Package Manager - Waste Engineering

VINCI Construction; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department seeks a Package Manager – Waste Engineering to lead waste engineering activities on decommissioning packages, in a hybrid Culham-based role reporting to the Head of Waste and Material Processing. This contract position requires BPSS basic clearance, familiarity with regulatory permits, CDM/IRR17 and waste characterisation.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and external suppliers to deliver safe, compliant waste management

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science or related technical field.
• Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist or equivalent, or demonstrable comparable experience in nuclear or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of radioactive waste management and waste characterisation principles.
• Desirable: IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent health & safety qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead waste engineering activities for assigned decommissioning packages throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement waste management strategies to comply with regulatory requirements and BAT.
• Plan and oversee waste characterisation campaigns, including sample collection and reporting.
• Develop waste inventories, forecasts and waste route assessments for project planning.

Skills

Waste engineering

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Decommissioning experience

Technical reporting

Education

BSc/MSc in Engineering or related

Job description

Position – Package Manager – Waste Engineering
Location – Culham
Travel – Hybrid
Arrangement –Contract

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

BPSS clearance will be required at basic level. Prior clearance will not be transferrable.

The role is accountable to the Head of Waste and Material Processing and acts as the waste engineering lead for assigned decommissioning packages, such as facilities, process systems or major plant items, ensuring that waste management requirements are integrated throughout the project lifecycle.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead waste engineering activities associated with assigned decommissioning packages, facilities, plant systems or major components throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement waste management strategies to support decommissioning activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, environmental permits, Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) and Best Available Techniques (BAT).
• Prepare DQOs, WSAPs and supporting waste characterisation methodologies for review and approval by an appropriately qualified Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA).
• Plan, coordinate and oversee waste characterisation campaigns, including sample collection, analysis, interpretation of results and production of technical reports.
• Develop waste inventories, waste forecasts and waste route assessments to support project planning and delivery.
• Define resource requirements necessary to deliver waste engineering activities and coordinate the deployment of internal specialists, framework contractors, analytical laboratories and waste service providers.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Support CDM compliance activities, ensuring waste management hazards, risks and control measures are appropriately identified, documented and managed throughout planning and execution.
• Engage with multidisciplinary project teams to ensure waste management requirements are integrated into decommissioning planning, engineering design, construction and execution activities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders
• Support the development and implementation of waste treatment, processing, packaging, transport and disposal routes to achieve safe, compliant and cost-effective waste management outcomes.
• Coordinate with disposal facilities and waste service providers to ensure waste acceptance requirements are understood and incorporated into decommissioning and characterisation strategies.
• Support waste consignment activities through the preparation and review of technical documentation and supporting evidence.
• Support readiness reviews, package reviews and project gate reviews through the provision of waste engineering expertise and technical documentation.

Qualifications:Degree (BSc, MSc or equivalent) in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science or other relevant scientific or technical discipline. Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist or equivalent professional recognition, or demonstrable experience performing a comparable role within the nuclear or other highly regulated industry. Demonstrable knowledge of radioactive waste management and waste characterisation principles. Familiarity with the application of IRR17, EPR 2016 and CDM Regulations 2015 and their implementation within construction, decommissioning or engineering projects. Formal health and safety qualifications (e.g. IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent) are desirable.

Experience:Demonstrable experience delivering waste management activities within nuclear decommissioning, waste management or other highly regulated industries. Experience planning and delivering waste characterisation campaigns, including development of DQOs, WSAPs, sampling campaigns and characterisation reports. Experience developing waste management strategies, waste route assessments and waste disposition plans. Experience supporting or delivering building clearance, deplanting, decommissioning or facility clean-out projects. Experience working within multidisciplinary project teams including engineering, operations, Health Physics, environmental and project management disciplines. Experience coordinating contractors, specialist suppliers, laboratories and technical support organisations. Experience developing technical documentation, specifications, work packages and engineering reports. Experience managing technical risks, identifying solutions and resolving delivery issues within complex projects. Experience supervising, mentoring or directing graduates, apprentices or junior technical personnel. Experience engaging with waste disposal facilities, treatment providers, regulators and external stakeholders is desirable. Experience working on fusion, nuclear, radiological or hazardous waste projects is desirable.