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Additional Information

Due to the nature of work to be undertaken applicants will be required to meet certain residency criteria in order to attain a minimum level of UK security clearance if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

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Company Description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

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Job Description

The successful candidate will:

♻️ Provide Assystem and our customers with authoritative waste management and characterisation advice.

📄 Prepare and review waste and characterisation documentation in support of decommissioning projects that will include (but not be limited to): Characterisation Status Reports, Facility & Waste Characterisation Plans, Facility & Project Waste Management Plans, Waste Inventory Management, Technical Reports and Presentations.

⚖️ Possess a very good working knowledge of the UK regulatory framework for waste and characterisation in the nuclear industry.

🔬 Possess a very good working knowledge of the radioactive waste and characterisation supply chain, such as available waste routes and testing facilities, waste acceptance criteria and the NWS waste management framework.

💼 Provide key waste and characterisation input to bids.

⏱️ Be able to articulate durations and costs for planned work.

🌱 Be a company champion for waste-informed decommissioning and sustainable waste management.

🛠️ Lead Best Available Technique and Optioneering studies.

🤝 Be a primary contact between Assystem and our customers. This could be in the form of the candidate being seconded into our customers' organisation or working directly on a customer’s site.

🎓 Provide training and coaching to staff and contractors.

📈 Ensure that through the implementation of BAT and effective management of resources, value to the business is ensured.

📊 Possess a good working knowledge of the Data Quality Objective (DQO) method of characterisation.

👥 Lead small teams where required.

Qualifications

🎓 Degree in a scientific or engineering-based subject or experience working in waste or characterisation engineering.

☢️ Certificate of competence to act as a Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA).

🚛 Transport of Class 7 by Road Level 2 or Level 3.

🏅 Chartered status.

♻️ In-depth knowledge of disposal and treatment routes for wastes in the UK and overseas.

⚖️ Thorough understanding of legislation and frameworks that impact waste management in the UK.

🔬 Understanding of characterisation methodology for radioactive and non-radioactive wastes (including the Data Quality Objectives and Data Quality Assessment processes).

👥 Ability to lead small teams and be a mentor to junior members of the team.

🚚 Transport of Class 7 materials and wastes by road.