Health Physics Monitor

**Health Physics Monitor - Submarines**

**Full Time (Shifts Days and Nights)**

**Thurso**

**Why Rolls Royce?**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a **Health Physics Monitor **to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Thurso. Thurso is is situated in the historical county of Caithness and is the northernmost town in the UK where we have successfully operated and managed the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment for the last 50 years on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

**The Health Physics Monitor **will work as part of a shift team, supporting the business unit by maintaining a radiological protection service, providing specialised monitoring support, and offering operational health physics advice.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

**What you will be doing**:
You will be performing radiation and contamination surveys ;
- Undertaking workplace monitoring for radiological hazards (radiation, and surface and airborne contamination), and keep accurate records of monitoring undertaken.
- Carrying out radiological monitoring equipment calibrations and daily checks prior to use.
- Supporting environmental permitting compliance activities such as liquid and gaseous effluent analysis, and waste monitoring.

Training is provided to fulfil First Aider and RPS roles

**Who we’re looking for**:
At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
- Effective communication skills. You need to be able to ask questions, clarify anything you do not understand, and explain your work and results to employees at a variety of levels.
- Motivated and flexible. You need to be able to use your own initiative and judgement (within the scope of the role), identify and implement improvements in working procedures, and respond to the ever-changing operational environment.
- Practical experience in radiation and contamination monitoring is essential.
- A formal qualification such as the NVQ Level 2 in Radiation Protection OR City and Guilds Radiation Safety Practice Stage 1 is desirable.

We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

**Closin**g date**: 9th February 2023**

**Job Category**:
HS & E

**Posting Date**:
02 Feb 2023; 00:02