Nuclear Restoration Services
Waste Engineer
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Do you want to help shape how complex radioactive waste is managed safely and compliantly? This role places you at the heart of major decommissioning activity, where your judgement, knowledge, and advice will directly influence programme delivery and long-term site outcomes.
We’re looking for someone who wants to make a meaningful impact at Trawsfynydd site, an evolving decommissioning site entering an exciting phase, with multiple decommissioning, deplanting, and demolition projects progressing simultaneously. You’ll join a supportive and collaborative waste team, contributing the radiological, waste, and environmental insight needed to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient operation.
With a four-day working week from Monday to Thursday, it’s a role that offers both challenge and balance.
What will you be doing:
- Play a key technical role in supporting decommissioning programmes, providing specialist advice on waste management, radioactive waste compliance and transport legislation.
- Inform critical decisions throughout the waste lifecycle, ensuring waste is characterised, assessed, tracked and consigned safely, compliantly and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Undertake waste activity assessments to support waste classification, treatment and disposal route selection.
- Lead and contribute to waste characterisation activities, preparing Waste Characterisation Information (WCI) for disposal facilities.
- Work closely with project teams, radiological protection personnel and waste management specialists to develop robust waste records and underpin disposal route justifications.
- Support the implementation and use of the Waste Information Management System (WIMS), ensuring waste data is accurately captured, maintained and tracked throughout the waste lifecycle.
- Help improve data quality, inventory management and regulatory reporting across the site.
- Provide technical support to a wide range of projects, from concept and design through to operational delivery.
- Help define waste management requirements at an early stage, influence design decisions to minimise waste generation and ensure compliance with environmental permitting and waste acceptance criteria.
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Key areas you’ll influence:
- Advising on waste and dangerous goods legislation for decommissioning activities.
- Leading Best Available Technique assessments to reduce waste generation and environmental impact.
- Providing clear technical guidance to project teams and relay the clear expectations of waste management.
- Provide technical support to current and future project design and implementation.
- Commit to continuous improvement of waste programmes/strategies.
- Supporting the safe consignment of radioactive and non-active wastes from site.
Who are we looking for:
- Strong technical knowledge of nuclear waste management, waste characterisation and environmental compliance within a highly regulated environment.
- Practical experience supporting waste operations and developing waste inventories, with a sound understanding of waste classification methodologies, characterisation requirements and disposal route selection.
- Confidence interpreting regulatory requirements, analysing technical data and providing pragmatic solutions to complex waste management challenges.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, as you'll routinely work with project teams, waste specialists, regulators and contractors.
You will need:
Essential:
- An HNC or equivalent qualification in a scientific, engineering or environmental discipline.
- Strong knowledge of environmental and waste-related legislation, including radioactive and controlled wastes.
- Experience in nuclear waste management and working within regulated environments.
It would be advantageous to:
- Hold, or demonstrate a willingness to work towards obtaining, relevant authorisations such as SMLO, DGTO, ASQEP-W, and NRE.
- Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor certification and experience developing waste inventories.
- Experience developing and maintaining radioactive waste inventories.
- Experience carrying out activity assessments, producing Waste Characterisation Information (WCI), and involvement in the wider characterisation process.
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If you're ready to use your waste management expertise to shape the future of decommissioning at Trawsfynydd, influence major project decisions, and make a lasting impact on safe and compliant radioactive waste management, why not apply today?
We offer a wide range of benefits - discover them all on our Careers website.
To learn more about NRS and the work we do, we invite you to explore our organisation by visiting Nuclear Restoration Services - GOV.UK. It’s a great way to discover our mission, our people, and the impact we deliver.
Please note: All successful candidates will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment/education history (typically covering the last 3–5 years) in line with NRS Baseline Security requirements. Some roles may also require full Security Clearance, which involves additional checks. For details, please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) guidance.
At NRS, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We want to ensure you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application or interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.
We offer flexibility on base location for multi-site roles and are happy to discuss flexible working options.
Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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