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Starting Salary: £36,234 with the opportunity to earn £38,027+ an annual bonus.
Working Pattern: Days (37.5 hours per week, typical hours are 07:30 – 15:40 or 08:10 – 16:20)
Location: Sellafield, West Cumbria

What will the Successful Candidate be Doing:

Are you someone who is organised, able to multi-task, practical by nature and able to engage and influence others to help see a job through to completion?

Operations Support deliver safe and effective support activities, in order to maximise safety and quality of the operational processes within the plant. They support a wide range of areas.

The successful candidate will promote overall nuclear safety (along with all other areas of safety – conventional, industrial, radiological, environmental) checking that all work activities meet compliance with site standards, policies, processes and procedures. They will also deliver plant administration activities through the generation and control of plant instructions. This will include operator instructions, alarm response instructions, emergency operating instructions, and maintenance instructions etc. to ensure that a high standard of operational work is delivered.

If you think you have the skills for this role, we want to hear from you.

Why choose Sellafield?

Seventy-five years ago, we helped to create the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Today, we’re using our unrivalled knowledge of nuclear to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. At every step in between, our people have decoded the mysteries of the nuclear atom. Since 1956, UK nuclear power has saved 2.3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, the equivalent of all the UK’s emissions from 2015 to 2020. Today, we are taking great steps towards cleaning up this waste and creating our clean and sustainable future. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and life-long career.

What’s in it for you?

At Sellafield Ltd, we are an organisation that is committed to supporting employees fulfil their potential. With comprehensive training and development opportunities, we will enable you to feel inspired in your role.

About Operations:

The Operations profession offers a wide range of opportunities, across five areas: Four “Values Streams”; Remediation, Retrievals, Special Nuclear Materials and Spent Fuel Management and the broader enabling organisation of Site Management and Infrastructure. Each area is unique in its challenges and brings its own specialised training personalised to you and your area. These challenges and day to day operations are diverse meaning no two days are the same. Activities can cover “hands on” physical work, operating and driving machinery, operational and surveillance rounds or applying cutting edge technology and remotely operated equipment at the forefront of industry and innovation. The activities are delivered across every aspect of a Nuclear facilities life from initial build through operations to decommissioning and demolition.

Operations is the Sellafield sites largest profession designed to meets the demands of over 2500 facilities. This demand is supported by a large network of support whose purpose is to enable the success of the individual and organisation. Personnel development is actively encouraged and supported by the company’s career pathway and incentivised schemes. Designed to enable, recognise and reward hard work and performance of those choosing a career within Operations.

Take the step for a rewarding and exciting career with Sellafield Ltd, apply for our roles today.

The Ideal Candidate:

Essential Skills:

• Minimum of three GCSEs at grade C or above in Mathematics, English and Science (or equivalent).
• Ability to maintain positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a radiological environment.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programmes, with a good level of IT competency.

Desirable Skills:

• Plant experience in Operations, Safety or Maintenance.
• Fire Safety Management experience.
• Experience of Safe Systems Of Work
• Experience of Legionella and Asbestos regulations.
• Knowledge of risk assessment process and principals

What we’re proud of:

Our purpose is to create a cleaner and safer environment for future generations. The Operations capability at Sellafield has been operating now for over 6 decades. During which time our operations have and continue to play a vital and unique role in the UK’s civil and defence history and in the management and solution to some of the UK’s highest nuclear hazards. Always at the cutting edge of Nuclear technology and innovation, with a rich history of supporting numerous national imperatives and a catalogue of industry firsts.

Our processes are centred around manufacturing, process engineering and a strive for continuous improvement. With over 2500 facilities and their associated operations having been brought on-line to meet the nation’s nuclear demands and their associated hazards. With nearly a third of the site’s 11,000+ workforce working in Operations and the remainder providing the support and service to Operations. The diversity of the operational activities on offer is unrivalled both in the UK and internationally. With both Nuclear and non-nuclear activities spread across new or aged facilities, including operations in Utilities, Building Management and Transport & Rail.

Our current plans contain multiple new build facilities and a large portfolio of facilities to decommission. Our operational people play a key role in the lifecycle of these facilities, from the design and build, through the various stages of operations to ultimately the decommissioning and demolition. Our people are our asset with an excellent safety and delivery record.

This is reflected in the tailored educational programme provided to support your development from the moment you join us. Along with a career pathway that enables you to maximise your potential through demonstration of performance.

Sellafield has a proud vision of Diversity & Inclusion that aims to attract candidates into an inclusive and supportive workplace. We are honoured to be recognised as a Level 3 Disability Confident Employer.