Job Title: Physicist
Location: Seascale, Cumbria+ Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: £34,000 - £45,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: 56669
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Physicist based at the Sellafield Site in Cumbria.
The role
As a Physicist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will join a team that has unrivalled expertise in Radiometric Characterisation and Nuclear Material Assay that is focussed on providing innovative solutions for our customers across the full nuclear lifecycle. You will provide key technical leadership to solve problems that will help to progress the UK’s decommissioning programme safely and effectively, transforming some of the biggest technical challenges into some of the best solutions.
Day to day, you’ll provide specialist characterisation advice and consultancy services during the design, operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, through the application of a wide range of radiometric techniques such as Gamma Imaging, Gamma Spectrometry and Neutron Counting.
- A technical specialist who develops and delivers characterisation strategies to time, quality and budget.
- Maintain excellent working relations with customers, regulators and internal stakeholders across Cavendish Nuclear.
- Develop and promote knowledge of Industry best practice.
- Ensure the application of the highest standards for health, safety and environment, ethics and behaviours.
This is a full-time role with 37 hours per week based on the Sellafield Site, Cumbria with hybrid working arrangements.
Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview
Essential experience of the Physicist:
- Technical background preferably in physics or associated discipline such as mathematical modelling or radiometric instrumentation.
- Nuclear experience.
Qualifications for the Physicist:
- Science degree (or equivalent qualification) with some demonstrable experience.
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 17/04/2024
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