Radiation Protection Manager Submarines

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Job Title: Radiation Protection Manager - Submarines

Working location: Derby UK

Grade: C

We are currently recruiting for a Radiation Protection Manager to join the Safety Security and Licensee Authority in Rolls-Royce Submarines based in Derby.

Why Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress powering protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Well provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive innovative culture that invests in you gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office home or another remote location. Its a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum were all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting the Radiation Protection function for Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd and Rolls Royce plc.
• Act as RPA to appropriate parts of the business which includes two Nuclear Licensed Sites Rolls Royce plc plus other areas of the Submarines business including Industrial Radiography and work by Rolls-Royce employees on Submarine Enterprise partner sites.
• Developing and reviewing company policy and framework arrangements covering health physics radiation protection dosimetry and radioactive waste management.
• Delivering an independent programme of assurance activities against the requirements of Licence Conditions IRR17 EPR and REPPIR including travel to locations around the UK.
• Providing advice and guidance to business units within Rolls-Royce to ensure that the risks associated with ionising radiation and radioactive waste are being appropriately controlled and managed.
• Supporting the site Emergency Arrangements as an on-call Health Physics Advisor and a RADSAFE responder on a duty roster.

Who were looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first do the right thing keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Essential:

• Degree level or equivalent qualification and experience in appropriate discipline (i.e. Science Engineering HSE etc.) or demonstrable experience.
• Certificate of competence to act as Radiation Protection Adviser.
• Experienced in the design and operation of nuclear conventional and/or hazardous facilities within the UK.
• Experience with nuclear site Licence Conditions and Environmental Permit conditions.
• Experience of developing planning undertaking and reporting independent oversight and assurance assessments.
• Experience as an emergency responder on a radiological site.
• Proven leadership skills.
• UK Driving License.

Desirable:

• Certificate of competence as a Radioactive Waste Adviser.
• Chartered Radiation Protection Professional.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of caring and belonging we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or in MoD approved cases a dual national.

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