Health Physicist

Job Title:                     Health Physicist

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £45,692 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF71854

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 Health Physicist at our Devonport Royal site.

The role

As a Health Physicist, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the safe and compliant management of radioactive waste and radiation protection activities across one of the UK’s most strategically important defence sites. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to national security while developing specialist expertise in an environment that champions continuous learning.

Day-to-day, you’ll be joining the Radioactive Waste Management Section, where your work will support the safe operation of complex engineering facilities and ensure compliance with legislation, governance and best practice. This is a development role, offering structured training and the chance to grow your capability, qualifications and career in a high‑priority, high‑integrity discipline.

• Providing professional Health Physics and Radiation Protection advice to managers, employees, contractors and stakeholders.
• Ensuring processes and procedures are completed in accordance with legislation, governance and regulatory requirements.
• Authorising movement of radioactive materials and disposal of radioactive waste.
• Delivering specialist SQEP/SME guidance and updates to stakeholder groups.
• Managing and overseeing Health Physics and Radiation Protection tasks in line with company policies and current legislation.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Health Physicist

• Previous experience as a Health Physicist or relevant operational experience in a regulated setting (e.g., chemical or waste management).
• Experience in radioactive waste management or health physics, or transferable experience with a willingness to develop further.
• Knowledge of radioactive waste management processes and techniques.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Qualifications for the Health Physicist

• Degree in a science‑related discipline (preferred but can be obtained while in role), or equivalent experience.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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 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 Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 16/03/2026

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