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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
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Job Description
Due to growth in demand for our services we are currently recruiting for enthusiastic, established individuals with experience in radioactive waste management. We are committed to delivering cost-effective, optimised and practical solutions to meet our clients’ needs, and so are seeking high calibre individuals, ideally with relevant industry experience such as:
- Having worked on UK nuclear licensed sites or knowledge of UK Site Licence companies;
- Operating waste management facilities or has undertaken studies exploring use of such facilities;
- Having consulting and project management experience;
- Undertaking nuclear decommissioning or studies exploring options to define approaches for decommissioning;
- Facilitating optioneering meetings;
- Undertaking regulator engagement.
We are looking for individuals that can undertake:
- Waste management studies, such as: strategy development; Integrated Waste Strategies; radioactive waste inventory development;
- Waste-led decommissioning strategy development;
- Environmental studies, such as: Best Available Technique (BAT) assessments and Environmental Aspects identification.
Candidates should have BPSS or higher security classification or know of no reason why such security clearance would not be attainable.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will manage project teams to deliver a range of projects as well as supporting senior leaders to grow the practice. We work from a range of UK offices and are proud to have our Freedom to Grow programme which supports flexible working.
Depending on your experience and aspirations a typical week could involve:
- Conducting and delivering technical work across a range of our projects;
- Managing tasks and projects covering technical, quality and financial management;
- Supporting and mentoring team members to build their capacity and expertise;
- Liaising and collaborating with colleagues, clients and their advisors to deliver work on time, budget and achieving technical excellence;
- Multitasking: working across several projects and proposals at one time;
- Preparing costed proposals and other business development materials;
- Building positive long-term client relationships;
- Building internal networks to promote our services within AECOM;
- Supporting the practice leadership to identify and secure new internal and external opportunities.
You will be supported by your line manager with regular mentoring and in continuing your professional development with training and support for chartership.
The value of diversity and inclusion is readily apparent in creating a collaborative, supportive working environment and in delivering innovative, contextually appropriate projects. It is very important to both what we do and the way we do it. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. The important thing for us is that you can effectively demonstrate you fulfil the needs of the role. If you feel you can, but there are other factors that are making you hesitant in applying, we would still like to hear from you and see if we can work together to overcome any challenges.
Qualifications
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with the following:
- A desire to deliver technical excellence;
- Project and financial management experience;
- Commercial awareness for business development and proposal preparation;
- Great communication in English and solid numeracy skills;
- A self-starter who can design and deliver work under own initiative.
Experience in any of the following is desirable:
- Environmental permitting and compliance;
- Environmental safety cases;
- Waste informed decommissioning studies;
- Site end-state management;
- Regulation of radioactive substances and waste;
- Higher Active Waste (HAW) e.g. preparing RWM disposal assessments;
- Knowledge of the Radioactive Waste Advisor role;
- Waste characterisation, treatment, conditioning, packaging, storage, transport or disposal;
- Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) management.
Additional Information
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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