Radiation Protection Technician

Job description

The HPC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. Radiation Protection Technician Mactech Engineering & Inspection HPC Salary: £74,407.20-104,229.60PA Temporary/Contract Job Purpose/Overview: This role is required to support control, oversight and assurance arrangements for work with ionising radiation at the HPC construction site. Primarily this will be to support the preparation and execution of industrial radiography on the site. This will involve the management of radioactive sources and equipment stored in a central store, independent confirmation that a radiography area has been established to the correct standards, and routine radiation monitoring of the radioactive source store and around the barriers of the radiography area. Principal Accountabilities: A Radiological Protection Technician will accompany the radiography teams to ensure the correct standards of work and barrier control are being exercised: Confirm the barriers have been erected as per the barrier plan and that all necessary equipment is in place and operational, and (where appropriate) is calibrated and has undergone a pre-use check. Perform radiation monitoring at the barrier during the exposure, ensuring the barriers continue to be placed correctly. Prior to handing the area back, confirm the work is complete and that all sources and equipment have been removed from the area. Use the site Permit to Work system to control work. Generate important compliance records Perform monitoring to support a radiological incident. A central source store has been supplied to its contract partners for the storage of industrial radiography sources. This role is required to manage the inventory of the store, perform routine tasks associated with the store, and perform general radiological protection tasks in accordance with site procedures Receive/Dispatch new radiography sources to the site and ensure they are correctly registered and logged into the store and records generated. Dispatch radiography sources from the site and ensure all paperwork is completed correctly Ensure all radiography sources are correctly signed out and returned to the store, verifying that the necessary paperwork is in place for the radiography task before the source is issued Perform periodic source inventory checks Perform periodic radiation and contamination surveys of the store. Liaise with the Approved Dosimetry Service for the storage, issue and return of staff legal dosimetry. Ensure the R.P. instruments & Dosimeters used by the independent RP team at the site are sent for repair and calibration and are stored to avoid damage. Work to local rules, instruction and be appointed RPS for the source store. Essential: GCSE grade C or equivalent in Maths and English. City and Guilds in Radiation Protection Grade I or equivalent A minimum of 3 years' experience as a qualified Radiation Protection Technician / Health Physics Monitor within an organisation. A working knowledge of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) as it applies to this role. Competent I.T. worker. Compliant with work instruction and accurate record keeping, Demonstrable knowledge of IRR2017 to be able to be appointed as a Radiation Protection Supervisor. Desirable: A nationally recognised Level 2 qualification in Radiological Protection / Health Physics Monitoring (e.g., City and Guilds Stage 2, NVQ (National Vocational Qualifications) Level 2 Diploma, Level 2 Underpinning Knowledge Certificate) Experience of performing radiation monitoring during radiography work Experience of working on a nuclear licensed site. Experience of managing inventories of instruments, radioactive sources. Previous shift work. Previous appointment as an RPS For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.