Health Physicist

Job Title:                 Health Physicist 

Location:                 Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:       Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:              Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                  SF62476

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 Rosyth, Fife site.

The role
As a Health Physicist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Joining our Health Physics team, you will have a hands-on role in developing an onsite emergency plan to demonstrate compliance to REPPIR regulations. 

Day-to-day, you’ll work with internal and external stakeholders, including the MOD to develop hazard evaluation and consequence assessments to ensure adequate coverage across future nuclear activities across at our Rosyth site. 

• Conduct modelling activities on the impact of future nuclear projects on the public and environment including dispersion, inhalation, cloud immersion, ground deposition, ingestion and public dose assessments. 
• Provide guidance, advice and technical support to the local authority on the development of the offsite emergency plan including the detailed planning zone and outline planning zone to ensure a consistent approach to REPPIR.
• Implement and embed our businesses policies for radiological safety into nuclear related projects to ensure regulatory compliance with IRR17, EA(S)R18 and any additional specific nuclear site licence conditions where applicable.
• Produce radiological safety assessments and studies for nuclear related projects at our Rosyth site, providing advice on the design of plant, equipment and processes to ensure radiological safety.

This role is full time, at 36 hours per week and is based at our Rosyth, Fife site. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with up to 1 - 2 days per week onsite and 3-4 days working from home, flexibility is given within this role. 

Essential experience of the Health Physicist 

• You will be a subject matter expert in Radiological Safety with the ability to advise on radiological safety controls, such as radiation shielding, ventilation system design, containment systems, monitoring arrangements, area designation, dosimetry, and contingency and emergency arrangements. 
• Be a clear and concise communicator enabling you to build key relationships and influence all level of internal annex external stakeholders.
• You will either already be or happy and able become a subject matter expert in REPPIR to identify any required change within our process and provide technical advice.
• Able to identify hazards and consequences for any proposed designs and operations within nuclear related projects. 
• Previously implemented radiological safeguards and mitigations into the design of new facilities and/or processes, ensuring that they have been fully embedded within the scope of work.

Qualifications for the Health Physicist 

• Degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline. 
• Ideally you will hold or be working towards Radiological Protection Advisor (RPA) status.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and  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. 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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 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: 28/03/2025

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