Senior Decommissioning & Dismantling Engineer

Total Resourcing Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead innovative decommissioning projects. In this dynamic role, you will tackle engineering challenges across the full lifecycle of decommissioning, from feasibility studies to detailed design and execution. Your expertise will guide a diverse team, ensuring the delivery of effective solutions in both UK and international settings. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact in a highly regulated environment, while also fostering the growth of junior engineers. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and contribute to meaningful projects in nuclear decommissioning, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Annual Bonus Scheme

Non-contribution pension scheme

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Group Income Protection

Group Life Insurance

Sports allowance

Online discount platform

Professional Membership subscription

Qualifications

• 5+ years in nuclear decommissioning or waste management projects.
• Experience in highly regulated industries is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical projects and coach junior engineers.
• Conduct feasibility studies and develop decommissioning plans.

Skills

Nuclear Engineering

Decommissioning Planning

Waste Management

Technical Leadership

Feasibility Studies

Education

BSc/MSc in Nuclear Engineering

BEng/MEng in Engineering

Job description

Within the Decommissioning and Dismantling (D&D) discipline, you will participate in core D&D engineering tasks and activities, ranging from decommissioning planning, design and waste handling studies to dismantling, demolition and delicensing tasks.

The four core pillars of the D&D discipline are:

• Retrievals
• POCO
• Investigations and Characterisations
• Dismantling and Demolition

You will intervene throughout the full life cycle of decommissioning projects: Feasibility, Preliminary Design Stage, Detail Design Stage, Construction/Commissioning. You will be responsible for delivering innovative engineering solutions to decommissioning challenges both across the UK and in an international setting.

As a Senior Engineer, you will also have the opportunity/responsibility of being a technical lead for projects and discrete packages of work. This will involve interfacing with the Client and coaching/leading more junior members of the team in delivering technical work.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Decommissioning and Dismantling Engineer, you will be involved in a variety of specialist tasks. This could include:

• Optioneering and Feasibility Studies.
• Decommissioning Planning;
  • Input data collection, conditioning, and validation;
  • Development of multi-phase decommissioning plans;
  • Development of Decommissioning Flow Diagrams;
  • Scheduling and sequencing;
  • Throughput modelling;
• Bespoke Studies.
• Post-Operational Clean Out (POCO) Planning.
• Investigation and Characterisation Planning.
• Dismantling and Size Reduction Planning and Design.
• Preparation of Method Statements and Design Risk Assessments.
• Supporting Hazard Identification process e.g., HAZOP and HAZID.
• Preparation of tender documents and technical responses for decommissioning works.

Preferred Role Requirements

The D&D team encourages diversity of thought and welcomes applications from candidates with transferable skills that can be applied to nuclear decommissioning projects. Therefore, there are no minimum role requirements, and candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

The preferred role requirements are as follows:

• BSc/MSc or BEng/MEng in a relevant nuclear engineering, decommissioning, waste management or engineering (preferably with a specialist in nuclear) field.
• Experience in nuclear decommissioning or waste management projects OR in the field of nuclear operations/nuclear power generation OR translatable experience in a similarly highly regulated industry.
• Willingness to obtain a security clearance.
• 5+ years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. You will also get an additional 1 day off for every 1 year of service, capped at 5.
• A competitive salary.
• One Professional Membership subscription paid for by the company.
• Private medical insurance.
• Annual Bonus Scheme.
• Non-contribution pension scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity Pay.
• Group Income Protection.
• Group Life Insurance.
• Sports allowance.
• Online discount platform.