Radiological Protection Technician

Mactech Energy Group; Stogursey; In loco; GBP 57.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Mactech Inspection Ltd seeks a Radiological Protection Technician to support NNB at the HPC construction site. The role handles industrial radiography preparation, source store management, and monitoring to ensure barrier and safety standards are met.

Essential experience includes IRR17 familiarity, City and Guilds Grade I, and strong record-keeping. The position requires on-site work at Hinkley Point C with strict adherence to site procedures.

Competenze

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or equivalent.
• City and Guilds Radiation Protection Grade I or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience as Radiation Protection Technician/Health Physics Monitor.
• Working knowledge of IRR17 as it applies to this role.
• Competent IT user with good records handling.
• Familiar with IRR2017 to qualify as Radiation Protection Supervisor.

Mansioni

• Confirm barriers and equipment are in place and calibrated where relevant.
• Perform radiation monitoring at barriers during exposures.
• Ensure area is cleared and all sources/equipment removed after tasks.
• Use Permit to Work system to control tasks.
• Generate and maintain compliance records.
• Monitor for radiological incidents as required.
• Manage central source store inventory and logging.

Conoscenze

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Radiation Protection Grade I

IRR17 knowledge

IT skills

Record keeping

IRR2017 knowledge

Formazione

City and Guilds Radiation Protection Grade I

Level 2 Radiological Protection

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Tile: Radiological Protection Technician

Location: Hinkley Point C

Pay: £310.02 PAYE or £434.29 Umbrella

Job ID: 2362

Job Purpose/Overview:

This role is required to support NNB's control, oversight and assurance arrangements for work with ionising radiation at the HPC construction site. Primarily this will be to support the preparation and execution of industrial radiography on the site. This will involve the management of radioactive sources and equipment stored in a central store, independent confirmation that a radiography area has been established to the correct standards, and routine radiation monitoring of the radioactive source store and around the barriers of the radiography area.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Confirm the barriers have been erected as per the barrier plan and that all necessary equipment is in place and operational, and (where appropriate) is calibrated and has undergone a pre-use check.
• Perform radiation monitoring at the barrier during the exposure, ensuring the barriers continue to be placed correctly.
• Prior to handing the area back, confirm the work is complete and that all sources and equipment have been removed from the area.
• Use the site Permit to Work system to control work.
• Generate important compliance records
• Perform monitoring to support a radiological incident.

A central source store has been supplied by NNB to its contract partners for the storage of industrial radiography sources. This role is required to manage the inventory of the store, perform routine tasks associated with the store, and perform general radiological protection tasks in accordance with site procedures:

• Receive/Dispatch new radiography sources to the site and ensure they are correctly registered and logged into the store and records generated.
• Dispatch radiography sources from the site and ensure all paperwork is completed correctly
• Ensure all radiography sources are correctly signed out and returned to the store, verifying that the necessary paperwork is in place for the radiography task before the source is issued
• Perform periodic source inventory checks
• Perform periodic radiation and contamination surveys of the store.
• Ensure the R.P. instruments & Dosimeters used by the independent RP team at the site are sent for repair and calibration and are stored to avoid damage.
• Work to local rules, instruction and be appointed RPS for the source store.

Organisation Chart:

Please refer to NNB-302-ORG-#removed#

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• GCSE grade C or equivalent in Maths and English.
• City and Guilds in Radiation Protection Grade I or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years' experience as a qualified Radiation Protection Technician / Health Physics Monitor within an organisation.
• A working knowledge of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) as it applies to this role.
• Competent I.T. worker.
• Compliant with work instruction and accurate record keeping,
• Demonstrable knowledge of IRR2017 to be able to be appointed as a Radiation Protection Supervisor.

Desirable:

• A nationally recognised Level 2 qualification in Radiological Protection / Health Physics Monitoring (e.g., City and Guilds Stage 2, NVQ (National Vocational Qualifications) Level 2 Diploma, Level 2 Underpinning Knowledge Certificate)
• Experience of performing radiation monitoring during radiography