Senior Shielding Consultant

Location: Warrington, Bristol, Leicester (Hybrid Working Model) 

Purpose of the role:

The Senior Radiation Shielding Consultant will support the Shielding Discipline Lead in providing technical solutions for projects, including:

• Delivering radiation models and calculations for shielding, dose assessment, and neutron activation.
• Assuming shielding technical lead roles within projects.
• Integrating with multi-disciplinary teams to identify and address shielding issues across projects.
• Mentoring and training junior team members.
• Enhancing existing radiation protection procedures.

Key Responsibilities

General Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Deliver radiation models and calculations, including shielding, dose assessment, and neutron activation.
• Author and verify shielding reports and related calculation notes.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relations with customers, colleagues, and other departments.
• Support strategic growth campaigns and bids, including creating marketing content and presentation materials.
• Maintain and promote industry best practices, potentially representing the company at shielding-related conferences.
• Assist leadership in driving cultural development and change. Ensure the application of the highest standards in health, safety, environment, ethics, and behaviours.

Growth Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Support growth through business development opportunities.

Project Delivery Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Supervise junior technical specialists within the same discipline.
• Manage customer relationships, ensuring effective communication and resolution of technical and delivery issues.
• Manage the delivery of tasks within the agreed Delegation of Authority (DOA) against cost and program expectations.
• Review and approve technical submissions.
• Ensure adequate review, verification, and approval of all deliverables.
• Raise quality plans for single-discipline work packages.
• Provide feedback on lessons learned for future projects.

Bid Support Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Support business-winning processes through tender input and review.
• Participate in Learning from Experience (LFE) reviews to enhance future opportunities.

Process Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Ensure correct application of processes and procedures to technical activities.

Leadership Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Leading Self: Demonstrate company principles, and promote health, safety, wellbeing, respect, and inclusion.
• Leading Others: Manage performance and development of junior team members on projects, providing ongoing communication and feedback.

Experience/Qualifications/Skills

• Degree in a relevant scientific or engineering technical discipline.
• Minimum of five years’ experience within the nuclear industry as a shielding practitioner.
• Excellent working knowledge of radiation transport codes such as Monte Carlo codes (MCBEND, MCNP) and Point kernel codes (RANKERN, Microshield).
• Working knowledge of the SCALE suite of codes (for fuel inventory and activation analysis) is desirable.
• Understanding critical issues is beneficial.
• Willingness to obtain suitable security clearance for MOD-related work.

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