Nuclear Waste Services

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.


Browse through Nuclear Waste Services news updates and live vacancies. To register your interest and apply for roles, please follow the links on each job description.


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Senior Environmental Monitoring Technician

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 43000 - 49000
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Senior Estimator

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 47000 - 56000
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Senior Finance Business Partner

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Senior Finance Manager

Cumbria/Oxfordshire | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior PMO Delivery Lead

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 73000
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Senior Project Controls Engineer - Secondment

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Senior Project Controls Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 70000
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Senior Project Manager

Harwell | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 73000
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Senior Project Manager (Repository Capping)

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 73000
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Senior Project Manager (Repository Technical Portfolio)

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 73000
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Senior Project Manager - Racer

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 67000 - 75000
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Senior Project Manager – GDF Digital Transition

Harwell | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 57000 - 69000
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Senior Project Managers

Harwell | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 57000 - 69000
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Senior Project Managers

Flexible Working | Travel to Harwell, Warrington & Cumbria | Upon application
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Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59841
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Senior Requirements Manager

Cumbria/Oxfordshire | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Research Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Senior Scientific Advisor

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Service Assurance Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Service Delivery Coordinator

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Senior Service Delivery Coordinator

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Senior Systems Engineer

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Systems Engineer (Repository)

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Technical Author

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Senior Waste Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59841 - 70883
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Service Assurance Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Service Delivery Technician

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Site Evaluation Technical Support

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Solutions Architect

Harwell | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 54000 - 61000
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Supply Chain Development Lead

Remote Working | Starting Salary £: 39000 - 52000
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Sustainability Lead

Nationwide | Remote Working | Starting Salary £: 67025
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Systems and Reporting Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Systems Engineer

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Systems Engineer - Configuration & Change Manager

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51728
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Systems Engineer - Electrical

LLWR Repository | Cumbria | Starting Salary £: 37000 - 56000
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Systems Safety Engineering Lead

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 61000 - 73000
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Technical Integration Manager

Harwell | Flexible Working | Upon application
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Tunnelling & Underground Construction Engineer

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 59000
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Waste & Materials Manager

LLWR Repository | Cumbria | Starting Salary £: 62836 - 68115
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Waste Assurance Specialist

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Waste Capability Lead

Nationwide | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 73190
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Waste Compliance Specialist

Cumbria | Flexible Working | Starting Salary £: 51000
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Nuclear Waste Services News


Nuclear Waste Services appoints Seth Kybird as Interim CEO

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has announced that Seth Kybird has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NWS. He succeeds Corhyn Parr who has led NWS as CEO since its formation…

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…

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 for the…

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 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…

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…

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 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…

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 (…

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…