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Location:
Leicester, GB, LE8 6LH
Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite
Job Title: Health Physics Surveyor
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68118
Help Shape the Future of Nuclear Safety
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 Health Physics Surveyor at our Whetstone site, near Leicester, Leicestershire.
The role
As a Health Physics Surveyor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the forefront of radiation safety, supporting critical operations at a nuclear power station. This is a unique opportunity to build a meaningful career in the nuclear sector, where your work directly contributes to the safety of people, the environment, and the future of clean energy.
Day-to-day, you’ll
* Performing radiation and contamination surveys and completing reports in line with local arrangements
* Maintaining registers of sources and recording daily checks and defects
* Organising, setting up, and using air sampling equipment (where applicable)
* Function-checking Health Physics survey equipment and reporting any defects
* Providing Health Physics coverage of operations as directed by the Health Physics Supervisor
This is a permanent, full-time position based at our Whetstone site. You’ll work Monday to Thursday from 07:30 to 16:00/16:15 and Friday from 07:30 to 12:00.
Essential experience of the Health Physics Surveyor:
* Experience is valued, but not essential, we’re keen to hear from those with transferable skills and a willingness to learn
Qualifications for the Health Physics Surveyor:
You will hold one of the following:
* A relevant science or engineering degree
* City & Guilds Stage 1 in Radiation Safety
* NVQ Level 2 in Radiation Protection
Alternatively, relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal qualifications.
* 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 UK Cavendish 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
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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 emailcareers@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.
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