Nuclear Waste Services is looking for a Environmental Safety Case (ESC) Specialist with a degree in Chemistry to join our busy team in Cumbria.
Are you a highly skilled and motivated individual with a passion for environmental safety and a background in chemistry? Do you want to make a significant impact on the nuclear industry by ensuring the safe management and disposal of radioactive waste? If so, then this opportunity is for you.
Nuclear Waste Services, a leading organisation in the field of nuclear waste management, is currently seeking an Environmental Safety Case Specialist to join our dynamic and dedicated team at the LLW Repository Site in Cumbria. As an Environmental Safety Case Specialist, you will play a crucial role in the development and implementation of the Environmental Safety Case.
You will support submissions regulators, setting out a range of arguments demonstrating optimisation of disposal facility design and operations, and showing how NWS will be safe both in terms of operational and post-closure impacts on humans and the environment.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and analysis of the environmental safety case related to radioactive waste management.
- Develop and maintain safety cases in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the effective integration of environmental safety considerations into waste management processes.
- Stay up-to-date with relevant legislation, industry guidelines, and scientific advancements to continuously enhance safety case methodologies.
- Degree in Chemistry
- Solid understanding of environmental safety principles and their application in the nuclear industry.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex scientific data and make sound decisions.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
Aside from the huge professional scope at Nuclear Waste Services, the personal benefits are excellent, these include:
- Very competitive salary
- Generous bonus scheme
- Holiday allowances
- Attractive pension schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay
- Group life assurance scheme
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria, Nuclear Waste Service will interview the best candidates from within that group.