Nuclear Waste Services Jobs

Nuclear Waste Services brings together the UK’s leading nuclear waste management capabilities. We have integrated the expertise of Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR), Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group’s Integrated Waste Management Programme (IWMP). This creates an organisation focused on the management of the UK’s nuclear waste, safely and securely for generations to come.

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Nuclear Waste Services

Senior Project Controls Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 70000
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Nuclear Waste Services

Senior Research Manager (Biosphere)

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000 - 64000
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Nuclear Waste Services

Specialist Safety Assessor (Underground Hazards)

Harwell | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 45826
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Nuclear Waste Services

Systems Engineer - Configuration & Change Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51728
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Nuclear Waste Services

Waste Management Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Nuclear Waste Services News


Working for NDA

Working for NDA

Our mission is vital. To deliver it, we need the right people with the right skills available across our estate. We employ talented people to work in a range of disciplines. In return…

Geological Disposal Facility

How we’ll evaluate a site to host a Geological Disposal Facility

A Geological Disposal Facility – or GDF – is the best solution to permanently dispose of our most radioactive waste. We’ve developed a robust process for choosing where a GDF could be built and at…

LLWR Membrane

Significant progress with final disposal of radioactive waste at Repository site

Works begin on the next phase of operations to close historic trenches and vaults at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site in Cumbria.

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which manages the…

Liz Peace CBE

Liz Peace CBE appointed as new Chair of Nuclear Waste Services

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announces Liz Peace CBE has been appointed as Chair of Nuclear Waste Services.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has today announced that Liz…

Asbestos innovative partnership

NDA group establishes innovative partnership to manage asbestos waste at legacy nuclear sites

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), in collaboration with its subsidiary Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), has awarded two contracts to establish an innovative partnership for the enhanced…

NWS Apprentices 2023

Nuclear Waste Services Apprenticeship Programme

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) Apprenticeship Programme offers a hands-on learning experience in the nuclear sector, surrounded by experienced professionals who can support you throughout your…

What is a GDF

What is a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)?

Geological disposal involves isolating radioactive waste deep underground, inside a suitable rock volume to ensure that no harmful quantities of radioactivity ever reach the surface environment. A…

TRS Drum

Collaborative project safely disposing of over 1,000 drums of radioactive waste completes

Nuclear waste reaches the end of the line, making it safer, sooner. A major collaboration between Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) and Nuclear Transport Solutions (…

Martin  Walkingshaw

The NWS Strategy Series: Disposing of waste safely, permanently and sooner.

Nuclear Waste Services has reached the last instalment of its Strategy Series! Over the course of the last few months, they have dissected their corporate strategy with some of their best experts…

Why choose a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste?

Why choose a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) to dispose of higher activity radioactive waste? It provides multiple barriers of protection, such as natural geological formations as well as…

