JOB DESCRIPTION

Process Chemist
Full Time / Hybrid
Derby, Raynesway

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

You will be part of a team responsible for developing the solutions for chemistry problems and the science underpinning the design for a Nuclear Fuel Processing Plant. Providing technical advice to the Nuclear and Chemical Process engineering functions for the design and substantiation of the plant. The role will support the definition of operational limits, equipment specifications, analysis techniques and product quality requirements.

The role involves the identification and evaluation of new technologies, primarily focusing on developing safe and effective chemical processes in order to meet the required product specifications and plant throughput.

• Defining the safe operating envelope and normal operating range for the Chemical Plant, eliminating hazards and incorporating inherent safety through process chemistry design.
• Defining safe and effective process chemistries in order to meet the required product specifications and plant throughput.
• Defining the process chemistry for the design and specification of nuclear fuel reprocessing systems, such as: liquid-liquid separation plant, material transformation processes, dissolution processes and radioactive waste treatment plants. Analysis and optioneering of alternative nuclear chemical processing technology.
• Facilitating laboratory trials to provide quantitative data of underpinning science support Safety Case substantiation, hazard analysis and fault analysis.
• Defining the analysis requirements, techniques, sampling plans and control charts for plant production and quality.
• Involvement in all design stages from identification of stakeholder requirements, generating and assessing options, Concept, Scheme, Front End, and Detailed Design, design substantiation and verification and validation, and installation, commissioning and operating documents.
• Chemical expertise input into reviews including design, quality, safety and environmental assessments and critical review, checking, verification and approval of in-house and third-party designs.

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Degree in Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Post-graduate qualifications (Ph. D preferable)
• Experience in separation, waste treatment and nuclear fuel processing desirable but not essential.
• Membership of an appropriate Professional Engineering Institution would be preferabl