Roles

When you apply to join fusion you’re not applying to a specific role or vacancy. We prefer to get to know you a little bit more first, then, as your application progresses; we’ll find the perfect role for you within the business.

There are a number of key areas within which you could find yourself working though for example with an engineering degree you could find yourself in front line role managing a multi-disciplined shift team to meet challenging production targets or role or supporting plant operations by finding innovative solutions to complex plant issues. The opportunities are wide and once you’re here, there’s opportunity to move around and gain a wealth of experience. Here’s some more information about the key areas on offer:

Design Engineering (Mechanical, Control, Electrical and Instrumentation, Civil and Structural Engineering, Chemical/Process Engineering)

Design engineering covers a wide range of activities in support of both operational plants and decommissioning projects. Join us in these roles, and you’ll gain experience throughout the project life-cycle, from concept and design, through to construction, commissioning, operation and decommissioning. This will give you an invaluable all-round insight into this fascinating discipline. Within the concept phase, for example, you might be involved in assessing the feasibility of a number of options to deliver a business need, while in design you’ll deal with specifications of work, calculations, interpretation of R&D and definition of design intent. Through the later phases, you’d have an important role to play in ensuring safety, environmental protection and quality. In undertaking any of these activities you’re likely to work in multi-disciplinary teams and have the opportunity to see technical solutions in the context of a commercial environment.

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Plant Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering, Control, Electrical and Instrumentation, Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical Engineering)

Typically based in a front-line engineering support team within an operational plant, you’ll be in a real, hands-on role from day one. Supported by your line manager and an independent professional mentor, you’ll experience a wide range of projects and operations, developing a deep knowledge of one of the world’s most complex and challenging of all engineering sectors. New plants continue to be constructed, commissioned and operated, while significant work is ongoing to decommission historic plants and manage the nuclear legacy. Gaining experience in a range of plant and at all stages of the life-cycle, you’ll keep abreast of new developments and play an important role in ensuring the efficient and safe delivery of multi-million pound projects.

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Project Management (Engineering or Science degrees, or a Project Management degree)

If you’re looking for a career in Project Management there’s no better or more challenging organisation to join. After all we carry out a huge variety of projects, ranging from supporting operations to Waste Management and Nuclear Decommissioning. Projects vary from the small and simple to the very complex, with high degrees of risk and technical uncertainty. Whatever their size and complexity however one thing remains the same – each and every one must be delivered on time, within budget and to a specified quality. With the opportunity to gain appropriate professional qualifications through training and development, together with pre-determined practical experience, we’ll help you ensure that all those you’ve involved with do just that.

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Technical Support (Engineering or Science Degree)

Within Technical Support, you’ll gain specialist knowledge and expertise which will be critical to ensuring project delivery within strict cost, environmental, safety and quality objectives. Gaining an in-depth knowledge of plant technology, you’ll act as a source of advice and guidance to a wide range of customers (and on an equally diverse range of projects), sharing best practice and helping drive through improvements in technology. You’ll learn how to formulate development programmes and manage the technical interface with suppliers, so it’s a role that will take you outside mainstream engineering into broader support and consultancy.

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Manufacturing - Operations Support (Engineering Degree)

As a Manufacturing Support Team Member, you’ll be at the centre of our work, providing technical and operational expertise across all aspects of plant operations. Helping keep sites up and running, the work’s mission critical, and varied. Activities you might get involved in include revising key Nuclear Accountancy documents (used to calculate how much nuclear material we have on plant), undertaking investigations and making recommendations, and getting involved with on site safety issues. All involve meetings and liaison with all levels of site personnel – including senior managers – as well as problem solving, whether it’s a new piece of plant that needs to be commissioned, a risk assessment that needs to be carried out, or documentation that needs to be amended.

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Business (Business related degree)

In the Business Function we work with our operating units to identify and exploit opportunities to create a more cost-efficient business. As well as ensuring that all investment is aligned to business objectives, this also means helping manage and implement this investment. To do so, we provide a financial management, programme management, programme measurement and reporting service to all our operating units. As part of this key business function, you’ll get an all-round grounding in its work, learning – among other things – about change and performance management, cost estimates and risk mitigation, programme controls and the allocation and management of funds, as well as the analysis of complex management information.

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Procurement (Business related degree)

The Commercial and Contract Management Directorate comprises over 250 employees with expertise in commercial, procurement, logistic, public relations, communications, media, socio economic and legal fields, supporting the site vision of ‘Revitalising Sellafield’. During the two year scheme, you’ll undertake a number of placements, ensuring invaluable variety, development and commercial experience. You will be challenged daily to use your skills, initiative and common sense, and we’ll also look for you to challenge us. Our aim is to continuously develop our people within the workplace and in a more formal academic environment, for example through various chartered institutes in Purchasing & Supply Chain, Public Relations, Legal Services and Marketing. You’ll also work extensively with other professions from many parts of the
business, as well as customers and other stakeholders on a variety of projects.

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Environmental Science (Environmental/Science related degree)

Of course Sellafield represents one of the most environmentally challenging facilities in the world. In addition to the high profile and heavily regulated management of wastes, the site faces the same challenges as most other large chemical facilities. So you’ll be involved in all aspects of environmental sustainability, ranging from impact assessment and improvement to the wider issues of environmental management systems and corporate strategy. Continued development is extremely important in reducing the environmental impacts of the site. As a result you’ll be offered secondment and training opportunities structured to meet your needs with the aim of achieving Chartered Environmentalist status. Whichever area suits you best, one thing’s for certain; from your very first day with us you’ll have a real job with real responsibilities. Don’t worry though, with your mentor, buddy and line manager all already in place there’s plenty of support on offer.

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Safety (Physics, Environmental)

Undertaking a vital and pro-active frontline role, our safety team investigates the potential consequences of design, engineering and operational failures, modelling accident scenarios and identifying controls to prevent them. Key parts of this important work include identifying potential failures, undertaking investigations and producing technical reports and recommendations, as well as providing radiological and/or conventional safety advice. Though primarily office based, you’ll work across all of our sites, liaising with all levels of personnel – including plant operators, engineers and designers. Your training will include a structured programme focussed on the technical aspects of the work, as well as hands-on involvement in a range of operational settings, and will lead to recognised qualifications.

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We are now closed for Physics applications for the 2008 Graduate intakes