Internal Vacancies
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) which aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
All of our current vacancies can be found on this page. You can also find more information at https://jobsearch.nnl.co.uk
Total Jobs: 23
Principal Process Engineer
Contract type:
Salary: Starting at £57,134
Closing Date: 2021-06-07
Location: Risley, Cheshire
The Engineering Design Team provides engineering design support across NNL and in the wider nuclear industry. We cover all aspects of engineering design such as optioneering studies, concept design, detail design, manufacturing, testing and installation. Our expertise includes the supply of active research and development rigs and analytical equipment, and the modification of existing nuclear process plant.
The role of the Principal Process Engineer is to provide engineering and scientific expertise to the design, build, testing, development, commissioning and on-site installation of active rigs and analytical equipment to support scientific research and development work in the nuclear industry.
This role can be based at either Risley or Sellafield.
Senior CEI Design Engineer
Contract type:
Salary: Starting at £47,706
Closing Date: 2021-06-07
Location: Risley, Cheshire
Job Purpose:
To supervise a team (typically up to 5) of design engineers and draughting resources to deliver engineering design packages to the required time, cost and quality and personally undertake some of the more complex design tasks as required. To provide specialist engineering advice in his/her discipline.
This role can be based at either Risley or Sellafield.
Assistant Project Manager
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £42,073
Closing Date: 2021-06-02
Location: Workington, Cumbria
The Defence Portfolio within NNL has some of the most exciting projects and programmes in the UK’s nuclear industry. The portfolio is involved with progressing state of the art science and engineering projects. The projects we deliver are diverse and require a wide range of experience. This Assistant Project Manager role forms part of a broader recruitment drive due to year on year growth within NNL.
Please be aware that this role can be based at either Sellafield or Workington
Robotics Systems Technologist
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £42,073
Closing Date: 2021-06-01
Location: Risley, Cheshire
Robotics Systems Technologists will work in the NNL’s growing Robotics capability area to support the delivery of the SL and NDA robotics strategy for accelerated decommissioning for which NNL manage.
This Robotic System Technologist will meet the SQEP requirements of RAI for Harsh Environments to lead work programmes from concept through to customer delivery.
This role can be based at our Risely (Warrington) or Workington (Cumbria) locations & has the flexibility to allow hybrid home / office working.
Process Support Team Member
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £30,829
Closing Date: 2021-06-01
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
A Process Support Team member provides general process support and operates plant and machinery in support of laboratory or customer planned activities, whilst working within the safety envelope and ensuring compliance with all regulations and procedures. Taking direction from their appointed Task Supervisor to conduct work safely and securely ensuring high standards and expectations are maintained.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in working in a regulatory environment, be detail oriented, and able to work to stringent deadlines
Team Leader (Facility Support Workington)
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £42,073
Closing Date: 2021-06-01
Location: Workington, Cumbria
Policy Advisor (Secondment Oppurtunity)
Contract type:
Salary: The salary range for this position is starting at 4C but is dependent on experience
Closing Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Flexible
Senior Research Technologist
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £47,706
Closing Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
Senior Research Technologist (Effluent and Environmental Chemistry)
The proposed role of the Senior Research Technologist is to provide technical support within the technical capability of Effluent, HALES and Environmental Chemistry in the provision of nuclear decommissioning and environmental clean-up services with an emphasis on nuclear effluent abatement processes. The available role is active area lab-based and will involve close working with Technical Leads and other team members as well as interaction with a range of internal and external customers.
