Technical Development Advisor

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best  addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

Amentum is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver ~£7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.

PPP is an exciting model to work in with Four world class organisations who have come together as one team, to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. The programme arrangement is set to deliver ~£7bn worth of major projects creating a lasting legacy through the long-term partnerships.

We are continually recruiting high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is continually delivering major projects over the next couple of decades, so there are lots of opportunities to develop your careers with a leading multinational company that put people first.

amentum currently have an opportunity for a Technology Development Advisor to join the SIXEP Waste Management Treatment Facility (SWMTF) project, based in Birchwood, Warrington. SWMTF is a pipeline project approaching the Appraise and Select phase. It is scheduled to be built and commissioned in the early 2040s and is expected to treat various waste streams from the Sellafield SIXEP and SCP plants for several decades once operational.

As a Technology Development Advisor your responsibilities could include:

• Liaising with internal team members to gain a detailed understanding of SWMTF’s technology development requirements.
• Liaising with external R&D contractors to understand their testing and development capabilities.
• Defining and producing technical documents and reports for physical Trials and desktop studies.
• Defining and producing test matrices for the collection of adequate technical data.
• Contributing towards internal documents as part of SWMTF’s technical development strategy.
• Supporting testing activities where required at various test facilities on behalf of PPP as the Client.
• Reviewing technical deliverables, including method…