Principal Radiation Protection Consultant

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal Radiation Protection Consultant, where you will play a vital role in ensuring radiological safety on major defense projects. This position offers a unique opportunity to lead a skilled team while interfacing with diverse stakeholders. You will provide expert guidance, ensure compliance with industry standards, and contribute to innovative solutions in a supportive environment. With hybrid working arrangements and excellent development opportunities, this role is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the nuclear industry while advancing their careers.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a radiation protection role is essential.
• Ability to lead a technical team and interface with Safety Case personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on radiological safety and ensure legislative compliance.
• Coordinate radiological protection documentation and support junior staff.

Skills

Radiation Protection

Technical Leadership

Safety Case Interface

Process Design

Education

RPA2000 Certification

Job description

Location: Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

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: SF59753

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 a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• 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 UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive.

Closing date: 07/05/2025

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