Launch Your Career with Our 2026 Graduate Programme!    
Are you brimming with ambition and ready to make your mark in the professional world? Look no further! Our UK Graduate Programme is designed to catapult you into a thriving career, offering unparalleled opportunities for growth, learning, and success. Join Amentum in September 2026 and help us create a secure and vibrant future.   
  
Are you ready to apply your degree to some of the most exciting and complex challenges in the nuclear industry? Join our Graduate Programme and become part of a dynamic team working across a range of nuclear decommissioning and radiation protection projects. 
  
As a Graduate Characterisation Consultant in the Radiation Protection and Characterisation team, you’ll work alongside industry experts on high-impact projects supporting the characterisation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, as well as providing radiation protection support to clients across the UK. 
  
This role combines both desk-based and field-based work, and may involve: 

• Reviewing analytical data, developing conclusions, and making recommendations 
• Assisting in the production of documentation such as method statements, job reports, and risk assessments 
• Supporting the development of building history files 
• Developing sampling and analysis plans 
• Creating Data Quality Objectives (DQOs) and Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) 
• Providing advice to clients on sampling methods and requirements to meet project or regulatory criteria 
• Working closely with colleagues and clients, which may require regular travel to different sites 
• Training and opportunities to undertake health physics surveys (radiation and contamination) 
• Assisting with the maintenance and recording of health physics equipment and RPE/PPE 

  
Why Join Us?    
Exciting Projects: Work with a diverse team of experts from across the UK and beyond to gain insights into our markets and clients.   
Comprehensive Training: Benefit from a structured development programme that covers everything from discipline-specific skills and professional registration to personal development.    
Mentorship: Receive guidance from seasoned professionals who are dedicated to helping you achieve your career goals.    
Career Progression: When you reach the end of the programme, it’s just the beginning! You’ll be supported to continue to develop your experience and capabilities to help progress your career and achieve professional registration.    
Supportive Community: Our hub-based model is focused in key locations, ensuring that you’ll be part of a supportive early careers community with plenty of networking and experiential learning opportunities.    
 
We are looking for candidates who:   
 
Have completed an undergraduate or master’s degree level qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. (e.g. physics, chemistry, environmental science, geography, or related STEM discipline)) by summer 2026.  
  
And with the following Key Skills & Attributes:  

• Strong Communication Skills: Ability to engage with scientists, engineers, and non-technical personnel clearly and confidently 
• Analytical Thinking: Comfortable working with data, identifying risks, and solving problems creatively 
• Team Collaborator: Ability to work effectively within a team but also independently 
• Organisation & Time Management: Capable of managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines 
• Initiative & Curiosity: Willing to take ownership, ask questions, and seek out opportunities to grow 
• Customer Focus: Understanding of consultancy and customer service; experience from any customer-facing role (including retail or hospitality) is valuable 
• Flexibility: Willingness to develop new skills and travel to client sites when required 
• Driving Licence: A valid driving licence is desirable 

  
You must be  

• A flexible self-starter, who is keen to drive their career forward.    
• Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things.   

 
 And  

• Have the permanent right to work in the UK.    

  
Our Graduate Programme assumes that participants are commencing their first professional role post-graduation. To qualify for our Graduate Programme, you must therefore have:  

• Completed your first degree no earlier than the summer of 2024   
• Not worked in a similar professional role since graduation  
• Achieved a minimum 2:2 in your first degree  

  
Selection Process:      
Step 1: Apply Online     
Step 2: If successful, you will be invited to participate in an online behavioural assessment and an online virtual technical assessment.   
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to a final face to face interview with our operations teams.   
Step 4: Selected candidates will be offered an opportunity to join Amentum in September 2026 (and commence the Graduate Programme on 1st October 2026).  

This advert will close on 31st January 2026. However, it may be closed sooner should an appropriate number of qualifying candidates be received. 
 
We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work     
  
As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.    
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format or would like to discuss the recruitment process in more detail), please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.   
  
Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join our company, please contact us here.   
 
As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.    
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, if you require the application form in a different format or would like to discuss the recruitment process in more detail), please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.   
  
Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join our company, please contact us here.   
  
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