Health Physicist in Kirkcaldy

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £45,284 - £52,872 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape nuclear safety. Protect the future. At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Health Physicist at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Health Physicist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital part in ensuring nuclear and radiological safety across key projects at Rosyth. Working at the heart of our Marine business, you’ll provide expert advice that shapes safe design, operations and emergency preparedness for nuclear‑related activities.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Providing expert advice on radiation protection and nuclear safety to projects and operational teams
• Assessing hazards and consequences, including REPPIR scenarios, related to nuclear designs and operations
• Defining and embedding radiological safeguards such as shielding, ventilation and containment systems
• Supporting compliance with IRR17, REPPIR and Nuclear Site Licence or Authorisation Conditions
• Engaging with stakeholders, including regulators and internal teams, to influence safe outcomes

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at Rosyth.

Essential experience of the Health Physicist

• Experience in a similar health physics or radiation protection role, or demonstrable transferable skills
• Strong analytical capability with attention to detail
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels
• Confidence delivering complex or challenging messages professionally

Qualifications for the Health Physicist

• Degree in a relevant science or technical discipline
• Accredited Radiation Protection Advisor status is desirable
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject is desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 UK Babcock 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

Babcock We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. 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: 27/05/2026