuclear / Defence

Rosyth, Scotland

Remote working - with occasional site visits

£ 58,100 - £65,000 DOE

Introduction

We are curranty partnering with a large defence company who is looking to employ a Waste Engineer with experience in Waste Management characterisation, processing, sentencing and packaging of radioactive Intermediate Level Waste (ILW), Low Level Waste (LLW) and Out of Scope waste from Nuclear Submarine Dismantling Projects (SDP) at Rosyth. As the Waste Engineer you will be required to offer advice and guidance to waste operations to enable timely treatment and/or disposal of radioactive waste.

Roles & Responsibilities

As the Waste Engineer you will be responsible for:

• To undertake necessary activities to enable suitable characterisation and sentencing of radioactive waste; such as sampling and analysis campaigns, and interpretation of data.
• To provide oversight, advice and technical support to operations to ensure that all waste management (including storage, processing, packaging, transport and treatment/disposal) is in line with regulatory and management system requirements.
• To liaise with operations, engineering, radiation protection and other relevant personnel to ensure radioactive waste management procedures and standards are upheld.
• To produce and maintain BPM cases to support operations and the treatment/disposal of radioactive waste. To support applications and variations to Environmental Permit(s) or other authorisations/obligations to enable operations and to ensure that they are complied with.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of any relevant processes and procedures related to radioactive waste management.
• To develop and maintain a good working knowledge of available radioactive waste treatment and disposal routes, and how to demonstrate that associated Waste Acceptance Criteria can be met.
• To produce presentations, technical reports, procedures and other documentation related to radioactive waste management.
• To liaise with customer/vendors/suppliers on all aspects of radioactive waste management as appropriate.
• Support timely sentencing and consignment of radioactive waste from the Rosyth site to contribute to success of the decommissioning schedule and programme.
• Support characterisation activities and determination of suitable waste routes which will feed in to the Waste Characterisation Strategy and Waste Management Plan.

Skills & Qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following:

• Radioactive waste management qualifications and/or experience is essential.
• Eligibility for SC Clearance and ITAR essential.
• Agreement to work in areas which will expose individual to ionising radiation (radiation worker).
• Good knowledge of environmental legislation in the UK Nuclear Industry
• An ability to effectively liaise with customer/vendors/suppliers with regards to radioactive waste matters.
• A Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor Certificate would be desirable.
• Membership of a professional society, such as the Institute of Waste Management, is desirable.

Salary & Package

What’s on offer for this exciting role:

• Salary Between £58,100 - £65,000 DOE + Benefits
• Remote working - with occasional site visits
• Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
• Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

How to apply?

To apply for this opportunity simply send a copy of your up-to-date CV and covering letter to mbrindley@astutetechnical.co.uk or call 02393910041 to speak to Matthew Brindley who can tell you more.