Senior Radiation Protection Consultant

Job Title: Senior Radiation Protection Consultant Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement Compensation: Up to £61,000 + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF59752 At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Radiation Protection Consultant. The role As a Senior Radiation Protection Consultant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will join a friendly and committed team of radiation protection specialists, and drive technical solutions for a major defence programme whilst interfacing with a range of disciplines and stakeholders. Day-to-day, you'll provide Radiation Protection advice to a major defence project, spending some time at client sites. Your role will include: Providing competent guidance and advice on radiological safety to ensure legislative compliance and adoption of industry best practice. Engaging with multi-discipline teams to ensure that the design and operation of processes and plant is justifiably ALARP. Ensuring that procedures are correctly applied to technical activities. Co-ordinating the production of radiological protection documentation such as Normal Operational Dose Uptake Assessments, Radiological Zoning, Radiological Risk Assessments, ALARP Assessments, Operating Instructions and compliance statements. Contributing to project scheduling, including definition of relevant deliverables, identification of dependencies and estimating resourcing, time, and cost requirements. Supporting and mentoring junior staff on the project. This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home. This role is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations in the UK alongside home working arrangements. Experience of the Senior Radiation Protection Consultant 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. Qualifications for the Senior Radiation Protection Consultant RPA2000 Certified Radiation Protection Adviser is desirable, but applicants with sufficient relevant experience will be considered. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. What we offer 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 allows employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year 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. Cavendish Nuclear As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. #CAVDESTNUC

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