Senior Radiological Protection Engineer

About the Role

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater

Are you an experienced Radiological Protection professional ready to take the next step in your career? Do you have a strong background in radiation safety, team leadership, and stakeholder engagement within a highly regulated environment? Are you someone who thrives in a dynamic setting where no two days are the same and there's always an opportunity to make a real impact? If so, come and join EDF as a Senior Radiological Protection Engineer!

The Opportunity

As a Pre-Operations Senior Radiological Protection Engineer, you’ll provide first-line leadership in developing operational radiological protection capability and supporting the transition to operational arrangements at HPC. You’ll ensure legal requirements and company policies are met, while striving to implement world-class best practices through industry benchmarking, all in support of the Pre-Operations Radiological Protection Lead.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting salary of £62,232 dependent on experience, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. 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 season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. Here, 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’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll support the Pre-Operations Radiological Protection Lead by developing and delivering radiological protection programmes that meet legal, quality, and schedule requirements. A key part of your responsibilities involves shaping and implementing procedures for the operational phase of the HPC Nuclear Power Plant, ensuring alignment with regulatory and organisational standards. You’ll also act as a key interface with regulators and industry bodies, while providing specialist advice as needed. Leading radiological protection activities across construction, commissioning, and operations phases, you’ll ensure all work involving ionising radiation is performed safely, efficiently, and compliantly. This includes supervising fieldwork, promoting a strong radiological safety culture, and preparing your team to provide hands-on technical support. In addition, you’ll oversee the specification, procurement, and commissioning of essential radiological protection equipment and facilities to meet UK legislative requirements and best practices. To support the development of a high-performing team, you'll mentor junior and graduate engineers and contribute to training programmes that ensure ongoing legal and operational compliance. Drawing on industry-wide learning and best practice, you’ll help shape a resilient and capable radiological protection function ready for long-term operations.

Who you are

You’ll bring strong technical knowledge in radiological protection, ideally backed by a science-related degree or equivalent. You’ll have hands-on experience applying the Ionising Radiations Regulations and other relevant legislation, as well as managing radiological protection equipment and service providers in fast-paced environments. Previous leadership of multidisciplinary teams in regulated settings is essential, along with a proven ability to motivate and guide teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. You’ll be confident in providing practical radiological protection advice and capable of developing clear, compliant procedures and documentation. Strong stakeholder engagement is a key part of the role, so experience working with diverse teams and resolving issues in multicultural environments is important. You’ll also need to demonstrate the ability to influence and negotiate effectively across technical and non-technical areas. We’re looking for someone who has worked closely with regulators and has a good understanding of radiological safety within nuclear-licensed sites. Chartered status and prior appointments such as Radiation Protection Adviser or Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser would be advantageous. Experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing junior team members, along with a solid grasp of nuclear industry quality assurance standards, would help you thrive in this role.

If this sounds like you then we’d love to hear from you!

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.

Closing date for applications: 15th July 2025

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