Waste Services Technician

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Final salary pension

Annual leave

Site closures

Flexible working

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Waste Services Technician to supervise waste operations across facilities and ensure safety and quality standards in a highly regulated environment supporting fusion energy.

You will lead pre-work inspections, brief teams, and develop Safe Systems of Work while promoting safe practices and coordinating with the Waste Services Group initiatives on site. This role requires regular onsite presence and contributes to the future of fusion research.

Qualifications

• Level 2 NVQ or equivalent qualification.
• Knowledge of contamination control processes.
• Experience working in a radioactive environment.
• Experience supervising operatives and allocating tasks.
• Understanding of safety management principles and UK legislation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word & Excel).
• Ability to wear Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE).

Responsibilities

• Supervise waste services operations across facilities and projects, maintaining safety and operational standards.
• Monitor and complete pre-work, start-up, shutdown 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 and method statements.
• Communicate Safe Systems of Work to contracted Operators before work starts.
• Support recruitment and induction of contracted Operatives.
• Support the Operational Team Leader with Waste Services Group initiatives across site.
• Apply UKAEA best practice and quality standards across the team.
• Carry out assigned work per UKAEA policies and procedures.
• Promote safe working practices and health, safety and welfare of colleagues.

Skills

Supervising teams

Safety management

Contamination control

Radiological environment experience

Microsoft Office

RPE use

Task allocation

Education

Level 2 NVQ or equivalent

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

• Level 2 NVQor equivalent qualification.
• 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

Benefits

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.

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.