Waste and Characterisation Engineer

About our Graduate Programme:

As a graduate at Assystem, from Day 1 you will be welcomed to the Assystem family, we will focus on getting you up to speed on what we do, our values, and what you can look forward to on our 2-year experience.

You will have the opportunity to work with customers on live projects, bring value from the start and learn new skills.

As part of the programme, you will have access to Mentors, benefit from peer-to-peer learning through our Graduate Forums, identify and develop skills through our upskilling framework, and the opportunity to work across different industries and customers.

Job Description

To support in the provision of advice to Assystem and our customers on matters concerning the management of radioactive and non-radioactive wastes including, but not limited to, the characterisation, management, production, storage, packaging and consignment of waste.

The job holder will be involved in the delivery of Best Available Technique (BAT) approaches to waste management, project (or facility) waste management plans, environmental impact assessments, land remediation and land quality studies and sustainability reporting in waste and decommissioning activities. In addition to this, support will be required in the preparation of bids and interfacing with customers. The job holder will support the development of characterisation plans and the interpretation of data, this will include radiochemical, radiometric and more conventional chemical analysis.

The role holder will develop their knowledge in waste management and facility characterisation with a view to developing their role into either a Waste Engineer or Characterisation Engineer.

The role will be deployed across several business areas including Decommissioning, New Build and operational nuclear facilities and will report to the Technical Director for Waste and Characterisation.

Requirements

Essential:

• Successful Candidate must be a UK Sole National
• Successful Candidate must be willing to relocate as part of their rotational Scheme (Relocation Package available)
• Bachelors Degree in a scientific or engineering-based subject

Desirable:

• Knowledge of land quality and land remediation
• Knowledge of dose assessments
• Knowledge of environmental risk assessments and safety cases (GRR, SWESC)
• Knowledge of decommissioning
• Knowledge of waste strategy
• Knowledge of dangerous goods
• Knowledge of laboratory practices
• Knowledge of health physics instrumentation

Additional information

Requirements for Assystem Graduate Scheme:

• Successful Candidate must be a UK Sole National
• Successful Candidate must be willing to relocate as part of their rotational Scheme (Relocation Support available)

Security Clearance:

The successful applicant must be a UK resident and, due to the nature of the work to be undertaken, applicants will be required to meet this criteria in order to attain a minimum level of BPSS clearance.

When will we be in touch?

Thank you for applying!
We will be sifting through applications and you will receive a response to your application confirming the next steps.

If you reach the next stage, you will be called by one of our recruitment team who will ask you some questions around:
- Your application
- Your Eligibility for the role
- Your passion for Energy transformation
- Your passion for your chosen discipline
- your knowledge on your chosen discipline.

Successful applicants will be invited to our in-person assessment centres. These will be held in October and November 2024

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.