Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program– Waste Engineer Nuclear Decommissioning

Power Climate Smarter living - that’s our purpose. We are looking for new nuclear heroes to make this happen. Start your climate smarter career and become one of our Nordic Nuclear Trainees who start their journey in September 2022. Together you will contribute to our purpose and a fossil free future. All we ask from you is to use your Superpowers and share your energy to help us achieve our goal.

Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program
Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program (NNTP) is a unique opportunity for young talents. The program will give extensive skills and training for young nuclear professionals who are in the early stage of their career, and it will also offer a great possibility to build networks among nuclear professionals in the Nordic countries. NNTP is organized jointly by Fortum, Teollisuuden Voima, Uniper and Vattenfall. Read more about the program and our collaboration here https://nuclearhero.com/


Our offer to you as a Nordic Nuclear Trainee at Vattenfall
Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program is the kickstart of your career within Vattenfall. You are being offered a permanent employment and on top of that you will have the opportunity to develop your professional and personal skills over the course of 15 months. In the Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program you will take part in workshops and site visits during the seminar weeks. Between the seminar weeks, work rotations and project assignment, you will work with your colleagues in a regular position in the organization. Each position comes with a competitive salary and an excellent remuneration package.
Every trainee position is linked to a department within a specific business area and a working location. This means that each position has its own specific responsibilities and challenges and matching profile.


Your responsibilities as a Waste Engineer Nuclear Decommissioning at SKB
The main tasks for our Facility development department is to ensure that the nuclear storage facilities and the transport system are available long term and developed safely and efficiently. This includes to develop strategies and methods for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and operational and decommissioning waste from the Swedish nuclear power plants.
Waste handling and nuclear decommissioning is a developing area and currently Barsebäck 1 and 2, Oskarshamn 1 and 2 as well as Ringhals 1 and 2 are in different stages of decommissioning. SKB is there to assure a safe and efficient back-end for the nuclear power and you will work to assure, validate and approve the waste back-end route from the nuclear power plant to SKB´s storage facilities.
Key responsibilities:
• Take part in development of waste routes, waste handling, the transport system and the storage facilities
• Develop, implement and improve sustainable nuclear waste management and decommissioning planning
• Develop cost-benefit analysis to optimize costs for waste management
• Contribute to identifying new innovative and more efficient ways of optimising the work with all stakeholders involved
• Take part in research and development projects and engage both internal resources and external companies


Your profile
Whether you want a climate smarter career as a specialist, visionary manager or inspirational project lead in the nuclear industry, we offer you these possibilities within the Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program. We are looking for recent graduates holding a Master´s Degree of Science, with a maximum of 2 years' work experience from the nuclear industry. You are fluent in Swedish and English. Furthermore, you are willing to relocate for possible assignments throughout the organization. Of course you identify yourself with our principles: active, open, positive and safe.
You recognize yourself in the following qualifications:
• Education with specialization in chemistry, physics, logistics, radiation protection, energy systems or similar
• Very good communication skills and strategic skills
• Independent working style
• Well organized and quality minded
• Interested in cost optimization
You have good collaborative and initiative ability, this is important because the unit you will work in serves as point of contact between all waste producers and SKB´s storage facilities.


Location
The base location is at SKB in Solna, Stockholm.


Diversity & inclusion - in everything we do
At Vattenfall we build on the fact that diverse teams can outperform homogeneous teams. But we can only unleash and leverage the power of diversity, if we make everybody feel included. Read more about our important work on diversity & inclusion Diversity & Inclusion - Vattenfall


More information
We welcome your application, including resume and cover letter, in English. Interviews will be held in Swedish. You can read more about Nordic Nuclear Trainee Program at Nordic Nuclear Trainee Programme - Vattenfall
Last day to apply is April 10th 2022. Selection period starts in week 15, followed by interviews in week 16-17. An assessment is also part of the recruitment process and will take place on May 5th. The last step will be a pre-employment screening. Starting date of the Nordic Nuclear Program will be on September 27th 2022.


If you have any questions, feel free to contact:
Regarding the Trainee Program - program coordinators Sara Sahl at Sara.Sahl@vattenfall.com
Regarding the specific position – Sanna Engqvist, sanna.engqvist@skb.se, +46 (0)76 8350130.
Regarding the recruitment process - Carolina Bölander, carolina.boelander@vattenfall.com +46 (0)734311260
Union representatives: Unionen Carina Gottfridsson, Ledarna Bo Johansson, Saco Marika Westman. To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


Vattenfall is a critical part of Sweden’s infrastructure and as such subject to a number of specific rules and regulations, in example security protection, nuclear non-proliferation and export controls. For these reasons there is an approval process prior to employment for a large number of positions. In addition, if candidates have applied for positions which will give them access to sensitive information or secured premises they must undergo a security vetting process in accordance with the Swedish Security Protection Act.
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