Job Description for Health Physics Team Leader: This is where your skills play a critical role in keeping everyone safe. Working in Safety, Security and Safeguards gives you the chance to make your mark on some hugely interesting projects. UKNNL does work that nobody else in the sector is doing, and this means we need experts like you to make it possible, whilst keeping everyone safe. Were committed to using nuclear science to benefit society for years to come. This means that you can build a long and successful career here whilst playing a meaningful role in delivering cleaner energy, reducing waste and keeping colleagues and the public out of harms way. The nuclear industry is currently experiencing substantial growth and investment, prompting UKNNL to enhance their health physics capabilities to address the increasing demand. The Health Physics Team Leader will be crucial to the success of delivering a self-sustaining health physics model for UKNNL. Based on the Sellafield site across our Windscale Facility and Central Laboratory, this role will be responsible for leading and developing teams of health physics monitors crucial for delivering work of strategic national importance. Alongside the day to day management of the team, our Health Physics team leaders will also be a key stakeholder for ensuring site radiological safety and compliance with regulatory standards supporting the sites emergency arrangements. Main Responsibilities for Health Physics Team Leader: Line Management of a team of health physics monitors providing coaching, mentoring and development. Alongside managing performance and progress of the team. Managing team dose requirements and ensuring the team is capable and available to deliver the facility delivery plan. Act as Health Physics and re-entry controller for defined areas. Subject matter expert with accountability for decision making and provision of initial radiological and environmental advice. Provide health physics monitors to operations, maintenance and contractor teams with the appropriate skills, training, and appointed roles, to carry out tasks and responsibilities safely, efficiently, effectively adhering to all statutory and regulatory requirements. Deliver and ensure the routine radiological monitoring schedule is met and the information reported, taking immediate action where required to ensure safety of site personnel. Ensure radiological monitoring to release items from Controlled Areas is done in line with Site arrangements. Investigate accidents and incidents to enable effective response to injured personnel or damaged plant whilst maintaining nuclear and radiological safety. Liaise with appropriate stakeholders such as RPA / delivery manager/ OCM to facilitate delivery of the facility plan. Essential Criteria for Health Physics Team Leader: Specialist knowledge of health physics monitoring (NVQ 3 radiation protection, City and Guilds radiation safety practice stages 1&2, ANIA Award in nuclear industry awareness level 2). Significant experience of working in health physics roles e.g. Monitor, Assessor, Team Leader Support. Knowledge of the IRRs (Ionising radiation regulations). Detailed knowledge of site policy and procedures related to health and safety. Detailed knowledge in the full range of measurement techniques required to assess levels of radiation, contamination and environmental discharge. Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency). Desirable Criteria for Health Physics Team Leader: NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health. IOSH Managing safely. Formal leadership qualification or experience of managing teams. Previous Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) experience and appointment. Why join us? UKNNL isnt just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. Its also a place where youll feel appreciated and valued. Were creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired. We also offer a range of employee benefits: Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage. UKNNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%. Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays. Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions. Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes. Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges. Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly. Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury. Access to Mydiscounts which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance. Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply). About The Company UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact you can do it all here. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you. Recruitment Agency Notice We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned. ADZN1_UKTJ