Nuclear Waste Services has a vacancy for a graduate/early careers Criticality Safety Specialist to join its busy team, flexible working across the NWS estate.
It sits within the GDF Integrated Safety Case (ISC) team within GDF technical function, within the wider NWS technical function.
The primary purposes of this role are:
- Develop personal knowledge and experience in the field of criticality safety, working towards Suitably Qualified & Experienced Person (SQEP) status.
- Provide support to NWS criticality safety Subject Matter Expert (SME) across their GDF portfolio of work:
- Development of the organisation;
- GDF design;
- Disposability assessment;
- Siting.
- Provide support to delivery of relevant portions of the GDF Integrated Safety Case, namely the criticality safety elements of the:
- Pre-closure case;
- Post-closure case;
- Transport case;
- Security and Safeguards case.
- Subject to need, provide criticality safety support to other aspects of the NWS mission (for example, but not limited to: Near Surface disposal and LLWR activities).
What is in it for you
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days’ annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment