Operations Opportunities

Job number: SP06011

Profession: Operations

Location: Sellafield, West Cumbria

Contract type: Permanent contract

Posting date: 27/09/2024

Closing date: 13/10/2024

Profession: Operations

Play a significant part in the UK’s sustainable nuclear future.

Starting Salary: £42,495 - £53,412 depending on skills & experience
Bonus: Up to 10% base salary per annum based on achievement of Company targets and personal performance.
Location: Sellafield Site, West Cumbria.

Career opportunities, Sellafield Ltd

At Sellafield Ltd, we are harnessing our expertise; bringing together world-class skills and innovative technology to solve complex nuclear, infrastructure, and engineering challenges. By joining Sellafield Ltd, you join an amazing team of people, from all walks of life, where you can thrive in a connected, considerate culture of innovation, collaboration, and community; and play a significant part in the UK’s sustainable nuclear future.

About the role

As an Operational Support Team Member at Sellafield Limited you will play a key role in supporting the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities. Working closely with operational teams you will help to implement and maintain essential processes to ensure adherence to strict regulatory and safety standards. This role involves providing technical and logístical support to resolving operational issues.

We have opportunity for individuals to join us in entry level and more senior positions.

For entry level positions, you may have limited operational experience delivering more routine requirements. Key challenges include adapting to changing regulations, managing multiple tasks simultaneously and supporting continuous improvements.

More senior positions require experience in an operational team, in this position you will be expected to lead on activities with less direct supervision and support continuous improvement initiatives. Key challenges include adapting to changing regulations, managing multiple tasks simultaneously and supporting continuous improvements.

There are also opportunities for individuals with extensive operational experience. You will be a senior team member taking a lead on key process or acting as the lead for safety or regulatory topic areas as well as coaching and supporting other team members. You may be required to carry out line management responsibilities in some roles. Key challenges include adapting to changing regulations, managing multiple tasks simultaneously and contributing to continuous improvements.

Your skills and qualifications

For entry level positions, the following is required:

- Demonstrable experience of understanding standards and procedures in operational environments.
- Demonstrable experience of planning and organising work against a defined scope.
- Demonstrable experience of engagement with stakeholders on the facility.

The following is also desirable:

- Demonstrable experience in/or supporting operations.
- Demonstrable experience of engagement with a range of internal stakeholders outside of the facility.
- Demonstrable experience of interpreting data to solve problems.
- Demonstrable experience of holding a nominated role e.g., POW, asbestos coordinator etc.

For more senior positions, the following is required:

- Demonstrable experience in/or supporting operations in industries such as transport, production, manufacturing, logistics and acting as a decision maker where appropriate.
- Demonstrable experience in leading a task/team or a significant piece of work.
- Demonstrable experience of engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of interpreting complex data to solve problems.
- Demonstrable experience of holding a nominated role e.g., POW, asbestos coordinator etc.
- Demonstrable experience in providing continuous improvement.
- Demonstrable experience of delivering operations support in facilities of various complexities.
- Demonstrable experience of acting as a role model e.g., coaches/mentors team members within and outside their own facility.

What’s in it for you?

At Sellafield Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.

Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:

- Be a part of Sellafield’s 100 year mission.
- An attractive defined contribution pension scheme - the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution
- You will be eligible to take part in an Annual Incentive Scheme, which provides a bonus payment up to 10% base salary per annum based on achievement of Company targets and personal performance rating as discussed