Health Physics Surveyor

TRADEBE; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in environmental services seeks a Health Physics Surveyor to ensure radiological safety. This role supports various teams and involves monitoring, compliance, training, and emergency response. Attractive benefits and a salary up to £39,000 are offered, along with an on-call allowance and quarterly bonus.

Benefits

Quarterly bonus

On-call allowance

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Tradebe-funded health plan

Pension scheme

Benefits platform with discounts

Qualifications

• Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Radiation Protection or equivalent.
• Experience in active plant operations and monitoring techniques.
• Computer literacy and ability to wear Respiratory Protective Equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conducting routine health physics monitoring and compliance with regulations.
• Supporting operational and analytical teams with health physics guidance.
• Maintaining health physics records and managing monitoring equipment.

Skills

Radiation Protection

Communication

Self-motivated

Education

Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Radiation Protection

City and Guilds Stage 1 in Radiation Safety Practice

Tools

Radiation Monitoring Equipment

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Job Req ID: 2919 Date: May 24, 2024 Tradebe Site: Tradebe Inutec Location:

Dorset, DOR, GB

Department: Operations Business Line: Environmental Services & Global Functions

Health Physics Surveyor

Description:

Overview

Tradebe Inutec is seeking a Health Physics Surveyor to join our team in Winfrith, Dorset.

This role involves providing health physics monitoring support to ensure radiological safety, collaborating closely with operations teams and analytical projects to offer radiological advice and assist in project delivery.

The role

Responsibilities include conducting routine health physics monitoring to comply with the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 and Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, such as:

• Completing radiation and contamination surveys according to scheduled plans and pre/post operations.
• Supporting operational, analytical, maintenance, and project management teams with health physics guidance.
• Assisting the Radioactive Disposals, Accountancy and Transport (RDAT) team to ensure transport packages and vehicles comply with the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009.
• Performing air sampling and calculating airborne contamination levels.
• Setting up and declassifying radiological supervised and controlled areas.
• Monitoring items outside controlled contamination zones.
• Supporting the sentencing of out-of-scope and exempt wastes.
• Assisting in decontamination processes as needed.
• Leak testing radioactive sources as scheduled.
• Conducting environmental monitoring, including discharge sampling.
• Maintaining health physics records, logs, and survey reports.
• Training staff in radiological best practices, site standards, and expectations.
• Providing radiological support during emergencies and exercises, including on-call support.
• Managing the radiation monitoring equipment to ensure availability of calibrated instruments.
• Supporting site personal dose assessments, including outside workers.

The person

• Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Radiation Protection or City and Guilds Stage 1 in Radiation Safety Practice.
• Experience in active plant operations and monitoring techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Ability to wear Respiratory Protective Equipment.

We offer

• Salary up to £39,000
• Quarterly bonus
• On-call allowance
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
• Tradebe-funded health plan with 24/7 GP access
• Pension scheme
• Benefits platform with discounts on shopping, gyms, leisure, cycle-to-work scheme, and wellbeing resources