About this role
On behalf of our client we are recruiting for a Decommissioning & Dismantling Engineer
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 discipline are:
- Retrievals
- Poco
- Investigations and Characterisations
- Dismantling and Demolition
You will intervene throughout the full life cycle of decommissioning projects: Feasibility, Preliminary Design Stage, Detail Design Stage, Construction/Commissioning, On-Site Works Oversight.
You will be responsible for delivering innovative engineering solutions to decommissioning challenges both across the UK and in an international setting.
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
Requirements
- You will be responsible for delivering innovative engineering solutions to decommissioning challenges both across the UK and in an international setting.
- Qualifications and experience needed
- Minimum of 2 years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.
- 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.
- Member of a professional body is desirable.
- Skills required
- Ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.
- Ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.
- Ability to organise one’s own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.
- Desire for self-development; to learn and develop within the role.
- Additional
The successful candidate must, by the start of employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to undergo a security vetting process. Offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.
- Travel to other offices and client sites may be necessary. You should be willing to work flexibly to accommodate project and client requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Private Medical Insurance at Single, Partner and Family levels
- Non Contributory Pension Scheme
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year of service up to a cap of 30
- Group Life Assurance of 4 times annual salary and Group Income Protection scheme for long term sickness
- Enhanced Maternity Pay