Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for a Chief Geologist to bring geoscience and related subsurface evidence to the heart of programme decision making in Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), and management of programme risk and related uncertainties, to ensure it is adequately informed and addressed.
The Chief Geologist is responsible for setting and maintaining standards in all aspects of geoscience and related subsurface issues across NWS as well as assuring the capability and capacity of the NWS workforce and related areas of the supply chain are aligned to and ready for the delivery of the NWS programme.
The Chief Geologist is accountable for the internal independent challenge function within NWS as well as any external advisory or assurance requirements, assuring geoscience and related subsurface knowledge, understanding, and evidence, is relevant, high quality, and appropriate for the intended purpose. The individual acts to safeguard the integrity and ethical practice of geoscience, within NWS, to maintain confidence and trust in our people, processes and technology together with any products and related facilities.
The Chief Geologist supports the Chief Scientific Adviser in working with counterparts across the NDA Group, on cross cutting issues of significance, to ensure the NWS position is accurately represented and emerging external risks are recognised and actioned. On geoscience and related subsurface matters, the Chief Geologist acts as an external ambassador for the organisation in national and international fora.