Decommissioning Consultant

About the Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Decommissioning Consultant with to join our Decommissioning Projects business. This role will be based in Birchwood, Warrington, Harwell, Oxfordshire or Scrabster, Caithness, but other locations are willingly considered.

The Decommissioning business provides an exciting mixture of consultancy, engineering and project management support, along with delivery of challenging decommissioning related EPC projects, to major clients in the UK across both the civil nuclear and defence industries, including Dounreay, Sellafield Limited, Urenco and Magnox. Overseas, we are delivering similarly interesting and exciting projects across the globe including projects for clients in Central & Eastern Europe and Japan.

We are very proud to have supported these clients for many years, and our partnering arrangements will enable us to sustain and enhance this support in the long-term. We also deliver a number of projects for other private companies and academia needing decommissioning solutions.

You will be a senior engineer / consultant with a proven capability to lead and coordinate teams, or provide technical consultancy, to support complex decommissioning challenges.  Primary expertise will be in the decommissioning of legacy nuclear facilities (ideally including reactor segmentation and support systems), with skills across wide ranging strategy, planning and implementation activities. Understanding of lifetime planning, engineering, radiological, regulatory and project requirements will be key.
 

You will have experience in project preparation and delivery, having a good working knowledge of technologies and techniques to deliver legacy facility decommissioning, demolition and land remediation. Experience in cost estimating, schedule preparation and risk analysis will be key to the delivery of decommissioning solutions and will be essential for the successful candidate.

The project responsibilities will be varied and challenging throughout the project lifecycle, including definition of technical aspects in bidding strategies, through design to implementation of projects at site.

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Degree qualified or equivalent (eg HNC/HND with significant experience) in suitable discipline.

• Member of a professional institute and chartership preferred.

• Extensive experience in project delivery with a strong Nuclear content.

• Decommissioning specific experience.

• Self-starter with a professional leadership approach and a technical background. 

• Proven experience within a nuclear or highly regulated environment.

• Proven experience of team working and stand alone consultant roles.

• Good communication skills and ability to articulate information (Japanese language skills would be advantageous).

• Ability to interface and liaise with key client and internal stakeholders.

• Experience of a range of project requirements from FEED studies to EPC.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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