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Waste Engineer

The Waste Engineer will work with Customers and Waste Services personnel to develop current and future opportunities by gathering the necessary data and providing waste management advice. The Waste Engineer may be seconded into specific customer programmes and projects to ensure that Nuclear Waste Services are offering support and waste management advice across the waste lifecycle and as high up in the value chain as possible.

Please see attached job description for further details. 

Department
IWMP & Strategy
Location
Pelham House, Cumbria
Contract Type
Permanent
Grade
4a
Full Time/Part Time
Full-time
Closing Date
15/10/2024
Ref No
10726
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Job Description

This role will suit you if you have a waste or nuclear background, and you have been working from an operational point of view. This is less of a technical role and more to do with processes, risk assessments, and arranging inspections. You will work between the customer and Waste Services / our supply chain, ensuring that communication is clear, and you will have a strong ability to build rapport with a mix of different internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities
Main Accountabilities
• Provide waste management and operations advice and support across the waste lifecycle to customers, their decommissioning projects and waste management activities, advising on the information required to access waste treatment and disposal routes in line with relevant national strategies.
• Support other members of the Customer Management and Expert Support team in the development of opportunities and with customers to gather the necessary information and data required to convert opportunities into Waste Enquiries. Work the wider department to support the development of waste solutions to meet customer needs aligning with the Waste Services Vision and Mission.
• For larger nonstandard and complex projects, work with the Waste Services teams, to provide trouble-shooting support and ensuring efficient and effective delivery of the services to meet customer needs.
• Acting as a visible ambassador for Nuclear Waste Services, and our portfolio of services.
• Identification and implementation of process improvements and supporting wider change initiatives to Waste Services to deliver sustained and measured improvements in the day-to-day service provided to customers. Actively identify and share LFE and best practice across the wider waste community to inform waste management and decommissioning strategies.
•Ensure that the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System is fully maintained and updated as opportunities are developed.
• Operate high up the value chain, acting as a change agent to the behaviour and performance of customers waste management, facilitated by Joint Waste Management Plans and benefits management.
• Develop and sustain a collaborative working relationship with waste service providers.
• Supporting Service Assurance activities including Customer / Service Provider Audits as required and manage service non-conformance events. Support the timely investigation of events as required and identify improvements.
• Comply with the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies, procedures, work instructions and risk assessments. Support the continuous improvement of Health, Safety Environment and Quality.
• Support the effective deployment of company-wide policies, processes, systems, and procedures ensuring that at all times the business remains compliant. This includes, but is not limited to, the need to comply with the company’s Equality and Diversity Policy and undertake identified associated learning and development activities.
• To promote the standards and expectations set by Waste Services / NWS.
• Attending and presenting at meetings / conferences / exhibitions as required
• To be aware of and abide by the company’s Standards and Expectations.
• Manage the risks within your scope of work in compliance with the company risk Management procedures.
• To act in a secure manner at all times, recognise potential consequences of personal behaviour and say if others fall short with respect to security.
• To consider ED&I in all conversations and interactions, ensuring you treat all individuals equally, respectfully and in line with nuclear waste Services ED&I principles.
• To maintain awareness of the environmental issues associated with the role.

Current RWM employees this is a RWM 5-4 - RWM Terms & conditions apply

Who are we?

Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK’s nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.

Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world

If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you’ll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms – scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory – to name a few.

We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place​ to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
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We are action orientated ​​​​​​​- We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.

We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.

We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.​​​​​

We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future

 

What's in it for you?

  • On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
  • Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
  • We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
  • learning and development support
  • payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Financial advice assistance
  • Flexible working
  • Extended family-friendly policies
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • We welcome flexible and agile working practices
  • Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment

Equal OpportunitiesDisability

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.

In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. 

Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early. 

If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email nws.recruitment@nuclearwasteservices.uk

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