Job Title: Principal Radiation Protection Consultant
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £80,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: 59750
At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Radiation Protection Consultant.
The role
As a Principal Radiation Protection Consultant, you'll be a Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) with a role that's out of the ordinary. You will join a friendly and committed team of radiation protection specialists, and drive technical solutions for a major defence programme whilst interfacing with a range of disciplines and stakeholders. You will be joining our team at a time of growth, allowing you to make your mark and build networks across the business and externally, supporting your career progression and personal development.
Day-to-day, you'll act as a technical expert for Radiation Protection on a major defence project, spending some time at client sites. You may be responsible for leading the technical delivery of other Radiation Protection personnel.
Your role will include:
* Providing competent guidance and advice on radiological safety to ensure legislative compliance and adoption of industry best practice.
* Engaging with multi-discipline teams to ensure that the design and operation of processes and plant is demonstrably ALARP.
* Ensuring that procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.
* Co-ordinating the production of radiological protection documentation such as Normal Operational Dose Uptake Assessments, Radiological Zoning, Radiological Risk Assessments, ALARP Assessments, Operating Instructions and compliance statements.
* Contributing to project scheduling, including definition of relevant deliverables, identification of dependencies and estimating resourcing, time, and cost requirements.
* Supporting and mentoring junior staff on the project.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.
Experience of the Principal Radiation Protection Consultant:
* Proven experience in a radiation protection role is essential.
* Clear ability to lead a technical team is essential.
* Experience interfacing with Safety Case personnel and other technical disciplines is desirable.
* Experience designing new processes and facilities is desirable.
Qualifications for the Principal Radiation Protection Consultant:
* RPA2000 Certified Radiation Protection Adviser is essential.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.
What we offer
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive.
Closing date: 31/01/2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr