A unique place to grow your career

At Sellafield Ltd, we are harnessing our expertise; bringing together world-class skills and innovative technology to solve complex nuclear, infrastructure, and engineering challenges. By joining Sellafield Ltd, you join an amazing team of people, from all walks of life, where you can thrive in a connected, considerate culture of innovation, collaboration, and community; and play a significant part in
the UK’s sustainable nuclear future.

The challenges we face are amongst the most complex anywhere in the world. We are using advanced technologies to shape, create and advance the world’s nuclear decommissioning knowledge and capability. That’s why our work is driven by people with a passion for problem-solving and innovation.

About the role

The Technology Manager supports practical technology solutions and development of technical requirements which reduce the technology risks across the directorate or company, whilst ensuring they deliver operational benefits, customer requirements, meet regulatory and safety requirements and support strategic objectives.

The purpose is to accelerate the deployment and adoption of tools, standards, features and ethical practices to ensure Sellafield is at the forefront of developments and to drive improved efficiency in working practices, both on plant and in the office, to demonstrate achievements of Sellafield’s Aspirational targets and strategic objectives.

We are seeking someone with in-depth knowledge of cementitious materials and production supply, with experience working in the cement industry (or some exposure to it) – preferably within Technical for plant support, chemical analysis / laboratory and technical support. We would also consider candidates with hands-on experience of the construction or admixture industry.

Key responsibilities

The Technology Manager is accountable to the Technical Lead:
• Translate the technology vision, priorities and roadmap into actionable plans, projects and tasks, underpin the ongoing and future technological advancements, efficiencies and improvements.
• Oversee and coordinate the delivery of technology development & demonstration tasks within area of responsibility are delivered in a safe and efficient manner.
• Ensure that all tasks have a sponsor and end user and have aligned benefits.
• Ensure that the learning is identified, captured and appropriately documented to be shared, benefitting Sellafield Ltd and where appropriate the wider NDA estate.
• Be a role model and drive behaviours in line with NDA leadership standard and Sellafield manifesto, challenge the norm where appropriate, whilst ensuring safety and legal compliance.
• Ensure the wider cement community are continually developed through appropriate mentoring and training programmes to deliver best practice against site and role requirements.
• Ensure contracts and finances within area of responsibility are controlled.
• Develop and maintain relationships and communication with key stakeholders across and outside the organisation to ensure the effective delivery of technical activities collaboratively providing the interface between the technology providers.
• Support the effective technical governance arrangements that are established to enable timely and informed decisions.
• Maintain oversight and knowledge of:
• The scope, assumptions, constraints, key issues, key decisions.
• The upstream/downstream interdependencies from other areas of the Site.
• Risks and opportunities.
• Establish and maintain appropriate standards, systems and documentation.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• Technical degree ideally with a chemistry related subject (i.e. Materials, Chemistry, Process Engineering etc).
• In-depth knowledge of cementitious materials and production supply, with experience working in the cement industry.
• Performed and specified work packages / research for industrial or academic work.
• Appreciation of project delivery and task management skills and an ability to intelligently apply these to suit the context of technology development / deployment.
• Critical thinking and questioning attitude (Subject Matter Expert independence).
• Academic liaison and PhD / post doc supervision and interaction, proposal scrutiny and generation.
• Experience of working in an integrated team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desirable:
• Understanding of the nuclear industry, particularly with wastes and encapsulation processes

Why us?

At Sellafield Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With having 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.

Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:
• You will benefit from an annual bonus of up to 10% – 15%, made up of company and personal performance
• An attractive defined contribution pension scheme – the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays. Plus, the ability to purchase an extra 2.5 days per year.
• The ability to carry over 10 days annual leave each financial year
• Paid Sick Leave
• Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lifestyle Benefits sasra.co.uk
• Learning & Development Opportunities https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/learning-and-development/
• Reward & Recognition Policies
• Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check
• MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts
• MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme
• Many, many more! Click this link to visit our Rewards & Benefits page: https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/rewards-and-benefits/

Sellafield Ltd is a unique place to grow your career, offering a remarkable blend of role variety, job security, personal growth, professional development, and truly significant work. This is your opportunity to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the nuclear, infrastructural and engineering worlds and create a clean and safe environment for generations to come. Explore Sellafield Ltd today.

Additional Information

• The closing date for this vacancy is Monday 28th September 2026.

• In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, Sellafield Ltd reserves the right to close the advert early. Once closed, the advert will be removed from our website. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

• Please regularly check your Spam/Junk folders for news about this vacancy, correspondence could contain invitations to interview and other important updates.

• Qualifications
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications. Attaching them at application stage will ensure a smooth process and prevent delays.

• Right to Work in the UK
As part of our screening process, all candidates must demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
If you are not a UK national, you will be required to provide evidence of your immigration status. This is generated through the UK Government online service via the GOV.UK services below:
- A valid eVisa (digital immigration status) share code
https://www.gov.uk/evisa/view-evisa-get-share-code-prove-immigration-status
- A Right to Work share code
https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Applicants who are not UK nationals must provide a valid Right to Work share code and evidence of their eVisa status at the point of application. Applications submitted without this information are not able to be progressed.

• Please be aware that this role is subject to achieving security clearance. This role requires higher level of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 or 10 years of continuous residency in the UK. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the level of clearance you’re able to achieve.

• Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk