Radiological Protection Technician / Heath Physics Monitor

Rullion; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Rullion is recruiting a Radiological Protection Technician to support NNB oversight at the HPC construction site in Somerset. The role involves managing radioactive sources, monitoring radiation barriers, and ensuring correct procedures are followed during radiography tasks.

Evening, night, and weekend work are expected as part of shift patterns. Ideal candidates will have IRR17 knowledge, a Level 2 Radiological Protection qualification, and prior experience on a nuclear licensed site.

Qualifications

• IRR17 knowledge as it applies to the role.
• Experience as Radiation Protection Technician or Health Physics Monitor.
• Experience on a nuclear licensed site.
• Inventory management of radiological sources and protection equipment.
• Radiation monitoring experience during radiography tasks.

Responsibilities

• Accompany radiography teams to ensure barrier plans are followed and equipment is in place.
• Perform radiation monitoring at barriers during exposures.
• Confirm area completion and remove sources/equipment after tasks.
• Monitor for radiological incidents and support incident response.
• Manage central store inventory for radiography sources and ensure proper logging.

Skills

IRR17 knowledge

Radiation monitoring

Inventory management

Site safety awareness

Education

GCSE Maths & English (C or equivalent)

Level 2 Radiological Protection / Health Physics Monitoring

Job description

10 days at work, 4 days off.

SC vetting required. May start on BPSS and achieve vetting later but it is a job requirement.

Shift Rotation ( 10 On/ 4off) TBC

Location; Hinckley Point C, Somerset

This role is required to support NNB's 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.

Radiological protection technicians will support the independent oversight, supervision and monitoring of the radiography, reducing the risks to workers from unplanned events and the potential delays to the construction schedule. The role will also be expected to support the preparations for radiography tasks, and due to the nature of radiography, the role requires frequent work on evenings, nights and weekends. The Radiological protection technician will be expected to liaise with contractors to ensure the safe and timely execution of the work.

Principal Accountabilities

A Radiological Monitoring Technician will accompany the radiography teams to ensure the correct standards of work and barrier control are being exercised:

• 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.
• Perform monitoring to support a radiological incident.

Other responsibilities include;

A central source store is being 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 new radiography sources to the site and ensure they are correctly registered and logged into the store
• 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.
• Liaise with the EDF NNB Approved Dosimetry Service for the storage, issue and return of EDF NNB staff legal dosimetry.
• Administer the direct reading and alarming dosimeters, ensuring they are sent for repair and calibration, and are stored to avoid damage.
• Ensure the RP instruments used by the independent RP team at the site are sent for repair and calibration, and are stored to avoid damage

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• GCSE grade C or equivalent in Maths and English
• 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.
• A nationally recognised Level 2 qualification in Radiological Protection / Health Physics Monitoring (e.g. City and Guilds Stage 1, NVQ Level 2 Diploma, Level 2 Underpinning Knowledge Certificate)
• Experience of performing radiation monitoring during radiography work
• Experience of working on a nuclear licensed site.
• Experience of managing inventories of instruments, radioactive sources and other radiological protection equipment
• A previous appointment as a Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS).

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