Radiological Advisor

We are seeking a Radiation Safety Officer to join our team at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Helensburgh. This role provides advice, guidance, and support training initiatives on radiation protection, radioactive waste management and transport of radioactive materials.

This is a full-time position with hybrid working arrangements once you are fully competent within the role. You will be responsible for ensuring HMNB Clyde's policies and procedures are up to date, ensuring our compliance with the relevant statutory regulations and authorisation conditions.

• You will assist in the management of Radiation Safety across HMNB Clyde including the implementation of the company and our customers safety, quality and environmental policies ensuring that assessments of risks are carried out.
• Assist the Base Radiation Safety Officer in maximising the utilisation and the efficiency of all the section's resource, ensuring that all tasks are carried out in accordance with our cost, time, and quality requirements.
• Ensure HMNB Clyde's Safety management practices incorporate any new legislation, directives from Ministry of Defence and any other good practice that is shared across the Nuclear Industry.
• Act as Emergency Response Personnel to reported potential or actual nuclear incidents and/or events at HMNB Clyde, this will include partaking in an on-call rota.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Demonstratable experience as a health physicist with a working knowledge of radiological protection. Ideally you will also have experience of radioactive waste disposal and/or transport of radioactive materials.
• Ability to carry out an analysis of a wide range of problem-based issues, thinking laterally and pragmatically, identifying causal factors and related solutions.
• Previous participation in nuclear accident/emergency exercises would be an advantage.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 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