About the role

  • Principal Radiation Protection Consultant at Cavendish Nuclear ensuring radiological safety and managing defence projects. Leading teams and providing technical guidance on radiation protection compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a technical expert for Radiation Protection on a major defence project.
  • Drive technical solutions for a major defence programme whilst interfacing with a range of disciplines and stakeholders.
  • Join a friendly and committed team of radiation protection specialists.
  • Provide competent guidance and advice on radiological safety to ensure legislative compliance and adoption of industry best practice.
  • Engage with multi-discipline teams to ensure that the design and operation of processes and plant is demonstrably ALARP.
  • Ensure that procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.
  • Co-ordinate the production of radiological protection documentation such as Normal Operational Dose Uptake Assessments, Radiological Zoning, Radiological Risk Assessments, ALARP Assessments, and Operating Instructions.
  • Contribute to project scheduling, including definition of relevant deliverables and identifying dependencies.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • RPA2000 Certified Radiation Protection Adviser is essential.
  • The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • 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.
  • ‘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.

Job title

Principal Radiation Protection Consultant

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£81,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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