Roles and Responsibilities
- Supporting delivery of UKRWI related scope defined in the NWS Client Specification.
- Delivery of the UK Radioactive Waste Inventory (UKRWI) on a rolling programme on behalf of Government (DESNZ), NDA and NWS; ensuring that programme commitments are met to time and quality and that NWS reputation with regard to its external stakeholders is protected and enhanced.
- Accountable for the overall quality, consistency and assurance arrangements of UKRWI products and deliverables, including those published on the UKRWI and NWS website.
- Managing multi-year contracts with supply chain partners for delivery of the UKRWI exercise and UKRWI website, providing appropriate level of oversight and challenge.
- Supporting multi-year contracts with supply chain for Enterprise Inventory Office applications, such as DiQuest and other inventory tools forming part of the broader toolkit
- Working with NDA and Non-NDA Group counterparts to lead industry working groups, such as the National Inventory Forum, sharing Learning from Experience and improvement initiatives that benefit the wider industry
- Management and ownership of inventory related Freedom of Information (FOI) and UKRWI website requests on behalf of the Enterprise Inventory Office
- Supporting integration of inventory information with the development of GDF design and safety cases through the Inventory for Geological Disposal (IGD).
Experience Required
Essential
- Degree in a science or engineering subject, or equivalent experience in role.
- Experience in a management and/or leadership role, holding accountability for implementation and delivery of assigned activities under budgetary and resource constraints, recognising and implementing prioritisation and balancing demands.
- Experience in strategic engagement and delivery, representing current positions, and recognising and actively challenging conflicting positions.
- Experience in oversight, critical review and challenge of technical activities.
- Resilience and proven ability to behave professionally in challenging circumstances.
- Excellent communication skills, including writing to a good standard of English.
- Ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of seniority, including supervision of staff.
Desirable
- Member of a relevant professional institute with an interest in working towards chartered status.
- Extensive knowledge of radioactive waste packaging processes and UK waste packaging plant, and the breadth and constraints of inventory information.
- Extensive knowledge of radioactive waste disposal practices and requirements.
- Experience in data and information management, including information quality demands for data management, and development and implementation of data tools and processes.
- Experience in supervising multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience of working in a regulated environment, particularly regulatory processes as applied to waste disposal, operational process plant and construction sites.
- Extensive knowledge of the NWS portfolio of waste management, disposal at LLWR and GDF demands, including processes for generating inventory information.
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