We are looking to build up our team of Operators to join our Remote Handling (RH) Group. The RH Group plays a key role in operating, maintaining, and developing the equipment used for transferring and processing radioactive components and waste within the ESS Active Cells Facility (our environment for handling radioactive components safely) using specialised Cask Assemblies. You will work with highly specialised remote handling systems, heavy lifting equipment, Virtual Reality-supported operations, and complex electromechanical systems in a unique radioactive waste handling and maintenance environment.

If you enjoy complex technical challenges, hands-on engineering work, problem solving, and working with advanced equipment in a highly collaborative international environment, this role offers something genuinely different.

What you’ll do:

Our highly specialised remote handling systems are designed for environments where direct human access is impossible. As a Remote Handling Operator, you will help commission, prepare, operate, maintain, and develop the equipment used for transferring and processing radioactive components and waste - both manually and remotely - in one of the world’s most demanding engineering environments.

You will work with:

• Telemanipulators and haptic robotic systems.
• Remotely operated cranes and lifting systems.
• Remote cutting and machining equipment.
• Radioactive waste management using specialised transport containers for handling radioactive waste.
• Camera-guided and VR-supported operations.
• Various complex electromechanical systems.
• Remote handling tooling and inspection devices.