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2024 Apprenticeships
Assistant Company Secretary
Assistant Contract Officer
Assistant Management Accountant
Assistant Project Managers / Project Coordinators
Assistant Sourcing Officer
Azure Administrator
Business Case Assistant
Business Case Development Lead (BD)
Business Case Manager
Business Improvement Practitioner
CEI Engineer
Chief Geologist
Civil Engineering Manager
Civil Structural Engineering Lead
Commercial Analyst
Commercial Policy & Assurance Lead
Commercial Systems Support Manager
Community Engagement Officer
Community Engagement Worker
Community Partnership Activity co-Ordinator
Construction Logistics Planner
Construction Manager
Contract Framework Administrator
Contract Manager
Cost Manager
Cost Managers
Costing Lead
Criticality Safety Specialist
Data / Commercial Analyst
Data Management & Governance Lead (Digital)
Deputy Company Secretary
Development Consent Order (DCO) Manager
DGSA
Digital and IT Business Analyst
Digital and IT Project Manager
Digital Asset System Coordinator
Digital IT Business Partner
E&I Craftsperson
EC&I Installation, Commissioning and Pre-Operations Engineer
EHSSQ Performance Monitoring and Improvement Lead
Electrical & Instrumentation Craftsperson
Engineering Manager (Transport Planner)
Engineering Technician
Enterprise Assurance Lead
Enterprise Inventory Lead
Enterprise Resilience Specialist
Enterprise Risk Manager
Environmental Advisor (Sustainability)
Environmental Assessment Managers
Environmental Assessment Technical Editor
Environmental Assessments Manager - Marine Ecology
Environmental Manager
Environmental Monitoring Technician
Environmental Safety Case (ESC) Specialist
Finance Business Partner
Finance Director
Finance Manager
Finance Transformation Lead
Financial Analyst
Financial Planning Manager
GDF Digital Transition Senior Project Manager
GDF Requirements Manager
GDF Requirements Manager (Process / Assurance)
Geological Information and Models Manager
Geological Team Leader
GIS Analyst
Governance and Assurance CoOrdinator
Grants Manager
Group Waste Model Manager
Head of Business Partnering
Head of Policy
Head of Quality Assurance
Head of Risk and Assurance
Head of Site Evaluation
Health and Safety Manager (Standards & Assurance)
HR Business Analyst/ Manager
HR Business Partner
IMS Transformation Lead
Independent Assessment Manager Lead
Independent Assurance Manager
Information Document Controller
Information Management Support Assistants
Integrated Waste Management (IWM) Programme Director
Interim Senior Waste Specialist
Internal Communications Partner
IT CloudOps Technical Lead
IT Service Desk Coordinator
IT Technical Support Engineer
Land Property Manager
Lead Digital Design Manager
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Lead Quality Engineer
Lead Waste Specialist
Lead Waste Specialist
Maintenance Electrician
Maintenance Mechanical Fitter
Management Accountant
Mechanical Engineer
Operational Technology Engineer
P3M Assurance Manager
P3O Project Office Practitioner
PA / Administrator
Packaging Design Engineer
Performance Analyst
Performance Analyst
Performance Data Analyst
Performance Improvement Lead
Performance Improvement Technician
Personnel Security & Aftercare Manager
Plant Engineering Technician
Principal Engineering Manager (Civil Structural Engineering)
Principal Engineering Manager - GDF & HAW
Principal Site Evaluation Manager
Principal Waste Specialist
Procurement Specialist
Product, Technology and Innovation Lead
Product, Technology and Innovation Manager
Programme Manager
Programme Manager (Repository Asset Care / Enhancement / Remediation)
Programme Manager (Repository Capping / Vaults)
Project Controls Engineer
Project Controls Engineer
Project Engineer (Repository Development)
Project Engineering Manager
Project Manager (Repository Capping)
Project Quality Engineer
Project Quality Manager GDF
Project Responsible Engineer (CE&I)
Project Responsible Engineer (Mechanical)
Protective Security Advisor
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Manager
Quality Manager - Audit & Assurance
RACER Project Manager
Radiological Safety Assessor
Records Advisor
Regional Manager GDF Siting
Regulatory Engagement Manager
Reporting Co-Ordinator
Research Manager: Groundwater Chemistry
Research Manager: Radiochemist
Research Manager: Special Nuclear Materials
Research Manager: Spent Fuel
Risk & Issues Analyst
Safety Assessor (Criticality, Dose and Shielding)
Safety Assessor (External Hazards and REPPIR)
Safety Assessor (Specialist Team)
Safety Case Engineer
Safety Case Lead (External Hazards)
Safety Excellence Manager (Initiatives)
Safety Excellence Manager (Strategy)
Security and Safeguard Lead
Senior Authorised Person Electrical (SAPe)
Senior Business Improvement Practitioner
Senior CE&I Design Engineer
Senior CE&I Design Engineer
Senior Commercial Analyst
Senior Commercial Lead
Senior Contract Management Lead
Senior Contracts Manager
Senior Engineering Manager
Senior Engineering Manager (Architectural Masterplanner)
Senior Engineering Manager (Civil & Structural Engineering)
Senior Engineering Manager (Electrical / MV / HV)
Senior Engineering Manager (Mechanical)
Senior Engineering Manager (Mining & Underground Construction)
Senior Engineering Manager - GDF & HAW
Senior Engineering Managers
Senior Engineering Standards Manager
Senior Environmental Monitoring Technician
Senior Estimator
Senior Finance Business Partner
Senior Finance Manager
Senior Geologist
Senior Geologist
Senior Geophysicist
Senior Hydrogeologist
Senior Inventory Manager
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior PMO Delivery Lead
Senior Project Controls Engineer - Secondment
Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager (Repository Capping)
Senior Project Manager (Repository Technical Portfolio)
Senior Project Manager - Racer
Senior Project Manager – GDF Digital Transition
Senior Project Managers
Senior Project Managers
Senior Quality Assurance Specialist
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Senior Requirements Manager
Senior Research Manager
Senior Scientific Advisor
Senior Service Assurance Specialist
Senior Service Delivery Coordinator
Senior Service Delivery Coordinator
Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer (Repository)
Senior Technical Author
Senior Waste Specialist
Service Assurance Specialist
Service Delivery Technician
Service Manager
Site Evaluation Technical Support
Solutions Architect
Sourcing Officer
Supply Chain Development Lead
Sustainability Lead
System Engineer
Systems and Reporting Manager
Systems Engineer
Systems Engineer - Electrical
Systems Safety Engineering Lead
Technical Integration Manager
Tunnelling & Underground Construction Engineer
Waste & Materials Manager
Waste Assurance Specialist
Waste Capability Lead
Waste Compliance Specialist
Waste Consultant
Waste Consultant Support
Waste Engineer
Waste Inventory Specialist
Waste Package Records Co-Ordinator
Waste Services P30 Manager