Risk Manager
Contract type:
Salary: Starting at £57,134
Closing Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
The purpose of the Risk Manager role is to lead on the implementation and continuous improvement of risk processes and strategies for business-critical programmes, leading on the delivering to diverse clients across the nuclear industry. Working within the PMO office, will be required to lead on ensuring that there is an efficient, effective and comprehensive approach to risk management providing effective controls and assurance to minimise risk events, which result in a negative impact to the organisation/employees/assets and poor customer outcomes, reputational damage or regulatory scrutiny/intervention. The Risk Manager will be expected to champion the risk management processes, procedures, tools and analysis by working closely with Program Managers and teams to ensure the planning, designing and implementing of the full risk management life cycle
Technology Leader
Contract type:
Salary: Starting at £70,192
Closing Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Risley, Cheshire
NNL is looking for a driven individual to lead our mission to unlock the opportunity for nuclear energy to drive large-scale, clean hydrogen production, heat and other industrial processes. The Technology Leader position is to lead the development of NNL’s service offerings within this new area of the industry, working closely with the Government Account Director and other Subject Matter Experts for NNL’s Nuclear Hydrogen Programme. This individual will drive outstanding quality and delivery of technical programmes to exceed customer expectations, managing the integration of multiple interdependent but parallel workstreams for diverse customers on the development and deployment of nuclear-derived hydrogen technologies. The successful candidate will identify the technical capabilities required for success, working with the technical teams to develop new capability. In addition, working with external stakeholders in government and industry to drive forward the development of this industry, unlocking the challenges along the way, is also a key part of this position.
Research Technologist
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £42,073
Closing Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Preston, Lancashire
To provide technical capability as part of the Waste and Residues Processing team in order to offer and deliver value to the team’s existing and potential customers. To work closely with both Technical Leads and laboratory team to ensure effective delivery of the team’s projects, with particular focus on waste treatment process development.
Instrumentation and Control Development Engineer
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £47,706
Closing Date: 2021-05-26
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
The purpose of the for Instrumentation and Control Development Engineer role is to provide maintenance and development of niche rig control software in the delivery of remote systems to operate in the NNL hot cells in support of civil and defence PIE customers. To support the wider NNL with Instrumentation and Control applications with specific focus on the generation of scientific data to support customer safety cases.
Materials Scientist
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £47,706
Closing Date: 2021-05-26
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
A Materials Scientist will support Senior Materials Scientists, Technical Leads, and lead work packages to develop techniques for the measurement of irradiated materials properties in high radiation environments. This role supports UK defence and civil customers e.g. Rolls-Royce/MoD/Jacobs/EdF, providing support to ongoing post irradiation examination campaigns in support of plant safety cases and research and development activities.
IT Business Change and Readiness Manager
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £47,706
Closing Date: 2021-05-26
Location: Risley, Cheshire
The IT Business Change Manager will be responsible for taking a holistic approach to gathering, analysing, evaluating, delivering, and embedding change, in line with business objectives. They will ensure that the business is ready, willing and able to accept change; so all stakeholder & business expectations are met.
Asset Strategy Manager
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £57,134
Closing Date: 2021-05-23
Location: Risley, Cheshire
To lead the development of the asset management system capabilities to meet NNL’s key business objectives. They are accountable for the development and embedment of Asset Management systems and capability across the organisation aligned to the Asset Management Lifecycle and NNL’s Target Operating Model. To be considered for role of Asset Strategy Manager, we require the individual to have a combination of excellent asset management capabilities; superb communication skills; and the ability to provide clear & concise guidance to internal & external stakeholders. These skills will to allow the individual to contribute to the delivery of the strategic asset management objectives of the NNLs business, including our ambition to demonstrate alignment to internationally recognised asset management standards.
The role operates across the organisation and there is flexibility in the base location (Warrington, Preston, Sellafield or Workington) with regular travel to the other locations a requirement of the role.
Mechanical Craft Person
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from 33,503
Closing Date: 2021-05-23
Location: Preston, Lancashire
To be part of the mechanical engineering team for building maintenance & breakdown issues. Also, to support the installation and commissioning of improvement & customer projects.
