Site Operations Centre Specialist

2 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom AWE Full time
What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK's ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

Site Operations Specialist

Salary - £37,470 - £42k (Depending on experience and suitability for the role)

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Closing date - 26th June 2024

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.
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.

AWE is seeking a Site Operations Control Specialist to join the team and support operational excellence.

Key Accountabilities:
Recommend action to minimise the potential for any adverse impact on the safety or health of people, damage to the environment or undesirable impact on day-to-day operations.
Provide information and recommend action to the Manager Site Operations Centre and the Duty Site Manager to enable planning for foreseeable threats from outside the Site that could affect the safe operation of the Aldermaston or Burghfield Sites.
Ensure safe operations are always maintained by monitoring proposals and plans to carry out major work operations with the declared availability of the Companies Emergency Response and Support Resources, de-conflict where necessary.
Ensure the appropriate risk and consequence analysis has been undertaken prior to operations being undertaken outside normal working hours.
Obtain and maintain a record of all potentially hazardous operations and the day-to-day activities on site.
Responsible to take action on activities occurring on or off the site which may require a strategic overview of de-confliction or which have the potential to be raised in the public domain or adversely affect business as usual.

Key Responsibilities:
Ensure that details of High Hazard work activities being planned and carried out during silent hours are available to the Resilience Community.
Provide a record of all potentially hazardous operations and the day-to-day activities on site to the Emergency Response Community.
Responsible for monitoring proposals and plans to carry out major work operations with the declared availability of the Companies Emergency Response and Support Resources and advise where appropriate.
Review and maintain all Operations Centre work instructions ensuring they are fit for purpose
The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:
A keen attention for detail and ability to analyse and interpret large data sets, summarise, and present back as management information (proficient in the use of MS Excel. PowerPoint)
High organisational skills and ability to manage and prioritise workload.
Comfortable to work with stakeholders of all levels, seeking opportunities for continuous improvement.
Ability to collate, assimilate, analyse, and distil data and summarise intelligently to support decision making and action resolution.
A good knowledge of nuclear sitesand their operations, hazards andminimum manning requirementswould be desirable but is not essential.
A good understanding of Operational Control systems and procedures
Demonstrable analytical experience and prior experience of activity planning and risk.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate operational control and related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
High level of personal integrity, with the ability to handle confidential and otherwise sensitive matters professionally.

All 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.

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Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.

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