Trainee Health Physics Manager

About the job

Job Title: Trainee Health Physics Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £38,556.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF58300

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Trainee Health Physics Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Trainee Health Physics Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you will be part of a team leading on delivering a radioactive waste management service for a large and complex Nuclear licensed site. This role will offer significant development opportunities to allow an individual to progress and develop whilst in role. This is a trainee management position with development to progress within the function to a Health Physics Manager.

Day-to-day, you'll provide direction and support to managers, employees, contractors and others, managing radioactive waste disposal tasks in accordance with current legislation and company policy.

• Ensure the waste hierarchy is applied though the provision of advice on appropriate disposal routes and methodology.
• Coordinate the storage, processing and ultimate disposal of radioactive waste.
• Manage the consignment of radioactive material off site to external treatment/disposal facilities..
• Provide practical radiological protection guidance to ensure work packages are undertaken in a safe manner.
• Assess and produce local procedures relating to waste management tasks and radiological monitoring protocols.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Trainee Health Physics Manager

• Experienced in Health Physics or other acceptable relevant experience
• Relevant knowledge and experience of radioactive waste management processes and techniques
• Relevant experience with Radioactive Material Accounting Officer roles and responsibilities.
• Relevant experience of handling radioactive material
• Proficient use in Microsoft office software

Qualifications for the Trainee Health Physics Manager

• NVQ Level 2 Diploma in relevant scientific or engineering subject or suitable equivalent
• Member/Tech/Associated member of Society of Radiological Protection or equivalent (or working towards).

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

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 is a benefit that allows the majority of 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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Growth opportunities.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing date: 08/08/2024

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