Radiation Protection Engineer

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fusion energy seeks a Radiation Protection Adviser to ensure compliance with IRR17 and COSHH regulations. The successful candidate will guide regulatory reporting and support health physics practitioners while fostering a growth mindset within the team.

Qualifications

• Experience working on major projects as a technical lead and contract manager.
• Demonstrable experience in strategy and planning.
• Support a growth mindset culture through the development of staff.

Responsibilities

• Guiding on regulatory reporting and interface requirements for UKAEA’s legal obligations.
• Providing advice on safety issues associated with working with beryllium.
• Main contributor to the management of radiological safety performance.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Safety Management

Education

Current certificate of competence to be a Radiation Protection Adviser

Chartered status with a professional body

Job description

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This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy.

We are looking foran experienced Radiation Protection Advisertosupport the advice and guidance provided by other health physics practitioners i.e. health physicists and health physics technicians to ensure it is consistent with the requirements of of IRR17, COSHH and the EA Permits.

You will be apart of the larger HP Team and as such you will also be expected to provide advice and guidance to a range of personnel working on other programmes. In addition, youwill participate in radiological document reviews and any improvements, as directed by the HP Group Manager.

To be successful in this role you will have a thorough knowledgeof the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17), Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR16) and an awareness of other relevant regulations.

What will you be responsible for?

• Guiding on regulatory reporting and interface requirements in fulfilling UKAEA’s legal obligations.
• Ensuring that any advice or guidance given relating to matters set out in Schedule 4 of IRR17 is done so in accordance with UKAEA requirements and formally recorded for the purposes of audit.
• Providing advice on the safety issues associated with working with beryllium.
• Supporting the advice and guidance provided by other health physics practitioners.
• Main contributor to the functional management of radiological safety performance, monitoring, reporting and cooperating with other UKAEA divisions and units.

Job Description

This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy.

We are looking foran experienced Radiation Protection Advisertosupport the advice and guidance provided by other health physics practitioners i.e. health physicists and health physics technicians to ensure it is consistent with the requirements of of IRR17, COSHH and the EA Permits.

You will be apart of the larger HP Team and as such you will also be expected to provide advice and guidance to a range of personnel working on other programmes. In addition, youwill participate in radiological document reviews and any improvements, as directed by the HP Group Manager.

To be successful in this role you will have a thorough knowledgeof the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17), Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR16) and an awareness of other relevant regulations.

What will you be responsible for?

• Guiding on regulatory reporting and interface requirements in fulfilling UKAEA’s legal obligations.
• Ensuring that any advice or guidance given relating to matters set out in Schedule 4 of IRR17 is done so in accordance with UKAEA requirements and formally recorded for the purposes of audit.
• Providing advice on the safety issues associated with working with beryllium.
• Supporting the advice and guidance provided by other health physics practitioners.
• Main contributor to the functional management of radiological safety performance, monitoring, reporting and cooperating with other UKAEA divisions and units.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Current certificate of competence to be a Radiation Protection Adviser is a MUST
• Experience working on major projects as a technical lead and contract manager.
• Demonstrable experience in strategy and planning.
• Support a growth mindset culture through development of staff by mentoring colleagues and contributing to the creation/provision of training courses.

Desirable Requirements:

• Chartered status with a professional body (or equivalent demonstrable endorsement from peers).
• Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (SRP), Commercial Awareness and evidence of delivering innovative solutions.

Additional Information

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from BlackBritishCaribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.