Job Description The AECOM Nuclear Waste Team currently have a Graduate Waste Consultant role available in either our Warrington or Manchester office from June 26 onwards. About our Team The AECOM Nuclear Waste Team provide consultancy to the nuclear industry. We provide decommissioning, radioactive waste and associated environmental consultancy to clients in the UK and abroad covering new nuclear build at the design stage through to decommissioning and environmental site restoration, which can involve: Operational support for UK sites such as Sellafield and Dounreay. Early-stage development of the Deep Geological Repository. Review and development of waste storage and disposal facilities. Support to multidisciplinary design teams on defence projects. An example UK project involved undertaking a review of selected nuclear sites to determine what their current Low Level Waste management practices are; and, what challenges they had faced, were facing or anticipate facing, with regards to them scaling up for decommissioning, recognising that nuclear sites will have built up their waste management infrastructure, often over many decades, to support their organisation’s operational activities. As sites transition from operations to decommissioning there is a shift in the quantity, type and characterisation requirements of the waste arising, and this could bring stresses on waste management capability. The project was able to pinpoint where strategies could be developed that might appropriately support nuclear sites in their waste management practices as transition to decommissioning occurs, or as existing decommissioning activities accelerate. Here's what you'll do: Graduates commencing their careers with AECOM are engaged into teams and paired with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor them through the initial stages of their career whilst working on live projects. Typically, these include: Preparation of waste inventories and the underpinning of the assumptions used to derive waste estimates. Undertaking literature reviews for emerging radioactive waste technologies. Undertaking Best Available Techniques / Best Practical Means determinations. Undertaking environmental aspects determinations. Identifying/reviewing options for decommissioning and radioactive waste practices to optimise their management. Preparation of documentation in support of the above. Develop an understanding of this highly regulated industry. Develop an understanding of Nuclear Safety Cases and the supporting documentation. Develop an understanding of nuclear site permits and licences. Liaison with project teams and with design engineers and other environmental specialists. Enjoy the Perks At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. Here is what you will get from us! On the job support and learning When a graduate starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. Graduate Development Programme Our 2-year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role. Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and can join the ADV ANCE webinar series. We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions. We have more than 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK and Ireland from more than 40 different disciplines, each making a tangible difference to the environment in which we live and work. See our digital early careers e-brochure here