Job Description

Within the Decommissioning and Dismantling (D&D) discipline, you will participate in core D&D engineering tasks and activities, ranging from decommissioning planning, design and waste handling studies to dismantling, demolition and delicensing tasks.

The four core pillars of the D&D disciplines are:

• Retrievals
• POCO
• Investigations and Characterisations
• Dismantling and Demolition

Requirements

You will be responsible for delivering innovative engineering solutions to decommissioning challenges both across the UK and in an international setting.

Accountabilities

As a Decommissioning and Dismantling Engineer, you will be involved in a variety of specialist tasks. This could include:

• Optioneering and Feasibility Studies.
• Decommissioning Planning;
• Input data collection, conditioning, and validation;
• Development of multi-phase decommissioning plans;
• Development of Decommissioning Flow Diagrams;
• Scheduling and sequencing;
• Throughput modelling;
• Bespoke Studies.
• Post-Operational Clean Out (POCO) Planning.
• Investigation and Characterisation Planning.
• Dismantling and Size Reduction Planning and Design.
• Preparation of Method Statements and Design Risk Assessments.
• Supporting Hazard Identification process e.g., HAZOP and HAZID.
• Preparation of tender documents and technical responses for decommissioning works.

Preferred Role Requirements

The D&D team encourage diversity of thought and welcome applications of candidates with transferable skills that can be applied to nuclear decommissioning projects, therefore, there are no minimum role requirements and candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

The preferred role requirements are as follows:

• BSc/MSc or BEng/MEng in a relevant nuclear engineering, decommissioning, waste management or engineering (preferably with a specialist in nuclear) field.
• Experience in nuclear decommissioning or waste management projects OR in the field of nuclear operations / nuclear power generation OR translatable experience in a similarly highly regulated industry.
• Willingness to obtain a security clearance.
• 3+ years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. You will also get an additional 1 day off for every 1-year service which is capped at 5
• A competitive salary
• One Professional Membership subscription paid for by the company
• Private medical insurance
• Non-contribution pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Group Income Protection
• Group Life Insurance
• Sports allowance
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