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Amentum Graduate Physicist - Mathematical Modeller (Harwell) in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Launch Your Career with Our 2025 Graduate Programme!

Are you brimming with ambition and ready to make your mark in the professional world? Look no Why Join Us? This is an exciting role helping our clients to understand and provide solutions to their most complex waste management issues. 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 2025 and help us create a secure and vibrant future.

As a Graduate Mathematical Modeller , you will work within our Radioactive Waste Disposal business that plays a world-leading role in scientific, conceptual engineering and safety case development work underpinning the future management and disposal of radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuels and nuclear materials. We support key clients in the UK and overseas across the nuclear industry. You will work on a diverse range of projects that underpin the safety of future geological disposal facilities (GDF), as well as near-surface storage and disposal facilities. This will involve working with our junior and senior modellers as well as our senior consultants who are leaders in their field. You will be involved in delivering desk-based consultancy projects.

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 accreditation 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 around key locations, ensuring that you’ll be part of a supportive early careers community with plenty of social activities and experiential learning opportunities.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

  • Have completed a Degree or Masters level qualification in a relevant subject by Summer 2025

  • A flexible self-starter, keen to drive your career forward.

  • Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things.

  • You must have the permanent right to work in the UK.

Selection Process

Step 1: Apply Online

Step 2: If you are selected, one of the team will be in touch to discuss the next steps of the selection process, this may include attending an assessment centre in one of our regional locations

Step 3: Successful candidates will be offered a role to start in September 2025

What else we provide

  • A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others.

  • Free single medical cover and digital GP service.

  • Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

  • An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Employee Networks

  • A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a supportive culture and positive mental health champion network.

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 Assessment Centre 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 you can contact us here.

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