Decommissioning Team Lead

Regular/Permanent
United Kingdom / North West / Cheshire

Hybrid Options

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Job description

As a part of the growing Decommissioning team, the Decommissioning Team Leader position is aimed at people management within the Decommissioning team. The role will be reporting to the Head of Decommissioning, managing Decommissioning staff as it grows and expands in the three offices supporting a multitude of clients.

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 at Orano Limited are:

1) Retrievals

2) POCO

3) Investigations and Characterisations

4) Dismantling and Demolition

You will intervene throughout the full life cycle of decommissioning projects: Feasibility, Preliminary Design Stage, Detail Design Stage, Construction/Commissioning.

As a Team Lead:

Line Management (Independent of grades – may require line management of any grade from a Graduate to Managing Principal)

People Management
Mentoring & Coaching
Staff appraisals
Team personal development plans
Identification of training and professional development needs

Recruitment

Identify suitable candidates within the industry
Review CVs & undertake interviews
Present in recruitment panels
Help support the development of the annual recruitment plan

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

Decommissioning design and engineering
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.

Location: This role can be based at our Westlakes, Warrington or Abingdon office.

Our Full-Time Benefits

Competitive Salary
Private Medical Insurance at Single, Partner and Family levels
Non Contributory Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing by 1 day per year of service up to a cap of 30

Ideal qualifications

We are much more interested in what you could do, than what you have already done. The Decommissioning team encourage diversity of thought and welcome applications of candidates with transferable skills that can be applied to our projects, therefore, all candidates will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Requirements include:

A minimum experience of 7+ years in the nuclear industry.
Engineering/Science Degree in a relevant Discipline (Nuclear, D&D, Chemical, Process or Mechanical)
Previous line management experience is preferred.
Experience of working on a Decommissioning project is required.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK, and be willing to undergo a security vetting process. Offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.

Travel to other Orano offices and client sites may be necessary. You should be willing to work flexibly to accommodate project and client requirements.

Decommissioning Team Lead

Ref: 2024-18101

Regular/Permanent

305 Bridgewater Place WA3 6XF

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Orano Ltd – Abingdon

Orano Limited est l’entité du groupe Orano opérant au Royaume-Uni. Elle intervient auprès de la majorité des clients du secteur nucléaire britannique et est spécialisée dans le démantèlement, les déchets et la gestion des matières nucléaires spéciales.
Orano Limited emploie environ 80 personnes réparties sur ses sites de Abingdon, Warrington et Whitehaven. Point d’accès à la capacité mondiale d’Orano pour tous nos clients britanniques, l’entreprise bénéficie d’une expérience de 40 ans outre-manche, alliant le savoir-faire international du groupe à l’expertise en matière de réglementation britannique et à des décennies d’expérience sur les sites nucléaires du Royaume-Uni.