Process Engineer

Regular/Permanent
United Kingdom / South East / Oxfordshire

Hybrid Options

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Job description

In the UK, the Orano Projects BU delivers work through its owned subsidiary, Orano Limited. Orano Limited operates through three offices in the UK, located in Warrington, Abingdon, and on the Westlakes Science and Technology Park located near the Sellafield nuclear site in West Cumbria.

Purpose of position
To undertake the delivery of engineering design packages to the required time, cost and quality and personally undertake some of the more complex design tasks as required. To provide specialist process engineering advice.
Role and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:

Production of design deliverables (e.g. drawings, reports or calculations) to agreed standards of safety, cost, quality and time.
Where appropriate, may be required to train and develop others.
Involvement in improvement initiatives and projects.
Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and processes applicable to the role

Job Context & Challenges

This position is for the Abingdon office only

Close working relationships with other Orano sites and client sites may be required, which necessitates regular travel to those sites (dependent upon project).

Additional Information & Benefits
Full-time, permanent, 37-hours a week
Travel may be required on occasion between Orano offices and Client sites
Hybrid working – 2 days minimum in the office each week, flexible working
Free on-site parking

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

Person Specification

We are much more interested in what you could do, than what you have already done. The Process 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.
Criteria

Skills & Abilities
Communication skills – ability to confidently liaise with external stakeholders and team members, both oral and written.
Proactivity – ability to independently seek out or develop one’s own answer to challenging technical questions.
Questioning attitude – ability to analyse situations and challenge the conditions, activities or solutions to support continuous improvement and develop areas of best practice.
Organisational excellence – ability to organise one’s own time and the time of others to ensure internal / external deadlines are achieved and Client expectations are exceeded.
Reactivity - ability to respond quickly and effectively to unforeseen situations.
Integrity and Inclusivity – ability to take responsibility for one’s own actions and foster an inclusive working environment where all members of the team are respected and given equal opportunity to participate.

Qualifications & Experience

Have a BEng (Hons) or MEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering.
Minimum of 2 years relevant experience as a Process Engineer on Nuclear site or a highly regulated site.
Associate member of the IChemE working towards

Process Engineer

Ref: 2025-19930

Regular/Permanent

oxfordshire

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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.