Principal Waste Engineer

Job Title: Principal Waste Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Relocation Allowance + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £72,000 dependent upon experience + Up to 10% Bonus + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55636

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Waste Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

Working in partnership with the Ministry of Defence at Devonport, Babcock provides through-life support for submarines, surface ships and associated systems and equipment as part of our continuing commitment to support our nation's naval capability.

Babcock's facilities at Devonport include the UK's sole licensed site for the refitting and refuel/defuel of nuclear-powered submarines, where Trafalgar and Vanguard-Class submarines undergo major refits and upgrades.

The role
As a Principal Waste Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll join a friendly, motivated team of people who are proud to ensure that their work is compliant and safe. Supporting the wider business in waste demand and as an intelligent customer is critical to nuclear operations on site. You will be reporting directly into the Head of Radioactive Waste.

Day-to-day, the Radioactive Waste Management Organisation is charged with the safe and effective management and disposal of any radioactive waste arisings generated herein. The Radioactive Waste Team is focused on site wide waste demand, governance, project integration and technical support to the business.

As the Principal Waste Engineer, you'll be:

• Providing waste management expertise in support of the characterisation, processing, sentencing, and packaging of various radioactive waste from the Devonport Royal Dockyard Site.
• Leading the team in the provision of advice and guidance to major projects to enable timely treatment and/or disposal of their radioactive waste.
• Developing and implementing of relevant Waste Management Plan documentation, ensuring compliance with licences and permits relating to radioactive waste through the application of Best Available Techniques (BAT)
• Ensuring there is an ongoing presence in support of several major boat programmes.

This role is full-time, 36 hours based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard with hybrid working from home arrangements available. There is opportunity to consider a part-time or a reduced working week.

Essential experience of the Principal Waste Engineer:

• An applied understanding of radioactive waste management including characterisation, processing, sentencing, packaging, and transport.
• Delivery of waste management plans.
• Extensive knowledge of environmental legislation in the UK Nuclear Industry.
• An ability to effectively liaise with customer / vendors / suppliers with regards to radioactive waste matters.

Qualifications for the Principal Waste Engineer:

• Degree qualified in a relevant subject.
• Extensive radioactive waste management qualifications and / or experience is essential.
• Membership of a professional society - Desirable.

Please note that this position is subject to enhanced national security vetting. The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements (this may include obtaining SC, NNPPI or Developed Vetting (DV) level of security clearances).

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.