Senior Decommissioning & Dismantling Engineer

  • Regular/Permanent
  • United Kingdom / North West / Cheshire
  • Hybrid Options

Job description

As a part of the Decommissioning Team of Orano Limited, 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.

You will be responsible for delivering innovative engineering solutions to decommissioning challenges both across the UK and in an international setting.

As a Senior Engineer, you will also have the opportunity/responsibility of being a technical lead for projects and discrete packages of work. This will involve interfacing with the Client and coaching/leading more junior members of the team in delivering technical work.

As a Senior Decommissioning and Dismantling Engineer at Orano Limited, you will be involved in a variety of specialist tasks. This could include:

  • 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.

This role can be based at Warrington, Abingdon or Westlakes.

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

  • BSc/MSc or BEng/MEng in a relevant Engineering or Science (preferably with a specialism in nuclear) field.
  • Experience in nuclear decommissioning or waste management projects OR in the field of nuclear operations / nuclear power generation OR transferable experience in a similarly highly-regulated industry.
  • 5+ years professional engineering/technical specialist experience.
  • Experience in coaching, mentoring or acting as a technical lead in projects.
  • Achieved or actively pursuing Chartered status through a relevant professional body.
  • Willingness to obtain a security clearance.

Senior Decommissioning & Dismantling Engineer

Ref: 2024-18098

Regular/Permanent

Warrington

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.
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