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Jacobs Radiation Protection Advisor in Warrington, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
Jacobs is currently recruiting for a Radiation Protection Adviser, work across a range of projects form small non-nuclear through to large scale Nuclear Decommissioning Projects. The role also offers the opportunity to apply this core knowledge to other closely related technical areas such as dose assessment modelling, shielding, waste management and characterisation, transport of radioactive materials and radiation protection instrumentation. Jacobs hold a diverse portfolio of projects and frameworks, which provide an excellent opportunity for career development.
We will also provide an excellent opportunity for an RPA to develop and gain experience in the Nuclear Industry.
Responsibilities:
To act as the Technical Lead on projects, liaising with Clients, Regulatory Bodies and other stakeholders to ensure needs are met and clients are satisfied.
Typical projects include:
Providing radiological protection advice and support, defining and monitoring standards and behaviour
Development and delivery of specialist radiological training
Carrying out audits (internal and external) and recommending corrective action and improvements
Undertaking Radiological Risk Assessments and managing change as required, including correct designation of areas
Ensuring suitable Local Rules are developed and maintained in order that Radiation Protection Supervisors can monitor compliance
To critically review, analyse and summarise data in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations to clients in the form of a report and to check the work of others
To undertake practical radiological and environmental assessments
Coaching and mentoring staff to ensure continued professional development, reviewing portfolio and supporting applications to the RPA2000 scheme
To develop business capability through innovation, excellence in delivery, representation at industry forums and technical development
To support the corporate radiation protection body to ensure Jacobs continued compliance and strong relationships with key regulators
Working with the Operations Manager to grow the Business through client liaison, marketing, developing key client relationships, prospect management and tendering
Here’s What You’ll Need:
Qualifications - External
Significant experience in your technical field and your ability to build client relationships will enable the Radiological Business to achieve its full growth potential.
Experienced professional with several years’ experience of Health Physics including operational support and advising on compliance with current legislation.
Degree qualified in science or mathematics or Chartered Professional
RPA 2000 accreditation
Valid UK driving license
Operational experience as a Radiation Protection Supervisor, Health Physicist or Radiation Protection Advisor
The ability to write well-structured reports that present clear argument with a sound basis for recommendations
The ability to confidently communicate with a wide range of staff and managers on Health Physics issues and influence decision making.
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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