Radiation Protection Professionals – Submarines

Physics World; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the United Kingdom is seeking experienced Radiation Protection Professionals. The role involves advising operational nuclear facilities, conducting radiological training, and assessing hazards. Candidates should hold a STEM degree and relevant certifications. This position offers excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Completed a STEM based degree or have an equivalent level of experience in the nuclear sector.
• Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) or Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA) certification or experience as a senior Health Physicist.
• Experience of working in radiological environments, ideally within the nuclear industry.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and guidance to operational nuclear facilities.
• Guide project teams to develop future nuclear facilities.
• Design and deliver radiological training.
• Assess radiological hazards and design control measures.

Skills

Radiation Protection

Health Physics

Communication Skills

Education

STEM based degree or equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking for experienced Radiation Protection Professionals to join our growing team at Rolls-Royce Submarines in support of current operations as well as our exciting new build programmes.If you are a Radiation Protection Adviser, Radioactive Waste Adviser or Health Physicist we would love to hear from you.

Joining the Rolls-Royce Radiation Protection function offers the opportunity to work with a great team of people across a variety of radiological areas, including alpha facilities, radiography and test reactors as well as support to the operational submarine programme.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

Depending on your level of experience, you will have the opportunity to get involved in the following types of work:

• Providing advice and guidance to our operational nuclear facilities;
• Guiding project teams to develop our future nuclear facilitie;
• Designing and delivering radiological training;
• Assessing radiological hazards and designing control measures;
• Other radiological work such as radioactive waste management, Class 7 Dangerous Goods advice, emergency response.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

• Completed a STEM based degree or have an equivalent level of experience in the nuclear sector;
• Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) or Radioactive Waste Adviser (RWA) certification or experience working as a senior Health Physicist;
• Experience of working in radiological environments, ideally within the nuclear industry;
• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written forms;
• Motivation to develop your own career and support the wider radiation protection team .

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives.

And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce.

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.