Lead Consultant

NSG Environmental Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in environmental services is seeking a Staff Consultant to provide expert consultancy on radioactive waste management and decommissioning. The role involves managing client proposals, ensuring project delivery quality, and maintaining strong client relationships. Candidates require recognised professional qualifications in a related field and specialist knowledge in decommissioning or waste management. This position offers a hybrid working environment, with two days per week in the office, and extensive support for professional development.

Benefits

Life Assurance 3x Salary

Company Pension Contributions

Discretionary bonus

Professional memberships covered

Large Training and Development budget

Qualifications

• Recognised as a specialist within decommissioning, waste management or environmental restoration.
• Able to author deliverables as lead author.
• Familiar with structuring and presentation of work.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy on radioactive waste management and decommissioning.
• Manage bid proposals and ensure quality delivery of tasks/projects.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients and NSG divisions.

Skills

Competent user of MS Office

Organising and prioritising work

Managing delivery of assigned tasks

Communication with stakeholders and contractors

Education

Recognised professional qualifications (e.g. BSc/MSc/PhD) in Science or Environmental field

Job description

LOCATION - Aldermaston/Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

DEPARTMENT - Consultants

POSITION - Staff

CLEARANCE - SC

Working at NSG

NSG Environmental Ltd has been delivering work programmes in the nuclear industry for over 40 years. Traditionally in the areas of decommissioning and waste management, NSG now has a broad customer base and provides a wide spectrum of services across the nuclear project lifecycle, ranging from expert consultancy support, R&D and engineering design to rekit and refurbishment, site installation services and high-hazard physical decommissioning works, amongst others. This work is delivered at NSG’s own offices and purpose-built facilities and nuclear sites across the UK. The delivery and management of these projects and programmes of work is carried out by a skilled workforce composed of both white-collar and blue-collar personnel in technical, administrative, and physical roles.

Our core values of Passion, Integrity, Challenge and Collaboration drive performance and ensure we add significant value. If joining us as a member of staff, we will support your professional development in an exciting and challenging work environment that will enable you to use, develop and hone your technical expertise in a supportive and collaborative working environment.

The Role

Working in the Consultancy Services Division, Lead Consultants provide consultancy to clients on a wide range of projects in the fields of radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental restoration.

Key Objectives

Business

• Promote the image and reputation of NSG and the Consultancy Services Division.
• Identify and cultivate client business opportunities for the Consultancy Services Division and for the wider company.
• Manage bid proposals with a value of up to ~£25K, including preparing proposals and planning resources, schedules and pricing, in agreement with senior colleagues.
• Manage cost reimbursable tasks/projects with value up to £50K and fixed price tasks/projects up to £25K ensuring the quality of delivery within the required timescales and costs.
• Manage delivery teams and sub-contractors to ensure delivery within contract scope for assigned projects/tasks as outlined above.
• Provide technical support to Business Development teams involved in generating internal and external work for NSG Environmental Ltd.
• Accountable to task or project manager for timescales and costs of agreed scope of work.
• Accountable to line manager for utilisation, including notifying when at risk of being over- or under-utilised.
• Support the preparation of bids within Consultancy and NSG as a whole

Technical

• Provide technical support for decommissioning, waste management and environmental remediation.
• Develop competence in a range of technical areas relating to decommissioning, waste management and environmental remediation.
• Produce high quality documents to support decommissioning and waste management projects e.g. Best Available Technique, Letter of Compliance submissions, waste characterisation documents, experimental and technology reports.
• Deliver studies, including laboratory trials, to support radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental restoration.
• Author procedural/guidance documents (e.g. work instructions, risk assessments).
• Provide consultancy support to projects in the fields of radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental restoration.
• Develop and maintain expertise and currency in industry best practice.
• Peer review deliverables relating to areas of expertise within Consultancy.
• Liaise with NSG Operating Divisions and clients; developing and maintaining strong working relationships which will in turn promote NSG’s business ethos.
• Active contributor and supporter of meetings and workshops in areas of expertise, both internal and external including provision of technical secretariat.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops, both internal and external, in area of expertise.
• Liaise with the NSG Operating Divisions in areas of competency to ensure effective delivery.
• Author papers and deliver to internal and external committees/meetings etc.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised professional qualifications (e.g. BSc/MSc/PhD) Science or Environmental related - Essential
• Membership of appropriate technical / professional body - Desirable
• Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace or equivalent - Relevant training will be provided if required

Experience & Knowledge

• Recognised within NSG as a specialist within a particular area(s) of technical competency within the field of decommissioning, waste management or environmental restoration. - Essential
• Recognised within NSG as a specialist within a particular area(s) of technical competency within the field of decommissioning, waste management or environmental restoration. - Essential
• Authors deliverables of appropriate quality as lead author - Essential
• Authors procedural/ guidance documents (e.g. work instructions, risk assessments) - Essential
• Familiar with structuring and presentation of own work - Essential
• Familiar with QSHEW operating procedures and requirements etc. - Essential
• Experience in optioneering and/or BAT - Essential
• Experience or awareness of environmental permitting - Desirable
• Understanding of the commercial process - Essential
• Used to dealing with confidential and commercial information - Desirable

Skills & Abilities

• Competent user of MS Office - Essential
• Able to organise and prioritise own work - Essential
• Manages delivery of assigned tasks/activities to time and budget and of high quality - Essential
• Able to communicate with a wide range of colleagues at all levels and with external stakeholders and contractors - Essential
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 / 14001 & 45001 - Desirable

Package

Overtime – 37.5-60hours per week – Time and half

Overtime – 60+ hours per week or Sundays – Double time

Life Assurance 3x Salary

Pension – Company contributes 5% Individual contributes 4%

Discretionary bonus

187.5 hours per year holiday allowance

Professional memberships covered

Large Training and Development budge available.

NSG Environmental are a Disability Confident Committed Employer

Aldermaston/Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office