About the Role
Environmental Safety Technician
Are you looking for an opportunity in a unique environment where safety is paramount? If yes, we are looking for an Environmental Safety Technician at Heysham 2 Power Station and would welcome you to apply!
The Opportunity
As an Environmental Safety Technician, you will play a key role in the implementation of radiological protection standards and support compliance with company standards and UK legislation.
This is a varied, active role where you will work with your team, other departments and independently at times. You will need to be able to respond to issues or queries in a decisive manner and be an effective communicator with the ability to build strong cross-departmental relationships.
You will be required to work flexibly to support the station’s radiological and environmental safety needs.
Pay, benefits and culture
We are offering a starting salary of between £37,316 and £48,943 with terms and conditions covered by the EDF Nuclear Generation Company Agreement. The starting salary for the appointment will be dependent on your existing salary, competence, experience and qualification. We also offer an attractive pension scheme along with some great company benefits. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to travel season ticket loans.
Here at EDF UK, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.
We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.
We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.
What you will be doing
You will be responsible for the delivery of health physics monitoring to Level 3 standard in order to support compliance with relevant legislation, station operations and maintenance processes.
You will be required to become a classified person under the Ionising Radiation Regulations and therefore must be 18 years or above. Following your training and authorisation into the role, you will have a wide variety of responsibilities, including:
- Measuring levels of radiation and contamination, recording results and reporting as necessary
- Carrying out routine and job specific radiological surveys
- Setting up, calibrating and commissioning radiological measuring equipment, checking all instruments and apparatus are in good order and reporting defects.
- Assisting in processing active and clean waste
- Decontaminating small items of plant
- Carrying out sample collection and analysis to comply with site licence conditions.
It is a condition of employment that you will be required to adhere to the site’s emergency arrangements and this post requires you to undertake a specific role within the Emergency Scheme. Full training will be given for any emergency that should occur.
Who you are
As a minimum, you will be educated to GCSE/National Qualification standards (or equivalent). If these qualifications include "C" and above grade passes in English and Mathematics, it may be an advantage. You must hold a full valid UK driving licence.
Closing date for applications: Monday May 26th
Please ensure you are available for one of the following interview dates – Tuesday June 10th, Wednesday June 11th and Thursday June 12th
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.
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