The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority employ over 200 people in England and Scotland in a variety of roles.
1. Current NDA vacancies
Below is a list of roles that you can find yourself on a Nuclear Decommissioning Salary:
Group Data Protection Advisor & Assurance Specialist, Flexible (£competitive): closing date 7 June 2021
Project Controller, Flexible (£competitive): closing date 8 June 2021
Digital Communications Lead, Flexible (£competitive): closing date 4 June 2021
Category Assistant, Flexible (£competitive): closing date 11 June 2021
The above is correct at the time of publishing, and we will aim to update this page periodically. You can find live roles from the NDA here.
Please do not send speculative CVs for NDA jobs as they will not be able to reply.
2. What the NDA offer you
Their mission is vital, and to deliver it, they need the right people with the right skills available across the entire estate. The NDA employ talented people to work in a range of disciplines. In return for the significant contribution you’ll make to the nuclear industry's future, you’ll receive excellent benefits and rewards and a healthy work-life balance working at the NDA.
Work for NDA and play a key role in tackling one of the most technical, complex challenges facing the UK today, helping them leave a safer environment for future generations.
2.1 Pay and pension
The offer:
competitive nuclear decommissioning salary package
generous career average pension scheme
generous performance-based bonus scheme
generous relocation package
2.2. Enhanced benefits
These include:
30 days annual leave per year, plus 8 statutory public and bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees)
opportunity to purchase or sell up to a further 5 days annual leave
enhanced statutory family-friendly leave schemes
a range of flexible working options - these depend on business needs, but the aim is to help you achieve a positive work-life balance
salary sacrifice schemes for Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work schemes
learning and development support
enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
2.3 The NDA diversity commitment
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority provides equality and fairness for all our employees. It does not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. (These are the protected characteristics highlighted by the Equality Act 2010).
3. NDA Work locations
Cumbria
Despite its size, less than 500,000 people live in Cumbria, and over 50% live in rural communities.
Cumbria enjoys a world-class environment and landscape, presenting unrivalled opportunities for tourism, a highly motivated workforce, unique skills in nuclear technologies, and excellent quality of life.
Cumbria is a special place. The breathtaking scenery and strong, sustainable communities make it a great place to live and work. In the north of the county, Carlisle was named the happiest place to live in the UK in a recent survey by property website Rightmove.
On the doorstep of the NDA is the Lake District National Park, one of the most beautiful and unique landscapes anywhere in the world. Western Lakeland is a land of vivid and exciting contrasts, lying between the mountains and the sea.
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Caithness
One of the NDA offices is at Dounreay in Caithness, near Thurso, the northern-most town on the British mainland and lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road.
In Caithness and North Sutherland, people learn to expect the unexpected. The area, in the north of mainland Scotland, is a haven for visitors. Its rich culture, beautiful landscapes, rugged coasts and abundant wildlife entice thousands of people each year. High-quality food and drink also enjoy an international reputation. Thriving businesses have put down strong roots and are flourishing here.
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Attracted by friendly communities, an outdoor lifestyle and the opportunity to shape and share a green, sustainable economy, more and more people discover that Caithness is the ideal place to work, rest and play.
Thanks to a string of ambitious economic, business and educational programmes, a relatively untouched location are sympathetically modernised to reflect the best of 21st-century lifestyle values and aspirations.
Cheshire
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has an office in Hinton House located in Risley, near Warrington.
Warrington lies just 16 miles east of Liverpool and 19 miles west of Manchester. It benefits from excellent transport links. The M56, M62 and M6 are close by, the West Coast mainline and Liverpool to Manchester railway both run through the town, and it enjoys easy access to Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airports.
Cheshire is a diverse county. It takes in large towns including Warrington, Crewe and the historic city of Chester. Still, it is mostly rural, with several small towns and villages that support an agricultural industry. The countryside is abundant in the county, including the Delamere Forest and over 25 miles of coastline on the Wirral Peninsula.
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Oxfordshire
NDA’s Harwell office is based in the most rural county in the South East, Oxfordshire. This county has around 635,500, over half of which lives in towns or villages of less than 10,000 people.
The county is a popular visitor destination for its rural beauty, numerous market towns and Oxford city itself, which has earned a global reputation for its academic and architectural splendour. Oxford is also a global centre of publishing.
Oxfordshire has consistently high levels of employment, and the workforce is among the most highly qualified in the country. World-class business clusters include bioscience, advanced motorsport engineering, scientific research and cryogenics.
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4. Careers in the nuclear industry
If you’re considering a career in nuclear decommissioning, then you might find the following links useful:
5. nuclear graduates scheme
A new generation of engineers, scientists and business professionals are needed to guide this exciting industry into the future. That’s why we brought leading businesses and world-class organisations together to create nucleargraduates – one of the most comprehensive graduate programmes the energy industry has ever seen.
Innovation, challenge, mobility and the right experience to light up your career
We aim to give graduates a ground-breaking career promise:
two years; three secondments
10 weeks of dedicated training
a dedicated mentor
the combined power of an entire industry
The partners in the scheme range from large global brands that you know and dream of working for to exciting companies that, once you do know them, will knock your socks off Rolls-Royce, Magnox Ltd, Sellafield Limited, Environment Agency, and INS.
5.1 Why has the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority put this together?
The NDA is a public sector body charged with the decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s current public sector nuclear legacy. They have a major role in ensuring there is a sustainable workforce to achieve their mission. A world-class graduate programme, supported by a host of like-minded partners, plays a significant role in fulfilling that objective.
The challenges facing the nuclear industry are huge. They range from decommissioning to engineering new solutions, from power stations to shipyards, from the wilds of the Highlands to the docks of Plymouth.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority needs a new kind of pioneer. Is this you?
5.2 The Programme
The programme is one of the most ambitious ever put together for graduates. A formidable partnership of companies has worked together to create it.
You will undertake three industrial secondments, with the opportunity for half of the graduates on the scheme to spend time abroad in countries such as the United States, France and Canada.
These structured secondments are mapped against the criteria needed by professional bodies such as the IMechE, IET, RSC and IoP, and will give you the best possible experience.
Mobility is critical to this programme. As pioneers travelling the length and breadth of the country, you will experience different companies in different locations.
You will face the challenge of learning a range of managerial styles, geographical cultures, business type characteristics and how supply chains differ. The secondments are supported by off-site graduate-specific training. Subjects range from project management to communication skills, from nuclear technologies to commercial awareness.
5.3 Training
Training is provided to support you and to move you towards your status as a chartered professional. You will go through a variety of behavioural and technical training at various locations throughout the UK. We will stretch your mind to take on new work processes and commercial challenges while equipping you to deliver your day job – changing the face of our industry forever.
You will mix with people from different backgrounds and disciplines, ranging from scientists to engineers, accountants to project managers. You will have the support of a dedicated programme team, personal mentor and sponsor.
5.4 Footprints Programme
Many companies have corporate social responsibility policies. Our “Footprints” enables you a lasting impact on the areas you work in. This is delivered in two ways:
‘Footprints Days’10% of your time.
Footprints Days
You will go with your cohort on three sets of two programme days, looking at distinctive issues facing the UK as a whole today. These will include environment, business and community. You will find out how the economy works, what life is like outside the nuclear industry and most importantly, how you can impact it through your 10% voluntary time.
10% Time
Following the Footprints Days, you will use 10% of your time to work as STEM ambassadors with schools in your area and understand small and medium-sized enterprises.
Please find out more about working for the NDA at their website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nuclear-decommissioning-authority/about/recruitment#careers-in-the-nuclear-industry.