Capability Manager (Defence PIE)
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £57,134
Closing Date: 2021-06-10
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
The role of Capability Manager is a key management role within NNL and it requires an experienced individual to effectively manage a team, which in this instance specialises in Post Irradiation Evaluation (PIE), providing a range of services for key customers. The Capability Manager must manage the team and deploy their capability to effectively deliver for NNLs customers. The role of a Capability Manager is complex, and requires an ability to balance several high importance areas in parallel while maintaining a focus on the ongoing high-quality delivery to the satisfaction of NNLs customers. The managing of key ‘singleton’ resources is particularly challenging and requires stakeholder management with the project teams, Account Directors and customers. The Capability Manager will ensure a balanced workload across the team, and the development and nurturing of capabilities and skills within the team is key, to meet both current and future customer needs. To facilitate this, the Capability Manager should also develop and maintain strong work relationships with the relevant internal research and development programmes. Focusing on the progression and development of individuals within the team is also a key focus whilst aligning that to the succession challenges specific to the wider PIE capability area. The Capability Manager will also work towards attaining technical lead roles and becoming the customer committee representative for work programmes within their area (specifically related to dismantling activities, application of examination techniques and development of hot cell equipment).
Procurement Manager
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £57,134
Closing Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Risley, Cheshire
To support the Head of Procurement in the delivery of agreed objectives in line with the Procurement and NNL’s strategy, the role is responsible for improving, implementing and maintaining a full suite of Procurement & Supply Chain processes, undertaking robust probity checking and ensuring Governance is undertaken in line with approved delegations, NNL Policy and UK Legislation.
The location for this role can be flexible across the NNL sites.
Senior Construction Coordinator
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £47706
Closing Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Sellafield, Cumbria
We have some major refurbishment and modification projects sanctioned for our facilities on the Sellafield site. Ranging from the upgrade of laboratory welfare facilities, the installation of major physical protection systems, to the modification of cells and services to support new technology. The role of the Senior Construction Coordinator is to support the construction manager in the execution of the construction phase of the projects. Taking responsibility for ensuring all contractors employed on our projects execute works in a safe and timely manner and adhere to all regulatory, management and contractual arrangements.
Procurement Data Analyst
Contract type:
Salary: Starting from £29,047
Closing Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Risley, Cheshire
The post holder will be responsible for producing accurate and timely Procurement & Commercial Management Information, derived from multiple sources, for use both internally (e.g. production of spend analytics for use by the team and/or performance reports) and externally (e.g. commissioned information from BEIS and/or customers). The post holder will also take responsibility for ensuring that internal and external communication channels, e.g. Nucleus and the Suppliers section of the NNL website is kept up to date with accurate information.
The location for this role can be flexible across the NNL sites.
Head of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSandIA)
Contract type:
Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Risley, Cheshire
Reporting into the Director of Information, Technology and Digital Change, the Head of Information Security Officer heads up the Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CS&IA) team. The team will embed CS&IA principles within the business, balancing the need to implement appropriate controls alongside a desire to support the business in its growth strategy.
Discipline Lead Engineer
Contract type:
Salary: Salary from £63,435
Closing Date: 2021-06-07
Location: Risley, Cheshire
To establish and maintain a competent discipline design engineering community staffed by suitably qualified and experienced (SQEP) resources required to deliver NNL commitments and to guide development and delivery of pragmatic, fit-for-purpose designs within their discipline for all NNL projects ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation.
We are looking for an EC&I Discipline Lead Engineer who could be based at Risley, Sellafield or Preston sites.
Assistant Project Manager (EDF Capex Support)
Contract type:
Salary: Starting at £42,073
Closing Date: 2021-05-18
Location: Windscale, Cumbria
Job Introduction
A new post has been created to provide Project Management support for NNL’s ongoing EDF reactor support programme. This programme, which is delivered predominantly from NNL’s Windscale facility, has been running for over a decade and has recently entered a new five-year contract phase. The programme encompasses several workstreams each delivering essential services to EDF to support ongoing safe operation of the UK AGR reactor fleet.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the delivery of a range of Capex funded projects intended to provide new equipment and capability to support EDF work. The role involves working closely with EDF Customer Workstream lead, project technical staff, engineering team and facility commissioning team, and covers all phases of the project lifecycle:
Development of requirements Support to development of business cases to secure CAPEX funding Specification Safety permissioning Design Management of subcontractors Installation and commissioning Handover to operationsThe work is varied and rewarding and provides a good opportunity to gain experience of operations and project delivery within a unique world-leading nuclear facility.
