Waste Services Technician

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension

Bonus up to 7%

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Site closure over Christmas

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a Waste Services Technician to help deliver safe waste services across facilities and projects, supervising operational teams and ensuring safety and quality standards.

The role requires experience in radioactive environments, contamination control, and supervising teams, with opportunities to contribute to fusion energy goals. Salary is £32,903 with excellent benefits and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of contamination control processes or equivalent.
• Experience working in a radioactive environment or equivalent.
• Experience supervising teams of operatives and allocating assigned tasks.
• Understanding of safety management principles and relevant UK legislation.
• Competence using Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Ability to wear required Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE).

Responsibilities

• Supervise waste services operations across assigned facilities and projects, maintaining required safety and operational standards.
• Monitor work and complete pre-work, start-up, shut-down and post-work inspections of plant and facilities.
• Brief Operators on assigned tasks and provide training in local work procedures.
• Produce Safe Systems of Work, including risk assessments, working instructions and method statements, in line with legislation and UKAEA policies.
• Communicate Safe Systems of Work effectively to contracted Operators before work begins.
• Support the recruitment and induction of contracted Operatives.
• Support the Operational Team Leader with wider Waste Services Group initiatives and activities across site.
• Apply UKAEA best practice and quality standards across the team and wider organisation.
• Carry out assigned work in accordance with UKAEA policies and procedures.
• Promote safe working practices and support the health, safety and welfare of colleagues.

Skills

Contamination control

Radioactive environment

Team supervision

Safety compliance

MS Office

RPE use

Job description

• Salary: £32,903 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
• Department: Tritium Fuel Cycle - Facility Ops

Job Description

About us

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our worldbadly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

As a WasteServices Technician, you’llhelp deliver safeand effective wasteservices across facilitiesand projects supportingthe UKAEA’s worktowards sustainablefusion energy. You’llsupervise operational teams, help ensure workmeets required safetyand quality standards, and contribute tothe reliable operationof specialist facilities. This is anopportunity to applyyour technical andoperational experiencein a highlyregulated environment whilesupporting work thatcontributes to thefuture of fusionenergy.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supervise waste servicesoperations across assignedfacilities and projects, maintaining requiredsafety and operationalstandards.
• Monitor work andcomplete pre-work, start-up, shut-down and post-work inspections ofplant and facilities.
• Brief Operators onassigned tasks andprovide training inlocal work procedures.
• ProduceSafe Systems ofWork, including riskassessments, working instructionsand method statements, in line withlegislation and UKAEApolicies.
• Communicate Safe Systemsof Workeffectively to contractedOperators before workbegins.
• Support the recruitmentand induction ofcontracted Operatives.
• Support the OperationalTeam Leader withwiderWaste Services Groupinitiatives and activitiesacross site.
• Apply UKAEA bestpractice and qualitystandards across theteam and widerorganisation.
• Carry outassigned work inaccordance with UKAEApolicies and procedures.
• Promote safe workingpractices and supportthe health, safetyand welfare ofcolleagues.
  

What You’ll Bring

• Knowledge of contaminationcontrol processes orequivalent.
• Experience working ina radioactive environmentor equivalent.
• Experience supervising teamsof operatives andallocating assigned tasks.
• Understanding of safetymanagement principles andrelevantUK legislation.
• Competence using MicrosoftOffice, particularly Wordand Excel.
• Ability towear required Respiratory Protective Equipment(RPE), including TornadoHoods and Air FedSuits.
  

UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here ) and highlights include:

• A salary of£32,903
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus2.5 privilege days;8 Bank Holidays
• 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity,inclusionand accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please email [e-mail] if you have any questions or require adjustments to help youparticipatefairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates.

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made onmeritand further information can be found here .