Characterisation Consultant

**Your Impact**:
Jacobs are recruiting a Characterisation Consultant to support projects to characterise and decommission nuclear facilities and for small users across the UK. The role will be based at one of our Jacobs offices: Birchwood, Warrington or Harwell, Didcot; and support projects on sites across the UK.
- Support the development of building history files;
- Develop Sampling and Analysis Plans;
- Create Data Quality Objectives (DQO) and Data Quality Assessment (DQA) reports;
- Reviewing of analytical data, developing conclusions, and making recommendations;
- Provision of advice to clients with respect to sampling methods and requirements, in order to meet project or regulatory assessment criteria;
- Representing the DQO project team at client and regulatory meetings where necessary;
- Analysis and development of radiological fingerprints;
- Contributing to business development by supporting proposals/bids, delivering internal activities and seeking and implementing improvement initiatives and building on job opportunities;
- Undertaking activities in support of continuous professional development;
- Close working relationships with other sites and Client sites is required which necessitates regular travel to those sites (dependent upon project);
- Liaise with sub-contractors;
- Opportunity for development to be trained to perform health physics surveys (radiation and contamination);
- Assist with maintaining / recording HP equipment and RPE/PPE;
- Assist in the production of documentation such as methods statements, job reports and risk assessments.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Experience in the Nuclear Industry
- Driving Licence
- Excellent technical report writing skills
- Good knowledge of guidance and legislation relating to radioactive material

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