Environmental, Safety and Quality Graduate Trainee with Nuclear Defence Company
Gradfuel, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are looking for passionate Graduates to join our Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality Specialist teams.
For nearly 70 years, we have been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
What if you could use your skills, develop new ones and work with remarkable people, in unique facilities, on extraordinary products? What if you could do this alongside over 100 other graduates in a sociable and welcoming environment?
Our two-year Evolve graduate development scheme offers you an exciting opportunity to do exactly this.
The first 3 months of the ESHamp;Q pathway will be spent immersing yourself within the ESHamp;Q function understanding fully about our business as a whole and the ESHamp;Q function. Following the initial 3 months you will specialise in 1 of the following 3 technical disciplines:
- Environment
- Nuclear Safety Case
- Quality
Within each technical discipline, you will experience a variety of placements where you will develop a core set of technical skills for your chosen discipline and make a genuine contribution to keeping the UK safe and secure.
Environment
As a graduate environmental specialist, you will work as part of a team to implement an Environmental Management System, certified to ISO 14001(internationally agreed and recognised standard for Environmental Management Systems). The role will involve undertaking environmental risk assessments to identify appropriate control measures, ensuring compliance with Environmental Permits and driving environmental improvements through the delivery of the Environmental Sustainability Strategy, including climate change resilience and transition to net zero plans.
The role offers the facilities the opportunity to work across the whole project lifecycle including; the design of new facilities, large modifications of existing facilities, production, research amp; development facilities and decommissioning facilities. The role also provides the opportunity to develop an understanding of how we interact with its regulators.
As an Environmental Specialist, you will be working alongside other environmental professionals interfacing with regulators, management, facility operators, infrastructure project delivery and technical support as part of an integrated team.
Nuclear Safety
As a nuclear safety case assessor, you will work as part of a team to assess the risks and consequences of design, engineering, and operational failures. This will include modelling accident scenarios and identifying controls to prevent them.
The role offers the opportunity to work across the whole project lifecycle including the design of new facilities, large modifications of existing facilities, production facilities, research amp; development facilities, and decommissioning facilities as part of a structured two-year development programme. The role also provides the opportunity to develop an understanding of how we interact with its regulators.
You will be engaged in technical problem-solving, preparing detailed reports to argue and justify the tolerability of nuclear, radiological, environmental, and conventional hazards, whilst liaising with a diverse group of people at many levels within the company including operators, facility management, engineers, and regulators.
Quality
As a graduate Quality Engineer, you will work towards becoming a key member of the Quality function of the future, bringing new ideas and innovation, whilst maintaining robust standards, policies, processes and procedures and compliance with our licence conditions. Working towards membership of the CQI on a planned career path you will ensure that the ISO 9001-certified Quality Management System, policies, and procedures are adhered to.
The role offers the opportunity to work as part of a team across the whole project lifecycle including design, production, research amp; development as part of a structured two-year development programme. The role also provides the opportunity to develop an understanding of how we interact with its regulators.
Requirements
- You are a recent graduate or will graduate this coming summer (2024)
- You will graduate with a bachelors or masters degree typically in any of these science or engineering subjects and have been awarded your degree of a 2:2 or above:
- Environment
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Management
- Geography
- Geology
- Nuclear Safety
- Science