Waste Engineer

Salary: Up to £55k depending on experience

Level: Frontline Operations

Deadline: 15/11/2025 23:59

Hours: 40.00

Benefits: Competitive benefits package

Job Type: Permanent - Full time

Responsible to:

Responsible for: – No Direct Reports

Collaborate with:

Augean Radioactive Waste Services Team, Technical Sales Manager, Technical Assessors, Operations Team, Finance, Corporate Stewardship/SHE team, other Commercial and Augean team members.

Job Summary

Client facing role to manage shipments from the project facility at Berkeley to Waste Recovery Park. Support the management of the NWS Metallic Framework including client interface with NWS, NRS and management of projects.

It is intended that the role is based at Berkeley with working from home Fridays, although being based at another Augean location would be considered. A four-day 40hr working week to align with NRS might be considered for the right candidate.

Occasional travel to other Augean Sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively support and embed Augean’s safety culture, behaviour and values across all services and associated activities. Support operations and the development of waste treatment and disposal services ensuring the health and safety of the public, environment and staff.
• Ensure compliance with the relevant environmental permits, regulatory guidance, framework contracts and company management system.
• Produce waste management documentation, to include collation of records and preparation of document packs to accompany each shipment of waste from Berkeley Site to the Waste Recovery Park at Port Clarence.
• Liaise with Accredited Laboratories to manage analysis and timely turn around of results.
• Assessment of analytical results.
• Derivation of radiochemical fingerprints.
• Undertake BAT/BPM Assessments.
• Liaise with both NRS and NWS to ensure approval of document packs.
• Liaise with hauliers to arrange transport of waste shipments.
• Undertake inspections of the waste and facilities.
• Support the Project Manager as required.
• Maintaining continuous professional development and competence for the role.
• Any other reasonable duties as and when required.

Critical Qualifications

• Technical/Chemistry/Physics qualifications to degree level.
• Working towards one or more professional qualification such as RPA and RWA; having these qualifications is a bonus but not critical.
• Good command of the English language and capability to write and formulate factual and business reports.
• Competent in the use of Microsoft office.
• Full UK drivers licence.
• This role may require security vetting to UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Critical Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable knowledge and industry experience of the radioactive and/or hazardous waste sector, legislation and regulatory guidance in the UK.
• Knowledge of waste routing and conditions for acceptance/acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of Very Low Level, Low Level and combustible wastes.
• Knowledge of metallic waste treatment options.
• Knowledge of other radioactive waste treatment services – including but not limited to near surface disposal, incineration, stabilisation and decontamination.
• Knowledge of radiological protection requirements.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of UK hazardous/radioactive waste services market.
• Knowledge and experience of NWS frameworks and waste consignment processes would be very beneficial but not required.
• Knowledge and understanding of current, relevant radioactive and hazardous waste legislation in respect of the identification, assessment, preparing for transport, road haulage, treatment and disposal.

Core Competencies

• Self-motivated with a mature “can do” attitude (Critical)
• Customer Focus (Critical)
• Delivering Results (Critical)
• Business Development
• Ability to influence
• Communication at all levels (Critical)
• Self-development
• Decision-making and problem solving

Core Values and Behaviours

Respect

Considerate

Being mindful of each other’s circumstances.

Recognition

Recognising each other’s contributions.

Caring

Contributing to a mutually supportive working environment.

Integrity

Trustworthy

Doing what we say we will.

Empowering

Having the confidence to do the right thing.

Responsible

Understanding and acting on individual responsibilities.

Teamwork

Actively cooperating with each other.

Communicative

Communicating openly with and providing feedback to colleagues where appropriate.

Supportive

Fully contributing to our success. Being open to and prepared for challenge.

Proactive

Actively seeking feedback.

Learning

Identifying and sharing new ideas and learning opportunities.

Summary Performance Measures

• Safety – Support the safe and effective delivery of BBH Project in line with Project KPIs and Milestones
• Quality – Consignment paperwork produced and submitted in a timely manner and right first time
• Environment – Waste sentencing in-line with BAT and the Waste Management Hierarchy, maximising reuse/recycling where possible

Note: This description is not intended to establish a total definition of the job, but an outline of the duties.