Environmental Collections Specialist
Description✓AWE has exciting opportunities for an Environmental Collections Specialist to join our Materials and Analytical Science group, bringing their experience to AWE and to successfully play a key role delivering for our customers.
✓Do you have a background, or knowledge, of working in a laboratory/field environment and are keen to develop your experience with a company that gives you every other Friday off? If so this role could be for you!
✓Environmental Collections Specialist
✓Location: Reading
✓Salary: £26,200 - £35,000 [depending on your suitability and level of experience]
✓Closing Date: 2nd June 2023
✓As part of our People Promise, AWE [one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK] has a range of benefits to suit you
✓These include:
✓Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave [plus every other Friday off work]
✓Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
✓Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
✓Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
✓Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
✓A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension [we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution]
✓Life Assurance
✓Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
✓Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service [including reserve forces] and caring for your family
✓A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
✓Potential opportunities to travel with work for conferences and collaboration
✓Working within our Environmental Collections and Asbestos Focal Group within the Materials and Analytical Sciences [MAS] Sub-Function, you'll have the opportunity to build your skills and experience gained in a laboratory / field environment
✓You will be required to undertake field analysis and sampling of a variety of matrices [e.g., soil, concrete, tarmac, water] to support the Bulk Waste Characterisation Programme and the Environmental Monitoring Programme
✓Work will be delivery orientated and will require daily stakeholder and customer liaison.
✓The successful candidate will be primarily field based but will be required to undertake relevant procedural administration
✓The role may also require occasional preparation of technical reports and studies on behalf of the team and wider group
✓It is expected that findings from work be presented to the local group, and wider business
✓There may be opportunity to work on safe systems of work, including procedural documents and risk assessments, and undertake work relating to transport liaison arrangements
✓The successful candidate will be a proven self-starter, able to work to delivery demands either alone, or as a part of a team
✓The Environmental Collection and Asbestos Focal group work collaboratively with numerous areas of the business, and further work may be required to support these teams at the discretion of the Team Leader.
✓For the right candidate, additional opportunities may be available in other areas of the business through agile working and supporting development.
✓We would be interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate knowledge or experience in some of the following:
✓Must hold full UK manual driving license
✓Ability and willingness to work outside 'in field' for extended periods of the working day
✓ONC/HNC in scientific or engineering discipline, equivalent NQF level 4/5 qualification or relevant work experience
✓Technical knowledge of the broad subject matters of the team [in-field monitoring, collection and on-site safety]
✓Competence in the use of MS Office [Word, Excel and PowerPoint]
✓Strategic and tactical planning skills
✓Proven track record of driving delivery, performance and continuous improvement
✓This is an excellent opportunity to support the UK's Nuclear defence programme and be part of a team of remarkable people achieving extraordinary things.
✓Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas Show more →
✓Do you have a background, or knowledge, of working in a laboratory/field environment and are keen to develop your experience with a company that gives you every other Friday off? If so this role could be for you!
✓Environmental Collections Specialist
✓Location: Reading
✓Salary: £26,200 - £35,000 [depending on your suitability and level of experience]
✓Closing Date: 2nd June 2023
✓As part of our People Promise, AWE [one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK] has a range of benefits to suit you
✓These include:
✓Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave [plus every other Friday off work]
✓Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
✓Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
✓Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
✓Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
✓A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension [we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution]
✓Life Assurance
✓Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
✓Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service [including reserve forces] and caring for your family
✓A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site
✓Potential opportunities to travel with work for conferences and collaboration
✓Working within our Environmental Collections and Asbestos Focal Group within the Materials and Analytical Sciences [MAS] Sub-Function, you'll have the opportunity to build your skills and experience gained in a laboratory / field environment
✓You will be required to undertake field analysis and sampling of a variety of matrices [e.g., soil, concrete, tarmac, water] to support the Bulk Waste Characterisation Programme and the Environmental Monitoring Programme
✓Work will be delivery orientated and will require daily stakeholder and customer liaison.
✓The successful candidate will be primarily field based but will be required to undertake relevant procedural administration
✓The role may also require occasional preparation of technical reports and studies on behalf of the team and wider group
✓It is expected that findings from work be presented to the local group, and wider business
✓There may be opportunity to work on safe systems of work, including procedural documents and risk assessments, and undertake work relating to transport liaison arrangements
✓The successful candidate will be a proven self-starter, able to work to delivery demands either alone, or as a part of a team
✓The Environmental Collection and Asbestos Focal group work collaboratively with numerous areas of the business, and further work may be required to support these teams at the discretion of the Team Leader.
✓For the right candidate, additional opportunities may be available in other areas of the business through agile working and supporting development.
✓We would be interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate knowledge or experience in some of the following:
✓Must hold full UK manual driving license
✓Ability and willingness to work outside 'in field' for extended periods of the working day
✓ONC/HNC in scientific or engineering discipline, equivalent NQF level 4/5 qualification or relevant work experience
✓Technical knowledge of the broad subject matters of the team [in-field monitoring, collection and on-site safety]
✓Competence in the use of MS Office [Word, Excel and PowerPoint]
✓Strategic and tactical planning skills
✓Proven track record of driving delivery, performance and continuous improvement
✓This is an excellent opportunity to support the UK's Nuclear defence programme and be part of a team of remarkable people achieving extraordinary things.
✓Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas Show more →