Waste Coordinator

Job Description

Overview

You demonstrate strong capability in waste management through your expertise in compliant segregation, packaging, labelling, and disposal practices. You show strength in coordinating resources, managing project waste, and delivering work safely and efficiently. Your collaborative approach with stakeholders and Waste Advisors supports effective planning and documentation. You also exhibit strong problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership qualities through your proactive issue resolution and your commitment to mentoring others, consistently maintaining high standards.

Your role

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of over 70 waste, radiation protection, delivery and environmental professionals providing support to decommissioning and radioactive waste management projects across the UK.

• Provide advice and guidance on segregating, packaging, labelling and storage of waste.
• Ability to co-ordinate multiple resources to facilitate disposal.
• Provide advice and guidance of isotopic fingerprints & waste stream characterisation documents.
• Provide advice and guidance for radioactive/non-radioactive disposal routes.
• Ensure all waste is removed from plant/area compliantly with site procedures, Conditions for Acceptance & Waste Acceptance Criteria.
• Liaise with Waste Advisor for non-routine wastes including non-radioactive waste (non-hazardous/hazardous).
• Provide information to Waste Advisor for Waste Clearance Forms/Waste Routing Reports.
• Act promptly on non-compliance issues/participate in investigations where required.
• Represent plant/area at Stakeholder meetings.
• Coach and mentor junior members of the team, including graduates and apprentices.
• Provide information for waste forecasts.
• Support other team members, sharing knowledge and experience.
• Responsible for the safe delivery of specified site-based work packages.
• Responsible for the management of project wastes in line with Waste Management Plans.

About you

• SQEP Plant Solid Waste Coordinator/Local Clearance Coordinator
• Ability to reach Dangerous Goods Dispatch Officer SQEP.
• Nuclear Decommissioning/Waste Management Experience.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and flexible in approach, must be willing to travel to work on client sites as required.
• IOSH Working Safely.
• You should have a good understanding of the waste hierarchy and an awareness of waste routing and acceptance criteria / conditions for acceptance for these routes (VLLW, Combustible, Metallic Waste Treatment, LLW, ILW and PCM).
• Interpersonal skills, able to build and develop relationships internally and externally.
• Maintain excellent relationships with our customers and suppliers.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Job Type

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.