Job Title
Health Physicist
Location
Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary
Competitive
What you’ll be doing
Provide technical and professional advice and guidance to all levels of the Business to ensure compliance with the requirements of legislation for the operational use, environmental protection and transportation in regard to radioactive materials and radiation producing equipment
Participate fully in developing, maintaining, and modifying processes and procedures in line with operational needs and driving continual improvement for radiological protection matters
Production of Radiological Protection documentation (e.g., Risk Assessments and Local Rules) for activities involving radioactive materials
Act as Technical Authority in the provision of specialist advice to the Business relating to radiological protection matters to ensure compliance with legislative requirements (e.g., IRR17 and EPR 2016)
Creation of relevant training materials to provide operational and environmental radiological protection information, instruction, and training to the Business
Compliant with all health and safety requirements and qualifications
Your skills and experiences
Essential
Qualified to Degree level in relevant STEM discipline (or able to demonstrate relevant competence or experience)
Desirable
Qualified to or working towards Post Graduate qualification in radiological protection (PGDip minimum)
A detailed understanding of IRR17, EPR16 and Radiological Transportation
Relevant experience working in a Radiological or Health Physics environment within a Nuclear setting, preferably within the Submarine Enterprise
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Health Physics team
As a Health Physicist, you will provide technical and professional advice and guidance to ensure compliance with requirements of legislation, operations, training, maintenance, and record keeping. As part of our drive to develop home grown talent, we are looking to provide you with the necessary training, skills and experience, to enable you to fulfil this role. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date:
14th October 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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